kdel
04-27-2007, 10:22 AM
Can someone who has this symptom please explain it to me? I know the optic nerve gets inflamed(?) but what are your symptoms and how long do they last? I have been told I have this but without any testing, just going by my symptoms. I am going to a neurologist soon because I have many other symptoms besides this but just wondering if the symptoms really fit and how long does an episode usually last? Thanks all, Kara
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Lynda73
04-27-2007, 11:14 AM
My second attack of MS was with Optic Neuritis. I woke up one morning with a small black dot in my left eye. When I moved my eye the dot would follow. I left for the DR. and by time I reached him (1 hour away) I had lost all vision in that eye. What is happening is that in my case my immune system was attacking the optic nerve which is part of the central nervous system. The attack was so quick that my 20/20 vision is now non existant in that eye. The damage to the optic nerve was very bad. Get it checked out quickly.
Bearygood
04-27-2007, 11:55 AM
Hi, kdel. My one experience is different from Lynda's but seems to be typical of other cases (did a lot of research when I started getting symptoms). For me it started with pain in the eye, more pronounced with movement up/down and/or right/left. Then a feeling of "filminess" progresses into blurred vision. Honestly, I had no ideas what was happening and how much i couldn't see until I went to the eye doctor! I thought I would be leaving with prescription for eye drips and was quite shocked to have a neuro-ophthalmologist referral in hand instead.
This is all approximate but I would say from the onset to its peak was about 7 days, plateaued at the same level for another week to 10 days or so and then started (slowly) to reverse. I'm going through all this right now -- it's been just about a month in total. I still have a ways to go in terms of visual field, acuity and color/contrast (my neuro-opth said that's often the last thing to come back) but it has gotten VASTLY better. Enough improvement to make me optimistic that it will return to 100% normal or at least close to it.
Here's the thing though -- the neuro-ophthalmologist I'm using is the second one I saw. By that time there was already some improvement in the visual field to think I was on the right track so that she left the decision to use steroids up to me. However, she said that if I had come to see her right away, she would have firmly suggested that I go on them (IV for 3 days followed by oral). Since time had passed we made a deal to wait another 5 days -- saw her Wednesday and it had greatly improved again so I'm continuing to ride it out without them. However, as many people on here can tell you (and so did my n-o, vision normally comes back faster when you follow the steroid course). Might even be a better chance of getting more complete restoration. With this in mind, I have to agree with Lynda -- get it checked out NOW. I'm not sure you should skip the ophthalmologist step. The first one I saw was very laissez-faire. He said it would go away by itself but never mentioned the possibility of treatment. As it turns out he was right but I feel more lucky than I feel that he was wise. Obviously, I'm not seeing him anymore!
Good luck to you -- let us know what happens and please do get it checked out now!
This is all approximate but I would say from the onset to its peak was about 7 days, plateaued at the same level for another week to 10 days or so and then started (slowly) to reverse. I'm going through all this right now -- it's been just about a month in total. I still have a ways to go in terms of visual field, acuity and color/contrast (my neuro-opth said that's often the last thing to come back) but it has gotten VASTLY better. Enough improvement to make me optimistic that it will return to 100% normal or at least close to it.
Here's the thing though -- the neuro-ophthalmologist I'm using is the second one I saw. By that time there was already some improvement in the visual field to think I was on the right track so that she left the decision to use steroids up to me. However, she said that if I had come to see her right away, she would have firmly suggested that I go on them (IV for 3 days followed by oral). Since time had passed we made a deal to wait another 5 days -- saw her Wednesday and it had greatly improved again so I'm continuing to ride it out without them. However, as many people on here can tell you (and so did my n-o, vision normally comes back faster when you follow the steroid course). Might even be a better chance of getting more complete restoration. With this in mind, I have to agree with Lynda -- get it checked out NOW. I'm not sure you should skip the ophthalmologist step. The first one I saw was very laissez-faire. He said it would go away by itself but never mentioned the possibility of treatment. As it turns out he was right but I feel more lucky than I feel that he was wise. Obviously, I'm not seeing him anymore!
Good luck to you -- let us know what happens and please do get it checked out now!
kdel
04-27-2007, 05:03 PM
Thanks for replying. In my case I suddenly lose peripheral vision. ( do see wavy things but nothing else) then I get numbness in face that moves down side of my body along with sudden muscle weakness followed by what feels like little shocks of pain in arm and leg, somtimes torso and face. My vision will come back anywhere from about 20 min. to hours but it is not clear. It will stay blurry for days with intermintent attacks like I described above. It's very scary and I have an appt. with neuro on the 15th of may. The last time was last Monday and I still have the numbness in my face. Also part of my right foot and lower leg have had some numbness that varies in intensity but never goes away(couple of years now) but noone seems to care too much!
Bearygood
04-27-2007, 05:15 PM
This is certainly different from the experiences cited below but from other posts I've seen it seems that ON can affect people differently. Do you think it might be a good idea to call the neurologist with whom your appointment is NOW, tell them that your vision is part of the problem and ask if you should see an ophthalmologist or neuro-ophthalmologist now, before your May appointment? If you do that and they feel it's wise, I'm sure they'll be able to give you a referral to someone on your insurance plan. Please keep us posted and good luck!
poester2007
04-27-2007, 08:37 PM
Kara
We should be comparing notes!
I know how you feel!! Since 2000, I have had the same feelings of numbness in my legs, knees, and arms up to now. Kaiser told me pinched nerve maybe, tendinitis, and so on.
And, just this past december, I had an epsisode of optic neuritis that was just like your description below, mine came on more after a hot shower big time. Have you had an MRI yet?!
Mine was my right eye that I lost vision in, and lost feeling in right side of face, which caused cluster type of headache and trip to emergency for me.
My face was numb, and I had shooting pains on right side of my face which narrowed at my eye.
Hope your appt goes well at Neuro, and get an MRI scheduled soon as you can!
Don
We should be comparing notes!
I know how you feel!! Since 2000, I have had the same feelings of numbness in my legs, knees, and arms up to now. Kaiser told me pinched nerve maybe, tendinitis, and so on.
And, just this past december, I had an epsisode of optic neuritis that was just like your description below, mine came on more after a hot shower big time. Have you had an MRI yet?!
Mine was my right eye that I lost vision in, and lost feeling in right side of face, which caused cluster type of headache and trip to emergency for me.
My face was numb, and I had shooting pains on right side of my face which narrowed at my eye.
Hope your appt goes well at Neuro, and get an MRI scheduled soon as you can!
Don
c57s53
04-27-2007, 09:42 PM
I hope some of you can offer a little input to help me out with this. I started having pain in my left eye yesterday but only when i move my eye up. It was still there this morning so i went to see my Optomitrist. He checked my eyes both good, checked the pressure, dilated them and looked at each eye and said that from his vantage point the Optic nerve looked good and there was no sign of anything obvious, so he gave me a prescription for anti-inflammatory drops and Monday I have to go back for a Visual Field test. If nothing shows up or if something shows up (?) then I will have a Orbital MRI. Can someone explain this to me? How is it done? Is there any possibility that the optic nerve can look good from his exam but be inflamed in the MRI? What else can cause this type of pain in the eye? I'm not too worried about it since he said the Optic nerve looks good, but an wondering what it could be. Thanks for your insight.
Connie
Connie
Bearygood
04-27-2007, 11:06 PM
My eye started with the type of pain you're describing and then progressed into the visual symptoms. The first doctor I saw also said the nerve "looked good". I asked what this meant and was told that by the color they could tell if the nerve itself was damaged. As far as clinically seeing inflamation, they can see at least a certain degree by taking a photo of the eye. (My doctor is doing that as I progress, comparing it to the previous pictures.) But, by doing an MRI of the orbits you can absolutely tell more definitively and it also can show or rule out other possibilities. It sounds like maybe if your visual field isn't impaired he'll want the MRI but if is, that he'll be satisfied with an ON dx. The MRI that I had was about 45 minutes and they used dye halfway through to see if anything would light up.
c57s53
04-28-2007, 12:04 AM
Thanks for the reply Bearygood....that helps a lot. Now I am just wondering, if this turned out to be ON what would that be caused from? I have Lupus, not MS. I won't worry about it until i know for sure what this is but I am not feeling very good with it. I have a headache and just feel like I want to close my eyes until it goes away. You all have a good night...I am going to bed now.
Connie
Connie
Lisa_P
04-28-2007, 01:11 AM
I've had ON three times and it manifested differently each time.
The first time (in 1990), my peripheral vision disappeared (the field of vision had a "cloud" around the edges like those fuzzy glamour shot the photographers do for aging actresses). No pain, just the fuzziness around the edges. It lasted 7 days then went away entirely an no one could put a name to it, not even the opthalmologist I finally saw the day after it all ended!
The second time ('91) was so very painful. The "cloud" was in the center of my vision that time. It literally felt like a knife stabbing through the back of my skull right to the back of my eye. (Really -- I imagined the knife very clearly!) That time I was able to see an opthalmologist during the worst of it. He gave me an injection of Prednisone and the pain stopped. Then three weeks of pills (daily decreasing the dose). I lost about 90-95% of the vision in my right eye that time. All of the color vision. What I COULD see was like a very pixilated, snowy television screen where you KNOW there's something there but you can't get the antenna in the right position to tune it in... It took a few years for everything to come back. but by 1993 I felt like I was seeing OK out of the bad eye, but a simple eye chart test proved I was still more than a little color-blind (I said the green stripe was blue and the red one was yellow...) and my inability to see in 3-D was definitely gone-- no fusion whatsoever. Now the color is mostly back, but my eyes are sensitive to bright light in that one eye seems like I have sunglasses on and the other doesn't. That goes away in about 15-20 minutes, though. Hell when I go to the movies because I have to stand at the back until I'm more able to discern the aisle and seats...
The last time ('03), I was in total denial. It wasn't painful. At all --my vision just got all cloudy. It was raining out so I thought the windshield of my car was fogging up. This time it had hit my good eye, so I wasn't so aware that it wasn't both eyes... Went to the emergency room. Was told it was probably ON, begged NOT to be put on Prednisone (it had really messed up my body before and I was scared of it). It took nearly a month to get me into the neur-op at Parkland (Dallas) and by that time it was pretty much gone. Except for a residual lazy eye... And "paleness of the optic nerves" whatever that meant...
So. ON may come on and go away as quickly. Or it may linger. Leave a little bit behind or a lot behind... Eventually, your eyes get back to a somewhat normal and stable state, but whether that is as good as before is not so certain...
The first time (in 1990), my peripheral vision disappeared (the field of vision had a "cloud" around the edges like those fuzzy glamour shot the photographers do for aging actresses). No pain, just the fuzziness around the edges. It lasted 7 days then went away entirely an no one could put a name to it, not even the opthalmologist I finally saw the day after it all ended!
The second time ('91) was so very painful. The "cloud" was in the center of my vision that time. It literally felt like a knife stabbing through the back of my skull right to the back of my eye. (Really -- I imagined the knife very clearly!) That time I was able to see an opthalmologist during the worst of it. He gave me an injection of Prednisone and the pain stopped. Then three weeks of pills (daily decreasing the dose). I lost about 90-95% of the vision in my right eye that time. All of the color vision. What I COULD see was like a very pixilated, snowy television screen where you KNOW there's something there but you can't get the antenna in the right position to tune it in... It took a few years for everything to come back. but by 1993 I felt like I was seeing OK out of the bad eye, but a simple eye chart test proved I was still more than a little color-blind (I said the green stripe was blue and the red one was yellow...) and my inability to see in 3-D was definitely gone-- no fusion whatsoever. Now the color is mostly back, but my eyes are sensitive to bright light in that one eye seems like I have sunglasses on and the other doesn't. That goes away in about 15-20 minutes, though. Hell when I go to the movies because I have to stand at the back until I'm more able to discern the aisle and seats...
The last time ('03), I was in total denial. It wasn't painful. At all --my vision just got all cloudy. It was raining out so I thought the windshield of my car was fogging up. This time it had hit my good eye, so I wasn't so aware that it wasn't both eyes... Went to the emergency room. Was told it was probably ON, begged NOT to be put on Prednisone (it had really messed up my body before and I was scared of it). It took nearly a month to get me into the neur-op at Parkland (Dallas) and by that time it was pretty much gone. Except for a residual lazy eye... And "paleness of the optic nerves" whatever that meant...
So. ON may come on and go away as quickly. Or it may linger. Leave a little bit behind or a lot behind... Eventually, your eyes get back to a somewhat normal and stable state, but whether that is as good as before is not so certain...
Bearygood
04-28-2007, 11:02 PM
Connie, when I first realized what I had might be ON I read as much as I could. ON is very closely associated with MS (and often the first thing that leads to a dx) but there are other things that can cause it -- things that came up most frequently were Tuberculosis, Lyme and any infection involving the orbits. That said, the more I looked other places I saw additional things ranging from isolated instances to a by-product of sinusitis! And guess what -- I searched again just now and saw that it's been known to occur in LUPUS patients! There are also other conditions whose symptoms are close to ON. That said, since it's so closely associated with MS it's likely to be considered. My first doctor even scanned me for a pituitary tumor -- that kind of stumped the docs I subsequently saw. :dizzy: Good luck to you -- please keep us posted and definitely call your doctor RIGHT away if your headache continues!
Lisa, thanks for all the ON info. So much more comprehensive reading about others' real experiences.
Lisa, thanks for all the ON info. So much more comprehensive reading about others' real experiences.
c57s53
04-28-2007, 11:31 PM
You guys are all sooo helpful here. I appreciate the input very much. I am still having the headache....it is not real bad but makes me feel a little sick to my stomach and I just want to close my eyes. The drops the doctor gave me were $ 100.00, anti-inflammatory, and I wish it would just kick in. My vision honestly seems fine though, no blurriness or spots or anything so hopefully that is a good sign. The pain when I move my eye up is strictly in my left eye, but at times it seems that both eyes ache, so maybe it is from sinuses. i don't have a sinus infection but since I have the headache???? Who knows? Sometimes I can't figure what symptom is coming from what anymore. That might sound familiar to you guys as well with the MS and Fibro. i hate to put all the blame for all my symptoms on the Lupus, but I really do get so confused at times and I went to the doctor and complained at everything I have that is not normal I would probably sound like a huge hypochondriac so i often times just say nothing. That is from years of the doctors telling me that it was anxiety, i was depressed, everything is normal, etc., etc., etc.!
Anyway, I will let you all know how I make out on Monday with the Visual Field test. I am curious to find out what this is because it is definately a new thing for me. Hope you all have a good night.
Connie
Anyway, I will let you all know how I make out on Monday with the Visual Field test. I am curious to find out what this is because it is definately a new thing for me. Hope you all have a good night.
Connie
Bearygood
04-28-2007, 11:41 PM
Connie, I've got to tell you that your headache is concerning me!! Please, please -- ask your doctor about it! Are you seeing a regular eye doctor, ophthalmologist or neuro-ophthalmologist? Also, meant to ask you before about the anti-inflamatory drops...? Never seen them come up in anything I've read about ON treatment. Does it seem reasonable to think that your doctor isn't suspecting ON but a visual field test might make him/her reconsider?
c57s53
04-29-2007, 02:22 PM
Hi Bearygood.....The eyedrops my Optomotrist put me on are downstairs right now but I'll let you know the name of them later. i take them 4X a day in the left eye. He told me he didn't think it was ON because he said the ONerve looked good. I have to get the Visual Field test done at 10:00 tomorrow morning. The headache I have is like a mild achy headache that makes me feel a sickish in my stomach and actually noticed last night that both ayes were aching but the left eye actually hurts when i raise the eyeball upwards.
It is a nuisance type headace I am having and I'll be glad to get this over with. So far the eye drops aren't doing anything for me but I don't want to speak too soon just in case they may have help later. Whay is the headache concerning you? The Optomotrist sat down with me after checking this eye and said "there is a long list of things that can cause pain behind the eye like this, a couple of things we worry about most are Optic Neuritis, which I don't think you have because the Optic Nerve looks good, and the other is a tumor, but we can't see everything from this exam" so then he basically said he wanted me back on Monday morning for the Visual Field and then he said he "had a feeling" that they were going to be some "studies" of the Orbit and a MRI would probably be done. My vision isn't affected still so I don't know what it could be. When they do the MRI of the Orbit, do they also do it of the brain or is that totally different and something that would be done separately if needed? I just hate all this testing when I don't have insurance.
Take care,
Connie
It is a nuisance type headace I am having and I'll be glad to get this over with. So far the eye drops aren't doing anything for me but I don't want to speak too soon just in case they may have help later. Whay is the headache concerning you? The Optomotrist sat down with me after checking this eye and said "there is a long list of things that can cause pain behind the eye like this, a couple of things we worry about most are Optic Neuritis, which I don't think you have because the Optic Nerve looks good, and the other is a tumor, but we can't see everything from this exam" so then he basically said he wanted me back on Monday morning for the Visual Field and then he said he "had a feeling" that they were going to be some "studies" of the Orbit and a MRI would probably be done. My vision isn't affected still so I don't know what it could be. When they do the MRI of the Orbit, do they also do it of the brain or is that totally different and something that would be done separately if needed? I just hate all this testing when I don't have insurance.
Take care,
Connie
samismom94
04-29-2007, 04:03 PM
Hi,
My first symptom of MS was a case of ON in 2000. It started with a dull headache behind my right eye, a few days later it started to hurt more whenever I moved my eye, and I noticed colors were starting to look "washed out" if I only looked out of that eye. After 17 days of this headache (I was being stubborn and didn't go to the Dr. right away) I woke up and could not see at all out of my right eye. I went to the emergency room, they did a CAT scan and didn't find a brain tumor, they sent me on my way. It took about a week of Dr. visits before I was referred to a neuro-opthamologist, who diagnosed the ON. I was put on an IV of steroids for 5 days, and I would say my vision was restored in about a week.
My first symptom of MS was a case of ON in 2000. It started with a dull headache behind my right eye, a few days later it started to hurt more whenever I moved my eye, and I noticed colors were starting to look "washed out" if I only looked out of that eye. After 17 days of this headache (I was being stubborn and didn't go to the Dr. right away) I woke up and could not see at all out of my right eye. I went to the emergency room, they did a CAT scan and didn't find a brain tumor, they sent me on my way. It took about a week of Dr. visits before I was referred to a neuro-opthamologist, who diagnosed the ON. I was put on an IV of steroids for 5 days, and I would say my vision was restored in about a week.
c57s53
04-29-2007, 04:43 PM
The eye drops my doctor put me on are called "Acular" and the literature states that it is used to treat inflammation caused by allergens or allergies, That said, I do not have allergies, but for 100.00 for this tiny little bottle of eye drops, i was hoping it would get rid of the problem but no such luck yet. Hopefully tomorrow I will know more after the Visual Field. I don't have any trouble with my vision so I am thinking it is probably not ON like he said, but I am curious to find out what it is. I'll keep you all posted.
Thanks again,
Connie
Thanks again,
Connie
Bearygood
04-30-2007, 10:35 PM
Connie, it was that you said the headache was making you feel sick. My eye doctor ordered an MRI of the orbits (originally one had just ordered one of the brain) so she could get a good look at the optic nerve and I think to see if there was anything else going on. Now my neuro has ordered a more thorough brain MRI -- not sure what this will show but I'll find out when I go back to see him in June.
I hope you're feeling better and please let us know how you made out today!
I hope you're feeling better and please let us know how you made out today!
onlyjulie
04-30-2007, 11:27 PM
Hi, I joined this message board just for this post. I agree DO not wait to see the neuro doc.. you need to be seen ASAP..
Let me give ya a rundown so ya'll dont think i'm coocoo for cocopuffs..
I went blind in my left eye (in 3 days)due to ON Sept of 06 and the neuro doc didnt see me for almost 3 weeks and I Will NEVER EVER EVER get my eye site back in that eye due to optical atrophy.. I didnt get put on steroids for 17 days and by that time it was TOO late... Eye site is nothing you wanna mess with..
and just courious.. have they tested you for Devic's Disease??? Its a simple blood test, Its rare, but alot of times Devic's is misdiagnosed for MS.. and unfortunately I have Devic's..
Julie
Let me give ya a rundown so ya'll dont think i'm coocoo for cocopuffs..
I went blind in my left eye (in 3 days)due to ON Sept of 06 and the neuro doc didnt see me for almost 3 weeks and I Will NEVER EVER EVER get my eye site back in that eye due to optical atrophy.. I didnt get put on steroids for 17 days and by that time it was TOO late... Eye site is nothing you wanna mess with..
and just courious.. have they tested you for Devic's Disease??? Its a simple blood test, Its rare, but alot of times Devic's is misdiagnosed for MS.. and unfortunately I have Devic's..
Julie
c57s53
05-01-2007, 05:04 PM
Julie....what exactly is Devic's? I did get the Visual Field test done and they sent me on my way, saying only that the doctor would be contacting me. So far I haven't heard anything from him so that also leads me to believe it can't be anything serious or maybe he hasn't had a chance to review results yet. If I don't hear from him by tomorrow I will call him. My headache has subsided a little bit now since Thursday night, it isn't a constant but more comes and goes. The pain behind my left eye, however, is still there and the eye drops aren't doing anything, so who knows what this is about. Please explain Devic's to me Julie?
Thanks so much,
Connie
Thanks so much,
Connie
onlyjulie
05-01-2007, 07:15 PM
Hiya,
Devics Disease/syndrome to the best of my knowledge is like MS but its MS's Evil Twin. It hits harder and faster than MS.. what my doc says if someone comes in with lets say Leg numbness and has MS they would say lets give it a day or two to see what happens and Maybe be put on Steroids, Devic's person comes in same scenerio, they need Steroids THAT day or severe nerve damage can happen.
MS will attack the brain and optical sometimes spine, however, if it hits the spine the lesions is less than 3, Devics does not hit the brain but it hits the Optical and spine and the lesions is greater than 3. I have leisons from t1 - t7 and that my recent attack (and my first attack) it paralized me in 3 DAYS. Wednesday I started limping by Sat I paralized on my right side, With Plamsa exchange and alot of PT I am now walking with the aid of a brace and a cane, but, I'll tell ya its not pretty disease, alot of times my doctors says Devics is Misdiagnosed as a bad case of MS...
I hope that answered some of the questions.
Julie
Devics Disease/syndrome to the best of my knowledge is like MS but its MS's Evil Twin. It hits harder and faster than MS.. what my doc says if someone comes in with lets say Leg numbness and has MS they would say lets give it a day or two to see what happens and Maybe be put on Steroids, Devic's person comes in same scenerio, they need Steroids THAT day or severe nerve damage can happen.
MS will attack the brain and optical sometimes spine, however, if it hits the spine the lesions is less than 3, Devics does not hit the brain but it hits the Optical and spine and the lesions is greater than 3. I have leisons from t1 - t7 and that my recent attack (and my first attack) it paralized me in 3 DAYS. Wednesday I started limping by Sat I paralized on my right side, With Plamsa exchange and alot of PT I am now walking with the aid of a brace and a cane, but, I'll tell ya its not pretty disease, alot of times my doctors says Devics is Misdiagnosed as a bad case of MS...
I hope that answered some of the questions.
Julie
c57s53
05-02-2007, 08:06 PM
Well, i finally got a call from my eye doctor today regarding the Visual Field test I had done for the L eye pain. Visual Field was normal so he called my Internist and spoke to him about what is going on. They decided to have me see a Opthamologist who they said had more elaborate equipment to see behind the eye. Depending on what he does or doesn't see.....I guess the next step is Orbit MRI. Bearygood....you had this done so can you please tell me, is the MRI for that open or closed? I am terribly claustriphobic and don't think I can have it done if it is closed. I see the Opthamologist tomorrow morning. Wish me Luck!
Connie
Connie
Bearygood
05-02-2007, 08:41 PM
I was told that the pictures of the head are not as good in an open MRI. Connie, I feel for you -- I totally chickened out the first time but have now done two with some good tips and some valium! If you do need the orbits done, ask your doctor about the open one and also, the new UPRIGHT MRIs that were mentioned the other day. It's the "Who should I see first?" thread and the company is Fonar. (Thanks again, bella!) I already called the company and found 2 places in NYC that have them. The guy said they're as good as the closed ones but of course, he works for the company so check with your doctor (and insurance) to see if that would be an option. If it isn't, I'd be happy to post again about my experience and how I got through it! I'm still not happy about doing them but now I know I CAN. :)
Good luck, Connie! Keep us posted!
Good luck, Connie! Keep us posted!
c57s53
05-03-2007, 09:24 PM
Well, had mey appointment today with the Opthomologist, He told me that my pressure was borderline last week at my first appointment with the Optomotrist, and that the Visual Field was normal for the right eye but not the left. He didn't see anything that jumped out so I am having a orbital CT scan done Monday night. He thinks it could be Myositis, Scleritis or neuritis but he doesn't think it is Optic Neuritis because the vision wasn't affected and there was no change in colors for me. He thinks that the Lupus being an inflammatory disease that this is more than likely something inflammatory as well. Maybe it will just go away by Monday night....who knows. Anyway, if nothing shows up with the CT then we are off for an MRI. Like to pass this on to anyone who has orbital pain and hasn't found the reason yet.
Connie
Connie
Bearygood
05-04-2007, 02:34 PM
It sounds like they will only need to do an MRI is they need a better look at the optic nerve. Good luck and keep us posted!
c57s53
05-04-2007, 08:03 PM
It sounds like they will only need to do an MRI is they need a better look at the optic nerve. Good luck and keep us posted!
I will Bearygood....thanks for your interest.
Connie
I will Bearygood....thanks for your interest.
Connie