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• rp and epiretinal membrane
• Posted: 2011-02-15 23:24:34 By Shelly B
• Hi,
  
  I'm hoping someone has some experience with this. I have known I had rp since 1999. I have very little central vision in my left eye. Now my right eye seemed to be loosing sight. My doctor says I have epiretinal membrane in both eyes. It's getting hard to make out printed numbers at work on my reports. I'm using a magnifying glass now.
  
  He is checking with the Univ of MN and will get back to me next week. I've been on steroid drops and now some med that is a duretic trying to get the swelling down.
  
  I guess I just afraid. It's hard to find info about these two diseases together. The little I have found out is not good.
  
  It seems to be progressing fairly rapidly. The last three months I have noticed warped, blurred vision in my "good" right eye.
  
  Anyone heard of this?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Shelly
  
  

• Posted: 2011-03-24 11:50:15 By Bobette M
• Shelly I have epiretinal membranes in both eyes with my left eye being worse than my right. My vision is also deteriorating and I'm not sure if it is from the epiretinal membrane or the retinal degenerative disease. No one is interested in doing surgery for the epiretinal membrane. Like you, I have very little vision left in my left eye.
  
  It is difficult to determine which problem is causing the vision loss.