When is enough, enough?

[DonnaC3562]

I am a 56 year old female,type 1 diabetic. I had cataract surgery last sumner. I had intraocular lens replacements. I had a few small floater prior that my retina Dr la sered . He also gave me injections in each 1 week prior to surgery. My vision after was the best I ever remember seeing. I got glasses for computer and reading.All was grwat. July was the 2ND cataract surgery. In October out of the blue I had my 1st vitreous hemorrhage, but ?I didn't know what it was. I went right to the ophthalmologist. He told me what it was and said to follow-up with the retina doctor in 4 weeks. That's what I did. 3 weeks later I had a really bad hemorrhage and saw the retina doctor right aw ay. He told me that if I lose my sight it was due to my negligence, I should have seen him right away. It was his partner who said when to follow up, I'm not a doctor. Anyway he lasered the eye which was incredibly painful. I came back 2 days later to get the opposite eye lasered. 3 weeks later he started injections. This was in November 2017. He's been injecting my eyes every 3-4 weeks. I have no improvement. He injected my eyes again in April 16. When the right eye was injected a circle with a clear center popped up. I told him and he said don't worry about it, it sometimes happens and it will be gone in 2-3 days. It's the 24th and all it has done is make me sea sick to the point In taking medication to control the nausea. It's a combination of the massive "spider web" in my left eye that has the smallest clear spot if I can see it the vision is perfect so the only thing preventing me from seeing is the black stuff. He said just because he can I surgery, doesn't mean he should. I also have MS and he doesn't know if that is also contributing to some of the vision loss. All these injections are not making any difference. I'm at a loss . I'm open to any opinions at this point thank you..Donna

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

You are not going to be able to get any information here that will make a difference. I would suggest you see a different eye MD ophthalmologist for a 2nd opinion about your options, if necessary a 3rd opinion also.  If you like one of these two retina consultants better than the ones you are seeing now you can always change your care to new eye MDs.  Most likely the injections are Avastin, Lucentis or Eyelea for diabetic macular edema.