It's back! Argh.
I haven't had to deal with this since 2004 so I was sort of surprised when the first clue started on Sat. My eyes hurt. Sunday no worse but no better and then by last night, yikes, it was undeniable and quickly got worse. Red left eye, pain!, and light sensitivity - the works.
For 10 years I was plagued with attacks and then chronic iritis but have not had an attack for nearing the 8 year mark on Remicade. Why it suddenly decided to strike is a mystery. The biologic has worked like a miracle on my AS and iritis all this time. My AS is still remarkably well controlled, so I asked my ophthalmologist what he thought was up... and he just said, 'well, they are different animals', which is true.
Got in quickly to see this ophtho today, although he is not my regular guy (mine was in surgery). He looked in my eye for all of 2 seconds before reacting that it was "well under way" which gave me the impression that it was not good, although he avoided telling me what grade when I asked. Only need drops every 2 hrs (with night ointment) so can't be too bad. Really hoping I am not back on this merri-go-round for long.
Just wanted to report this since it has been my experience, even when you
think you have it beat,... you can never trust iritis.
Only good thing is that I
finally get to use this smilie -->
<-- that James created for us! lol
