Sorry to hear that.  Hope you have a speedy recovery.

Very sorry to hear that, eye trouble hits close to home with me. I have granular dystrophy of the cornea, it is a rare hereditary disease that progresses over time. I am fortunate that I am still 20/20 correctable with glasses. My mother is not so lucky, she has already undergone corneal graphs (very painful) to retain her drivers license. She said she won't do it again, too painful.

a link to see what I have. http://dro.hs.columbia.edu/granular2.htm Click on the second (smaller) image to see what my mothers eyes look like. I'll be there in 20 years.

Praying for a speedy recovery for you Obi-Wan

thanx everyone, I could keep away from the board, the medicine seemed to bbe working though I'm not so sure, we'll see a few days futher on, during the  one and ahalf hour research I even fainted there :X

anyway the black spot is an infection in my iris, and it seemed to be caused by the new mutated version of Mumps desease I had a few days ago, though it still seems that that mumps type of virus is still visible and there maybe a come back of it, I hope not I hate hospitals already.

@ Gamma742, sorry to hear that about you mom, take good care of her, so recovery is not possible or is there still a way?

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My grandmother received cornea transplants, that gave her another 15 -/+ years before she went totally blind, pasted away in a nursing home shortly after her 100th birthday. My mother tried a different route PRK laser surgery about 5 years ago. This was the old version of corrective (lasik) surgery. It got her back on the road (drivers license) but she may not pass the eye exam next time.

This condition seems to be unstoppable. It's a pretty rare condition so it doesn't get alot of medical R&D. All the R&D seems to go toward Lasik and the new WaveFront tech. in the Eye  field. This gets the best return on investment. Hey this is the US, it's all about the money. Rare conditions won't get any funding.

One of my sisters is not 20/20 correctable but the rest of us are doing Okay. With this condition it's only a matter of time. We all have it. (6 sisters).

They say that the by 3rd or 4th generation the cycle should break. Hopefully my daughter won't get it. So far none of my nephews and nieces have it. (oldest 30) So that's a good sign since it shows up in your mid 20s.


Well Obi Wan, Try to restrain your self from the uncontrollable urge to get on-line. I know I speak for all of us here when I say we want you to have a speedy full recovery.

Good luck and I hope you'll recover soon. Also have a friend who has really bad problems with his eyes. But the doctors can't find anything.

hope everythin comes fine 

wish you recover fast to good healty 

Glad to hear you're recovering!