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manfredo

manfredo

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This could be my new theme song....soooo, full of chemicals....

Doctor DID prescribe me propranolol, 10mg x 3, and an SNRI at a low dose to see if I tolerate it, I can't remember which one and I haven't picked them up yet. Limp dick here we come!!

AND he ordered some labs...Testosterone and thyroid, so we shall see what's up.

He said he has so many patients with AMD, and many do well into their 80's...But I know he was just trying to make me feel better. After age 80, 25% of the population gets it.
 
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curious2garden

curious2garden

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manfredo said:
This could be my new theme song....soooo, full of chemicals....

Doctor DID prescribe me propranolol, 10mg x 3, and an SNRI at a low dose to see if I tolerate it, I can't remember which one and I haven't picked them up yet. Limp dick here we come!!

AND he ordered some labs...Testosterone and thyroid, so we shall see what's up.

He said he has so many patients with AMD, and many do well into their 80's...But I know he was just trying to make me feel better. After age 80, 25% of then population gets it.
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See a retina surgeon. Surgeons don't worry about making anyone feel good and if you have a surgeon who worries about your feelings immediately get another surgeon. Take the propanolol PRN (as needed). So start with the 3 q 4 hours and see how you do. You should call and ask him to order an IGF-1 too as well as the full thyroid panel.
 
manfredo

manfredo

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curious2garden said:
See a retina surgeon. Surgeons don't worry about making anyone feel good and if you have a surgeon who worries about your feelings immediately get another surgeon. Take the propanolol PRN (as needed). So start with the 3 q 4 hours and see how you do. You should call and ask him to order an IGF-1 too as well as the full thyroid panel.
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I did see a retina surgeon after my diagnosis, and you are right...He didn't spare my feelings. He said, yes, you have AMD dry, and that's probably what's making your vision blurry, and there is no treatment at this stage, and no way to predict how fast it will progress, then he sent me on my way with a Amsler grid, told me to use it daily, with no instructions on how to use it...Looked it up when I got home. Already seeing distortion in my right eye, the worse of the 2.

My dad has it in the right eye only. He went blind in that eye in about 5 years, even with injections.
 
curious2garden

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manfredo said:
I did see a retina surgeon after my diagnosis, and you are right...He didn't spare my feelings. He said, yes, you have AMD dry, and that's probably what's making your vision blurry, and there is no treatment at this stage, and no way to predict how fast it will progress, then he sent me on my way with a Amsler grid, told me to use it daily, with no instructions on how to use it...Looked it up when I got home. Already seeing distortion in my right eye, the worse of the 2.

My dad has it in the right eye only. He went blind in that eye in about 5 years, even with injections.
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Sounds like a good surgeon :) and I'm sorry, this sucks, a lot.
 
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