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littlun1066 (littlun1066)


March 10, 2008


Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom


Eye and Orbit Cancer


Choroidal Melanoma - Large diffuse


6 March 2003


Yes


The way it is creeps up on me and slaps me round the face when I least expect it.


The job I was meant to be doing - Therapeutic Radiographer!


Straight lines look wavy, flashing lights, floaters.


Biopsy – stitches irritated my eye.
Radiotherapy plaque insertion and removal – same as above!


Plaque brachytherapy – July 2003.
Plaque inserted on Friday morning and removed Monday night. Long, long weekend in isolation and having to carry a geiger counter around.
Eye was puffy, bloodshot for a long time, painful and vision deteriorated quite rapidly. Now have retinal detachment, pretty lousy vision in that eye and grey areas on the sclera (white of the eye) that may be burns from the cauterisation tool or where the sclera has thinned due to the radiation.
Last November (2007), it was noticed that the edge of the tumour is still growing in some areas and I have therefore had to have these treated with Transpupillary Thermotherapy (laser).


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Cancer Symptoms

Straight lines look wavy, flashing lights, floaters.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects

Biopsy – stitches irritated my eye.
Radiotherapy plaque insertion and removal – same as above!

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects

Plaque brachytherapy – July 2003.
Plaque inserted on Friday morning and removed Monday night. Long, long weekend in isolation and having to carry a geiger counter around.
Eye was puffy, bloodshot for a long time, painful and vision deteriorated quite rapidly. Now have retinal detachment, pretty lousy vision in that eye and grey areas on the sclera (white of the eye) that may be burns from the cauterisation tool or where the sclera has thinned due to the radiation.
Last November (2007), it was noticed that the edge of the tumour is still growing in some areas and I have therefore had to have these treated with Transpupillary Thermotherapy (laser).

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