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Re: Strange Eye Strobe? Anyone else have this?

WoofieChow@... — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:45 GMT

I have something similar and equally as odd. On a fairly regular basis, almost daily, I see a tiny strobe of light in my RD eye too. It is right smack dab in

Re: Strange Eye Strobe? Anyone else have this?

Gail Jones — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:51:32 GMT

I have had shimmering in my eye ever since my RD sugery. I can see it when my eye is opened or closed. Mine is in the upper, right corner of my eye. The doctor

Re: Strange Eye Strobe? Anyone else have this?

Mika Brainy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:37:50 GMT

My best guess is Ocular Migraine. It has various forms and is usually painless and harmless. Google "ocular (or optic) migraine and you'll find out more

Re: Strange Eye Strobe? Anyone else have this?

j1989e@... — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:31:34 GMT

Had the same sort of thing a while back and freaked. Went to my retina doc and luckily all was ok. He said may be vitreous detaching, happens as we age, and it

Re: Strange Eye Strobe? Anyone else have this?

Damon Lord — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:31 GMT

Get thyself along to a doctor seems to be the maxim of this group, but that aside, would it be the visual side of a migraine? I've had an increased occurrence

Strange Eye Strobe? Anyone else have this?

mafixit@... — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:21:09 GMT

I was watching TV Saturday night and all of a sudden I see this long "sparkle" in my right eye - the eye that 3 years ago had a detached retina (repaired with

Re: Educating Doctors-Dr. OZ

David Power — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:15 GMT

GEEEEEEEEEEZ. Unbelievable. ________________________________ From: Shirley To: detached-retina@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010

Educating Doctors-Dr. OZ

Shirley — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:47:19 GMT

In October I email Dr. OZ. So far I have not received a reply back. I believe educating doctors starts with our general practioners. Last August I came home

Re: Lattice Degeneration and RD

Jessica Z. — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:59:03 GMT

When I experienced my first symptoms of RD and didn't even know what it was - I called an opthamologist that was recommended to me - not even one I had seen

Re: Lattice Degeneration and RD

David Power — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:49:43 GMT

Just another thought - What if all of the receptionists were to ask a simple question of all incoming callers seeking appointments as to what the reason for

Re: Lattice Degeneration and RD

Teresa Plaszaj-Lengyel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:42:20 GMT

i emailed the doctor oz show....all i did was to go on his site and clicked on contact us and left a email about doing a show on rd To:

Re: Lattice Degeneration and RD

Katheen Wells — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:05:15 GMT

Thats a great idea, how does that work calling Dr. Oz ________________________________ From: Teresa Plaszaj-Lengyel To:

lattice degeneration

Aurora Bayan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:58:15 GMT

My situation is the same...I was born premature with (as far as we know....) no ROP, but some bad eyesight. Before RD, my left eye(in glasses, not contacts)

Re: Lattice Degeneration and RD

David Power — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:49:16 GMT

Aside from the multiple detachments in the right eye my left eye had 3 or 4 tears and/or breaks which were treated with cryotherapy (freezing). Seemed to

Re: Lattice Degeneration and RD

Teresa Plaszaj-Lengyel — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:33:02 GMT

read in a health magazine...that ginko helps with lattice degeneration...and it was a young doctor , who was just comming out of medical school..who told me