bilateral optoc neuropathy

[yenney1977]

HELLO MY NAME IS MISTY YENNEY AND I LIVE IN KNOCVILLE IOWA I AM ACTUALLY
WRITIN YOU IN REGARDS TO MY FATHER IN LAW HIS NAME IS ED PARKER HE IS 43
YEARS OLD BEST GUY YOU COULD EVER MEET HE WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH
BILATERAL OPTIC NEUROPATHY AND MACULAR EXUDATE. HE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
BLIND IN HIS ONE EYE SINCE 1997. HE STARTED HAVING VISION LOSS IN HIS
OTHER EYE AND NOW CAN BARELY SEE OUT OF IT HE IS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE ANYMORE
HE CONTINUES TO TRY TO WORK BECAUSE HE HAS TO      NOTHING THAT THE DRS IN
IOWA CITY HAVE DONE HAS HELPED AT ALL THEY SENT HIM TO JOHN HOPKINS
HOSPITAL IN MARYLAND THEY COULDNT HELP HIM.. HE DOESNT KNOW WHAT TO DO
ANYMORE AND I WANT TO HELP MY BABIES GRAMPA.. I WAS READING ON THE NET
WHERE SOMEONE HAD DISCOVERED THAT IT MIGHT BE CAUSED BY SOME KIND OF
SINUS PROBLEMS HE HAS HAD SINUS PROBLEMS FOR YRS.. HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANY
TREATMENT FOR HIS CONDITION THAT WORKS..I HAVE HIS PAPERWORK IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THEM I CAN EMAIL THEM TO YOU..CAN SOMEONE PLEASE CONTACT
ME...THANKS

[AnnaE]

So sorry about your father's sight. The doctor will answer you soon.

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

God bless you for your concern and efforts for you father in law.  I wish there was something I could do to help.  He most certainly needs a neuro-ophthalmology expert perhaps at the University of Iowa Medical School.  His case is sad, but also difficult and complex and far beyond what I can do on this forum.

Michael Kutryb, MD