LISABETH23 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 MY FATHER HAS BEEN COMPLAINING OF VISION TROUBLE. HE SYS THAT HE REALLY CAN NOT SEE. HE THINKS THAT THE CANCER HAS GONE TO HIS BRAIN AND WE KEEP TELLING HIM TO RELAX. HAS ANYONE HAD VISION TROUBLE DURING THEIR CHEMO TREATMENTS? ANY ANSWERS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. HOPE EVERYONE IS FEELING WELL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Jo Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Hi Lisa- yes, my sister had problems with blurry vision after chemo. The docs ended up switchng out one of the nausea pre-meds-I can't remember which one, but if you search my posts it might say. You should definately ask the docs. Let them know every little change- the earlier the better. Good luck to you and your family. Marco Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recce101 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Hi, Lizabeth: I've had some trouble with my vision the past several weeks -- I'm on my 6th cycle of Taxol/Carboplatin/Avastin. The left eye has developed "dry eye syndrome," which can be caused by chemo and a number of other things. The eye senses it isn't getting the lubrication it needs, so it signals the brain to send more tears, but the tears don't contain enough of the lubricating chemical, so it still feels dry and asks for more tears, and the result is trying to look through a constant waterfall and the inability to focus. This cycle continues until the cause (probably chemo in my case) has been purged out of the system and the body has had time to recover. In the meantime, this condition can be helped to a degree with lubricating eye drops available over the counter in your pharmacy. So if your father is getting a lot of eye watering, chemo-induced dry eye syndrome might be the cause. The excess tears can also cause more drainage in the nasal passages and throat, but there can be other causes for that as well. If you father does not have a lot of tearing, then I don't have any ideas to offer. He might get a better answer when he goes to Sloan Kettering later this month. It's tough to be unable to read when one can't do much of anything else except vegetate in front of the TV. My best wishes to both of you. Aloha, Ned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LISABETH23 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ANSWERS and advice. i will tell him to ask his doctors again. as of right now the doctors are saying they don't think it has to do with chemo, thats why he is so nervous. he does have diabetes though so i think it has to do with his sugar...thanks agin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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