Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

Hi, Chrome:

I am not familiar with either treatment for CRVO that you mention.  Has the doctor considered shots of Lucentis?  Perhaps there is a reason that makes you a non-

candidate for these shots?

I am having the shot in my eye every other month now, and my retinologist tells me

that I am one of the lucky ones for whom it is working.  It seems as if not everyone has success with this treatment.

I wish I could be more helpful, but I suggest that you do research and learn as much

as possible about these treatments and their rates of success.  Knowledge is always

good to have.

Beverly

 

Hi. I have also had injections of Lucentis - 2 so far - the first one worked well and the swelling came back after a month (the drug only lasts a month) but after the second injection, I seem to have had some damage to the retina/vitreous humour - I've now got a black ring which distorts/limits the vision. I was hoping it would clear but it hasn't. I'm back at the eye clinic tomorrow, so will be interested to see what my consultant suggests- don't fancy another jab!  Apparently there is another drug they can inject - but it has worse side-effects! 

(Beverly, I did check and my consultant is a retina specialist - seems to be well though of.)

Good luck with your investigative tests, Chrome1955 -let us know how it goes!

My visit to the eye surgeon went pretty good all things considered.  He confirmed that I have a Central Vein Occlusion along with Macular edema in my right eye. He told me that we caught it early and I still have 20/20 vision in that eye. The treatment is 3 injections of what they call VEGF and then a laser treatment to cauterize some veins at the back of the retina to keep them from bleeding into the eye.   They are not bleeding yet but they on the verge of doing it, so this is more a preventive step.  The injection I received only took about 2 seconds and early did not hurt.  It felt kind of like a quick light mosquito bite.  He also told me that hypertension does not actually cause this problem but can make it worse and for some reason many people have CVO have high blood pressure and or diabetes.  I do have high blood pressure but it has been under control since I was first diagnosed with it, it is typically 120/80 almost every day.  He explained to me, in my case it is probably more due my age (I’m 59).  He said the veins and capillaries in the eye are like a bowl spaghetti noodles, very interwoven.  In my case some of them have become sort of brittle, not as pliable as they should be and when that happens, they begin to stick to each other and that is what starts causing a blockage and it gets worse as time goes by.  I hope this not too much information and is helpful to some of you