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I met with my oncologist today. I told him all my symptoms and he listened and wrote. Then I told him that I had experienced a visual deformity and sort of sketched a diagram of what I was experiencing. I has happened twice about a week apart and lasts for a few minutes. The photo you see here pretty well illustrates what I experience.
I told him I was concerned it might be weeds from my parasite. He said that was VERY unlikely. He said if that were the case, I wouldn’t experience this condition on a temporary basis.
He gave me a prescription to get some sort of Doppler test on my carotid artery. He listened with his stethoscope, but said it sounds OK. But he felt the test would be a better diagnostic tool.
I am still very tired. It just doesn’t go away. But I don’t have any treatment until Friday of next week – Yea!
I’m off to bed.
Posted by The Vorlon at September 7, 2006 8:38 PMTed
When was the last time you had your eyes checked? If it has been a while, you might want to consider getting them checked, just to be safe.
Also, meds can do strange things to the body and not all side effects are known. A few years ago, I thought that I was loosing my mind. I couldn't think, I was terribly absent minded, I felt like I was drunk all of the time. This went on for about a year. Then, about a month after my doctor took me off of my blood thinner, my head cleared. None of these symptoms were listed as a side effect of the blood thinner but I still suspect that it was the cause of this condition.
Even if there are listed side effects, doctore are not always aware of them. A couple of yeare ago, my doctor prescribed an antibiotic to be taken as needed for my acne. When I asked about side effects, he said that this drug has been around for 40 years and was quite "harmless". A few weeks later I started experiencing skin rashes. After having this rash on and off for about a year, I was referred to a dermatologest who suggested warm showers and baby oil. Then, I started experiencing blisters and joint pain. When I looked up this drug on line, I found out that it has a lot of nasty side effects including rashes, blisters, and joint pain. I have been off the drug for about a year now and have not had problems since. So much for this "harmless" drug. FWIW
Posted by: Ned Swift at September 8, 2006 1:15 PM