ANA Discussion Forum

Post-Treatment => Eye Issues => Topic started by: 4cm in Pacific Northwest on August 31, 2010, 10:13:41 pm

Title: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: 4cm in Pacific Northwest on August 31, 2010, 10:13:41 pm

Was able to stick in a contact lens today…  :o


Three years ago I was wearing an eye weight and toting eye goop wherever I went … I won’t dare bring up the nasty ole eye bubble patch… :-[

I had Botox in my Mentalis and Platysma facial muscles to help with my synkenisis in my face. We increased the dose to the Mentalis this time (8 days ago). It is amazing how it reduced the synkenisis in my eye (like when it winks while I chew etc) I could not believe that I had almost 100% normal function in that eye- today.   :o Know that we never inject Botox near the eye at all. I thought I would again try to pop in a contact lens just to see if I could stand it… or even get it to stay in my AN tumor side eye. 6 months ago I could not stand it when I tried a contact lens… today I wore it for an hour without it irritating. Then it got milky (not enough tearing yet) so I took it out. But hey I had it in for an hour…

No tears yet with sappy movies or chopping onions ... still keeping hope.

This contact lense thing is pretty amazing being that I had not eyelid function, had episodic nystagmus right after surgery … and used to wear an eye weight all the time.

So here we are 3 years later and small improvements in the eye and facial function are still happening. 8)

Just thought I would share that with some of you who are still in year one post op and think that healing wont happen… albeit at a snails pace  :-\… it can still happen… :)

Cheers,

DHM :)

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: ppearl214 on September 01, 2010, 04:15:17 am

:) :) :)

what more can I say? :)

xoxoxo
Phyl

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: Lizard on September 01, 2010, 07:40:48 am

Yay, how exciting, and it is the little wins that keep us going.  Congrats!
 ;D ;D ;D
Liz

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: ombrerose4 on September 01, 2010, 09:02:19 am

Hooray for you!! It is truly these "little" improvements that keep us going! Thanks for sharing! :)

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: leapyrtwins on September 01, 2010, 10:27:16 am

Congrats, Hilary!

Great news!  ;D

Jan

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: Jim Scott on September 01, 2010, 01:43:07 pm

Hillary ~

Congratulations on this significant achievement - and thanks for using it to encourage others, something you do here on a regular basis that is much appreciated.

Jim

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: yardtick on September 01, 2010, 01:50:53 pm

Way to go girl!!

Anne Marie  :-*

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: nancyann on September 05, 2010, 12:47:59 am

How wonderful for you !!  I can't imagine having a contact lens...

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: kiwi on September 05, 2010, 01:40:49 pm

DHM

Thankyou for that....it is very encouraging and always informative.

Jacqui (Still at the eye goop stage)

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: Tod on September 05, 2010, 08:03:04 pm

Very cool! It is so good to see that improvements can still happen three years out!

-Tod

Title: Re: 3 years ago an eye weight... today a contact lense
Post by: Brewers7 on September 07, 2010, 10:10:17 am

So encouraging to those of us still in the goop phase!