Hi Julia,
I will let you know what happens with Tara and you let us know how
you are and when your son comes home.
Linda




--- In apeced@yahoogroups.com, "juliap99" <richardson.jrr@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> I had cataracts whne I was younger and had my whole lens removed in
> both eyes. Due to extended contact wearing, my corneas are being
> damaged and thickening. I think this is due to having to wear
> contacts daily for 22 years. BUT I also had a retina scare about 8
> months ago - I kept seeing a black dot for days - it would not go
> away and my coworker said it could be a detached retina. My
> opthamologist said that it would not surprise him if I did have
> retinal issues considering my eye history - I think though that the
> problems with my eyes were partly due to undiagnosed
> hypoparathyroidism and very low calcium levels for so long. I do
know
> that I see a cornea and retina specialist too who is "watching" my
> eyes yearly for changes - whatever that may mean.
>
> Keep me posted on what happens. It seems Tara and I may have
similar
> presentations.
>
> Julia
>
> --- In apeced@yahoogroups.com, "lsquittman" <lsquittman@> wrote:
> >
> > I didn't want to confuse the issues so I thought I would post my
> > question separately. Something new has popped up with Tara. We
are
> not
> > sure if it is APECED related but since most things that happen to
> her
> > relate back this probably does too. She has lost a lot of
> peripheral
> > vision in one eye and has many small cataracts in the same eye.
She
> has
> > been in glasses for both near and far vision for several years
but
> > never had trouble with light or sensitivity.She went to an
> > optholmologist who referred her to a cornea and retina
specialist.
> Her
> > cornea is fine but the retina specialist may order further tests.
> He
> > didn't tell her what he thinks because he wants to confer with
her
> endo
> > and optholmologist. Does this sound familiar to any of you?
> > Thanks.
> > Linda
> >
>