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Has anyone had a retina bleed in conjunction with chemo? I think my bleed is unrelated to chemo, but I'd really like to know if you've had this. Thanks!
Joan
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Retina bleed
- By Dot
- Posted October 20, 2009 at 5:03 pm · 4 replies
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- By Brown_Eyes
- Posted October 21, 2009 at 4:51 pm
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I haven't and I'm replying to bump this up. Hopefully someone else will have helpful info for you!! I'm so sorry that you're having to deal with this.
- By Dot
- Posted October 21, 2009 at 7:32 pm
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Thanks for the bump and for your kind words. I had type 1 diabetes for 27 years, diagnosed at age 16. During that time, I developed diabetic retinopathy and nearly lost my vision. It was saved, thanks to laser surgery and a good doctor. The last retinal bleed I had was around 1987. My eyes have been stable since then, and all of the retina specialists, and my transplant doctor, expected me to have no more eye problems. Also, I had a successlful kidney-pancreas in 1998, so my blood glucose has been normal for the past almost-11 years.
On Monday, while walking through a grocery store, I had another bleed. I couldn't believe it! On that very day, I was three weeks out from my first Abraxane treatment. My transplant doctor suspected low platelets, but they are fine. I have my next Abraxane treatment tomorrow. I would like very much to rule out chemo as the cause of this bleed, but we may never know.
I know that we have no guarantees that ovarian cancer will be our only health problem, but I am very unhappy that this problem is back on my radar. I've had so much laser surgery on my retinas, I'm not sure they could take anymore. And if I continue to have these bleeds, that would mean blindness. Well, as Gilda/Roseanne said, it's always something!
Joan
- By Dot
- Posted October 22, 2009 at 7:33 pm
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Thanks, Verlinda! The oncology side of my team is rather certain that chemo did not cause this. I think they are probably right, but who knows, really?
Joan
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