[Anonymous]

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OK Molly,

Use the search engine for looking for posts on Dry Eyes and the like. There have been a ton of posts over the past three years on what to do to help dry eyes.

Eye drops EVERY DAY really helps. My eye doc told me what I do today will depend on how my eyes feel tomorrow. So what I was doing was using my drops like crazy when my eyes hurt. Got minor relief but felt great the next day. So the eyes felt good, didn’t use the drops. Guess what??? The next day they hurt like crazy again. Didn’t know to use the drops every day.

Second cool or cold compresses work well if the doc says it is OK. I use a frozen bag of peas wrapped in a towel. The peas are light in weight, conform to the face and can be reused.

IF you can’t find what you are looking for in the search engine let us know. We are only a click away.

Jake
On-line Facilitator

[Anonymous]

#1127440

Hi Molly. You are doing about everything you can. If your eyes are still getting worse, then there is nothing that the eye docs can do until your eyes have stabilized. Atleast that is how my progression went until I could start with the surgeries. My eyes stayed about the same for around a year and then I finally had the orbital decompression done. That right there gave me great relief with the bulgy, redness, irritation, watering and scratchy feeling. It is hard. My eyes constantly were watering. I also had a kleenex in my hands at all times. If I didn’t get enough sleep, then my eyes would get alot worse with the above symptoms. What type of eye doctor are you seeing?

Jennifer

[Anonymous]

#1127441

I am seeing two ophthalmologists–one has more experience than the other with Graves. What’s involved in the orbital decompression surgery, and does it last? I have a little “cyst” looking thing under my right eye. I guess that’s part of it all. Thanks for responding. I am NEVER without a Kleenex.

[Anonymous]

#1127442

on the subject of eyes…. my eyes were really puffy and dry etc. i had bugged my husband about raising the head of the bed and he (and i) kept forgetting until we were in it. to make a long story short he had to go out of town for 2 months and i started sleeping on 2 fluffy pillows and you would not believe the difference in the puffiness around the eyes. i put the drops in at night and that helps also. i had heard this would help but i honestly didn’t expect it to help much. now if i could just get rid of the bags!!! it’s terrible to be 34 and have dark circles under your eyes.

[Anonymous]

#1127443

Hi Peanut–glad to hear that raising the bed did help you. I could never try it because at the time I had a waterbed.

For most people the bags under the eyes don’t ever improve much without surgery, and bags are no fun at 34 or any other age. I had mine removed, and it was well worth it, even though insurance didn’t cover that part of it.

Dianne W

[Anonymous]

#1127444

Hi, Peanut.

I raised the head of my bed with 2 phone books, and try to sleep with 2 pillows, but that makes my neck hurt. My eyes are still very swollen in the a.m. and they hurt. I use a cold pack on them every morning after gulping the synyroid. I too have huge bags under my eyes. I hope to have them surgically removed someday when this active phase is over. For now, I use drops all day and ointment at night, and it really does help relieve the watering and redness. Plus, my neuro-opth feels I have an eye allergy, which is why my eyes were always itching. Since taking a prescription allergy eye drop, boy, do they feel better!

Take care,
Renee

[Anonymous]

#1127445

Hi Molly,

I was reading past messages and stumbled across your message. Ohmigosh! Please do not use antihistamine drops or allergy medicines. That’s what the doctors did to me for six months and my eyes were so dried out by the time I saw a “real” doctor, my corneas were in extreme danger.

Please go and see an opthalmologist that knows how to treat TED.

p.s. – I use Alcon Tears Naturelle all the time.

Good Luck,

Bitter

[Anonymous]

#1127446

That is a very sad story. Makes you wonder how many people have died because of this disease, not medically but because of other things.
With driving we not only need to not be sleepy but to be alert. I mostly have trouble with concertrating with driving. My mind is racing or just trying to remember what I am doing and why I am in the car. Then those who have problems with their eyes. But not everyone is able to not wait to go to work. Or not drive because of vision.
Alot of employers don’t not understand or allow you to call in saying you will be late. My employers are not understanding.

But we do need to be aware of the risks we take behind the wheel. I lost a 22 year old nephew last year in a car accident. He was being reckless and thought nothing could ever happen to him.

So we need not only be concerned with ourselvs but other drivers and our passengers.

Diane B

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