Graves Diease

1. anberknickle 1 July 2012 at 21:36PM
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   Hi everyone.

   i have had this horrid thing for the 5 years and still fighting it, i have had the orbital decompression, muscle realiement, lid operations steriods azathioprine. yet i still like im losing my eye sight. i cant stand the day light ( that really hurts ) even on cloudy days it can hurt my eyes. i even get rainbows around things now like the street lights or car headlamps if im in the car with my huisband.they are burning all the time, red, to see is like looking throught water all the time, and i cant seem to get around especially where steps are concerned, depth semms to be a problem also.. i am very worried about losing my sight all to gether. can anyone tell me please do any of you suffers with the same horrid thing as this have the same problems. i would really like to know. one of the consultants told me i could see better now than before. ( yea right ) they need to try living with it.

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2. Bess 12 July 2012 at 21:51PM

   Hello, I'm sorry to hear you are having such a horrible time with your eyes. I only had a minor problem, puffy eyes, double vision at times so I cant really help much but if you would like to look on the Graves Part 4 Page, you will find many other overactive thyroid sufferers and will get lots of support. It just helps to know you are not alone with this horrible illness. I hope you get some improvement very soon.

   Bess.

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3. Marina Mermaid 13 July 2012 at 07:25AM

   Hi,

   I have problems with my eyes too, they are incredibly light sensitive and sting and water even at night when I am asleep.

   There is some great support over on Graves Part 4 if you can find it,

   I have only had Graves for approx 7 months and there are many times when I have felt so depressed, it really gets you down,

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4. Emis Moderator 13 July 2012 at 08:03AM

   Graves part 4 is here http://www.patient.co.uk/forums/discuss/overactive-thyroid-graves-part-4-35327 under Hyperthyroid disease topic if you do have trouble finding it.

   Alan

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5. Marina Mermaid 13 July 2012 at 10:16AM

   Thank you Alan!

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