Eyesight

[jmackmom]

I finished my last chemo treatment and it's been the most difficult. It's been 12 days since the infusion and starting four days ago I wake up in the chemo fog. I work as a court interpreter and the concentration necessary for the job helps clear my head. My question is, has anyone had any side effect with their vision and will it go away?

[Yoshbosh]

I find I have watery eyes, but my vision is OK. The watering is annoying though!

[HogwartsDK]

Hey!

I found that as chemo went on my eyes did get weaker, foggier if you like but not all the time! I had decided that I would get them checked out after I finished Chemo. After a couple of months they were better but I got the eyes checked anyway as I hadn't had them done for a while and they were the same as they were beforehand. Optician said they hadn't deteriorated at all so what I felt during and immediately after finishing Chemo must have been the chemo! I was very happy cos at one stage I did think it was going to be permanent! Hopefully you too will find that it gets better but may take a few months!

Dx

[27-359]

Yes, I have noticed a slight deterioration in my sight when watching TV and particularly in my close vision when reading. As I have another two Carbo/Tackle sessions followed by Avast in I don't think it is worth seeing an optician until the treatment is over.

[Toguan]

This does happen, ask your doctor. May I encourage you by listening to m.youtube.com/watch?v=TAF2h...(Not working as expected?)

All the best

[hunkydory]

I had 12 months of chemo for colon cancer and ovarian cancer in 2004. I was very dizzy and had a lot of double vision . Sometimes I would walk into the wall trying to get thru a doorway in the house. It did finally clear up about 2 to 3 weeks after my last treatment.

I had this problem during the whole 12 months of my chemo.

Hope you are feeling better soon.

[indego]

I've worn glasses for years, and I was coming up to needing a new prescription before chemo (I need maybe one or two steps up in the prescription). I DID notice that my eyesight deteriorated quite significantly during chemo, to the point where I was struggling to see the TV even with my glasses on. If I had to guess, I'd say it would have been 5 or so prescription levels worse.

I finished chemo early March, and my eyesight is now back to it was before chemo. I still need new glasses, but only by one prescription or so.

I also had a lot of trouble with my hearing, a general lowering of volume and then a muffling of sound. That's also returned to normal.

[jmackmom in reply to indego]

Thanks. That is very helpful. I hadn't even mentioned the hearing difficulties. I am a court interpreter and the muffled sound has made things very difficult. I also have an odd pulsating noise on occasion that sounds like a cartoon character chomping on some food or a loud pulsating machine. Very disconcerting.

[jmackmom]

Well it seems that my eyesight problems were from a drastic drop in red blood cell count. I had a transfusion and was not affected by blurry pulsating vision the next day.