Has anyone had a doctor not be able to penetrate the eye wall ?

Hello, I am new here and have just had my second Avastin injection. The first one went well, felt a little pressure as the needle was inserted. That day my eye was tearing and sore next morning a little crusty. Bloodshot was not too bad and after a week all seemed back to normal.

Yesterday 5/22/18 I went for the second. The doctor tried to insert needle twice, I felt the pressure twice in two places. He was unable to penetrate the eye wall left the room. The nurse said "sorry about that and did it hurt" ? I said not so much hurt but a lot of pressure. She said she was going to prepare another location. I asked if it would take a long time to numb up. She said it was numb and she was putting antiseptic in the new area. Doctor came back and tried a third time and lots of pressure the pushed hard and extreme pain. I felt the needle as if it was in my skin. Has anyone had a doctor not be able to penetrate the eye wall ?

[Hidden]

Hi Monte6, my very first Lucentis inj there was a feeling like being thumped in the eye with a dull pencil and then incredible pressure which seemed to last for ages. I literally thought my eyeball was going to squish like a grape. Hurt like hell and I reflexively moved away.

She never admitted it but it turned out the Dr put too much pressure on the q tip to mark my eye and then on eye clamp..

I was v nervous next inj as I didn't know it wasn't meant to feel like that and told nurses. They of course were horrified and new Dr was wonderful. At my review I asked consultant why it felt that way and he said it was pushing too hard on clamp. I made sure to tell nurses every time what had happened. It took me a few inj to ' relax' but I never had one as bad as the first .

If you felt needle like in skin then I would say you need more anaesthetic. My consultant told me to ask for more as some eyes v sensitive.

Good luck going forward x

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Thank you for you reply, good information. I think the anesthetic wore off as they let me sit for 20 minutes after the first try.

[maryparry]

Hi there, my eyes seem to be very resistant too. I wondered if it is tension and asked the doc if I should take a sedative before the next visit. She said 'No' but I will be interested to hear about others' experiences.

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I thought the medication may harden the eye wall after the first injection possibly. Did your first one go in easy ?

[Melene]

That is outrageous! Your Dr is not qualified to give injections.

My Dr numbs my eye twice, once with ointment, then followed with a quick painless injection. I feel pressure, but never pain. I was going to complain to him about the pressure, but after hearing your stories, I realize how fortunate I am to have Dr Will. Going on two years now...

[Hidden in reply to Melene]

Thank you for the reply. I think you are correct he does not seem very good at this. I am documenting the condition of my eye daily in case of infection. Happy to hear it is not normal may need to change doctors.

[Melene in reply to Hidden]

I was given a prescription for Polymyxin B Sulfate and Trimethoprim Ophthalmic Solution; one drop four times a day for three days to fight infection. Infections must be avoided.

[Hidden in reply to Melene]

Thanks for that information. I am doing pretty well on the infections have not had one so far. Just now starting to see the white in my eye, it will be two weeks tomorrow.

[new2AMD14915]

Hi Monte, I'm with you 100% on this. I seem to have been having a really bad time (pain wise) since I've had this new young doctor. I've had upward of 20 injections from about 10 different injectors but my current one makes a real hash of it. I would quite like to be able to show HER what it feels like!!