Question by omipapapuhr@sbcglobal.net: disability solutions to appeal social security disability denial of claim?
spouse had a stroke,has lupus, type 2 diabetes,glaucoma,osteoporosis,menieres syndrome,short term memory loss, and her claim was denied with all medical information provided

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Answer by David B
system to me appears to be designed to make you hire a lawyer to make it happen…if you were a quadraplegic youd be denied first time. Phone book is full of them, which tells you something right there.

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Question by Indiana Jones: cataract surgery help?????????
has anyone on here ever had cataract surgery?
do you have any other eye conditions?

i’ve had a dettached retina twice in my right eye this year and now my cataract is way worse than before.
my retina doctor is staying neutral since he doesn’t specialize in cataracts,
the doctor that i see for gluacoma which does specialize in cataracts said he wants to inject a solution that would desolve the lens and i’d have to wear coke bottle glasses cuz he says there is no lens that would be able to match the shape i’d need.
and i just went to another doc for a second opinion and he said that the other doc is wrong the problem is not a custom made lens its whether my eye structure is strong enough to support a new lens.
he says its a 50/50 chance that he could put a lens in other wise i’d need contacts or glasses but he wouldn’t kow until he was actually doing the surgery.
he wants me to see someone else for another opinion and then based on that make my decision.

also the doc that wants to just inject something into my eye has an ego problem so if i don’t have him do the surgery he may refuse to see me as a patient for my glaucoma which everyone thinks is so rediculous!
whats your opinion of what i should do?
i’m not basing my decision soley on what you guys think but i’d love to have the imput.
what would you do?
have you had any experience like this?

well i just got another opinion and the doctor is more like 75% that i could get a new lens put in without needing glasses. he seems confident but still said there is a possibility that it may not work out and i’d need glasses. and he does seem quite concerned for my welfare. he even wants me to go to my retina doctor to be absolutely sure its safe before he does anything.
so now the first doctor is def not doing my surgery but i have to decide whcih out of number 2 or 3 should i have do it. i really like number 2 but number 3 seems more experienced in my kind of case. + number 2 said if he had to have the surgery since he can’t do it himself he’d go to this doctor. its just that this doctor doesn’t seem to have the best bed side manner but i guess my thought is if he’s the best i don’t care about his manner.
its just hard cuz i have to make a decision and it has to be the right one the first time around cuz i can only see out of one eye so anything goes wrong and ill be blind ijdk

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Answer by b_bardi99
don’t let the big ego-ed Dr inject any crap into your eye!
I would go and see the third Dr, the specialist for another opinion!
Its your eyesight:some Dr’s don’t give a s…t!

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Question by naturalized: did any of you ever have the corticosteriod injection in the eye for diabetic retinopathy?
dear all, my mother has diabetes for 15 years now. recently we got to know about her diabetes retinopathy and its fast deteriorating. the doctors have offered laser treatment and the corticosteroid injection. as much as i have read online it seems that the corticosteroid treatment hardly has any information or studies done. i was wondering :
if any of you have undergone the steroid treatment,
how long ago did u have it,
how frequently did u have to repeat it,
and did u develop any cataract and/or glaucoma cos of it?

any of you had the laser treatment done, then please tell me about your experience from that. how r u doing now? what r the side effects or long term effects? if someone gets worse since the laser treatment what options r there then? the more details you have the better for me. please please let me know as much as you can. we r so worried for her. we need to come to a solution ASAP. thank you all for your answers and time.

god bless you all with good health.

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Answer by Dols
No, ouch

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Question by Jazzy: Wearing contacts too long dries out my eyes + makes em red?
if i’m out the whole day then my eyes get kind of red .. and very dry. if i’m out for a few hours, they just get dry. why does this happen? i take better care of my contacts than a lot of other people i know but they don’t have this problem. and i don’t wear them all the time i take them out at home. i do everything i’m supposed to.. wash my hands, clean the contacts, soak them in a solution, etc. and i’ve been wearing contacts for like 2 yrs now so i should be used to them by now right?

also, are there any long term effects of wearing contacts? will i get like glaucoma or other eye conditions when i’m older?

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Answer by butta246
Hi, I’m a optometric tech. Sometimes you can do everything you can and still have this problem. You might want to let your eye doctor know about it and they can give you contacts with more moisture or hydraclear. It put more oxygen in the eyes so it won’t turn red or get irritated. You won’t get glaucoma from wearing eye contacts, but you do need to do the puff of air test every year to see. Glaucoma is only for people that have so much fluid pressure in their eyes that it gets to the point where they go blind. The effect of wearing contacts is if you improperly take care of them. I’ve dealt with some people that would sleep in their contacts and it eventually get stuck on their eye. I’ve also had people have contacts shatter in their eye because they were careless. Just remember to never sleep in them and to never use the same solution in your contact lens case, always dump it out. Also use a lint free towel. You have been doing everything right. It could also be allergies. If that’s the case, go to the local drug store and by systane-for contact! Their is a plain one for people who don’t wear contacts and some who do. That helps a lot! Good luck!!

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Question by AF Bound: What can I do to ease the stress of this situation?
It’s a bit complicated but I’m 24 single female still living at home with my aunt and my mom, my mom has some mental delays so she needs to be looked after, we recently found out she has glaucoma and just had surgery done to remove a cataract from her eye, she has to take these eye drops four times a day on schedule for the rest of her life. I work full time at a grocery store and use public transportation, i was in school but left because things were getting too complicated and i lost all concentration and i needed a break, plus my grades were suffering. biggest regret, now I want to go back to school n get my degree, but with my mom having to take these drops four times a day on schedule, and my aunt working a full time job at a hospital, I don’t know how im going to manage to be there for her and take care of my business, I need to do something else with my life because Im tired of working at a grocery store it sucks. I cant afford a car or my own place on this salary, nor rent. Ive been trying to figure this out for a while, but have come up with very little solutions, I feel all my friends having the time of their lives and me stuck, and its depressing. If i cant go back to school now, maybe i can find a better job, but with no degree, my options are limited, even with an associates which i have, is there any possible solution out of this problem that works for everyone, or am i looking at this all the wrong way and should be grateful, and maybe this is what im supposed to be doing?
correction “with no degree, and the status of the job market”

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Answer by It was more than speeches
Wow a couple of loaded questions here.

To assume that the only place you can work is a grocery store because you don’t have a degree is incorrect, many many people make money without college.

Eyedrops hardly seem like a valid reason to not go to school. Work it out. Give her drops in the morning, go to school near your house so you can come home at lunch and do it.

Also- you can do online school. University of Phoenix and others are accredited.

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Question by Salami and Orange Juice: Does anyone else find the “Legalize Marijuana” Movement suspicious?
This movement was around since the 1970s when it was primarily the hippie crowd and, ironically the tobacco companies that wanted it legalized for recreational use. (See tobacco company memo excerpt in references below)
Then we didn’t hear much about it for about 20 years.
Suddenly in about 1995, it rears its head again in 2 ways:
1. It is suddenly a miracle drug used for glaucoma, cancer, chronic pain etc.
2. We suddenly have a fiber crisis and need hemp as a solution.

In both cases, media stories went from 0 to thousands in a matter of months.

I don’t doubt it helps people forget their pain, but it seems like there are probably better medicinal solutions than being stoned all the time, and the hemp thing is just ridiculous.
Both, however offer a convenient way to flood the countryside with hard to regulate weed.

Again, If it really helps, I don’t have a problem with the really sick having permission to grow a few plants.

http://www.drugwatch.org/Tobacco_Marijuana_Media.htm

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Answer by ponchescopilot
Why is it so important for so many people to intrude into the lives of others? A better question to ask other than “Why should it be leagalized?” is “Why is it illegal?” Why has the government decided that some drugs (alchohol, nicotiene, caffiene) should be legal for unregulated consumption, and a basically harmless soft drug like marijuana with debatable medicinal benifits is demonized and thrown into the same catagory as herion and cocaine which like alchohol have ruined millions of lives and killed millions of people?

Why are you so concerned with what people do with their personal time?

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Question by suzakuwisher: A word problem using two variables such as x and y.?
A pharmacist is to prepare 15 milliliters of special eye drops for a glaucoma patient. The eye-drop solution must have a 2% actice ingredient, but the pharmacist only has 10% solution and 1% solution in stock. She must use these solutions to produce the finl prescription. Can the pharmacist use the solutions she has in stock to fill the prescription? If she can, show the amout (volume in milliliters) of the 10% solution and the 1% solution that she would use to fill the prescription.

Please teach me how to solve this and explain throughly using two variables, such as x and y.

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Answer by brandie c
no

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Question by dino: DOES DOXYCYCL HYC 50MG CAUSE NOSEBLEEDS?
My husband has Glaucoma and is taking Doxycycl HYC 50 MG for an eye inflamation, can this medication cause nosebleeds. He is also using Dorzolamiide HCI-Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic
Solution and Lumigan, can either if these cause nosebleeds?

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Answer by essentiallysolo
NO

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Question by Joey R: Marijuana: America’s Miracle Solution?
I am a pro cannabis spokesman and would like to go over the pros in cons of legalizing marijuana. There are five main factors to recognize when considering the legalization of weed: Medicinal use, Economy, Crime rates, Risks of intoxication, and Religion. As we all know, marijuana has been legalized in California strictly for medicinal purposes. Marijuana is not only a painkiller but has also been proved to cure or reduce symptoms of many illnesses including but not limited to: nausea, vomiting, Depression, Bipolar disorders, PMS, unintentional weight loss, lack of appetite, spasticity, painful conditions, especially neurogenic pain, movement disorders, asthma, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Migraines, Fibromyalgia, Glaucoma, tourettes, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, obsessive-compulsive disorder, ADD, Cancer, AIDS, and much more. Also, cannabis DOES NOT KILL BRAIN CELLS! This is a common myth which resent studies have proven that it actually promotes neuron growth in the hippocampus section of the brain which is responsible for learning and memory. Neither does marijuana cause lung cancer. Researchers at Harvard University found that smoking pot actually decreases malignant transformation in cells leaving users at a lower risk of getting cancer. We can all agree that our economy is in dire need of a new industry. Not only will marijuana produce tax revenue through medicinal and recreational use, it will also decrease unemployment by opening new job opertunities for those who produce and use it. Also, did you know the hemp plant is a natural resource for biodeisel? Our current crops would take 10% of American land to produce enough fuel for the whole country on a consistant basis. It would only take 6% of the land with hemp as a substitute. There is the common misconception that legalizing marijuana would increase crime rate. In fact, marijuana would decrease the number of common civilians getting arrested providing more room in our jails for the real criminals. This will also allow authorities to focus on more serious crimes such as murder, cocaine trafficing, rape, and more. Legalization will not cause increase in domestic abuse and other falsely linked crimes as it will be no more available than it already is. Besides, have you ever known a violent pothead? If so, they probably had issues before they ever picked up a joint. Actually, studies have shown that marijuana can reduce anger problems, probably decreasing domestic violence in our country. I have already covered many risk concerns involving marijuana but I would like to focus on the most common “driving issue.” First of all, half of cannabis smokers are too paranoid to drive while intoxicated. Second, there are so few accidents involving people who are high that it can not be statistically linked to marijuana intoxication. Still, I stand strong on keeping it illegal to “smoke and drive.” Please, make good decisions and have a designated driver. The last subject I would like to touch on is religion. I myself am a Kantheist and believe hemp to be the tree of life. I base my beliefs on many advantages of smoking marijuana: healing abilities, the opening of the mind, and the spiritual closeness to God many feel while praying and worshiping while “high.” However, it is not whether or not such is true that is significant to legalizing cannabis. It is the fact that prohibition laws against marijuana go against the constituion’s first ammendment and opresses multiple branches of religion. There is the question,”What if a religion is based on killing people? Should we then legalize murder?” Of course not. That’s rediculous. Religous tolerance should be based on severity of the practice, and I must say that from smoking a joint to killing someone is a huge leap in severity. Smoking weed is beneficial. Murder hurts everyone involved. I encourage you all to make the smart decision to help in the legalization marijuana; for our health, our economy, and our future.

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Answer by mg16
I actually have a question:
When will they legalize it in nj for medicinal purposes?

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Question by paritran: Does anyone have solution for my problem(Chronic nasal blockage-polypoidal mucosa) this is killing me?
Friends I am 23 years of age and for the last five years I am suffering from this chronic nasal blockage problem . when I was 19 I got frequent cold and my nose started to get blocked now and then but got relieved taking antibiotics and antihistamines. From my 20th year the nasal blockage had become a prominent problem, I had endoscopy done in my nose and the doctor diagnosed it as polypoidal mucosa and advised me an operation ie turbinectomy,but I was afraid to go for it, from then i am on intranasal steroids budesonide,I am taking nearly 400mcg of budesonide daily will it cause glaucoma,Now recently got another endoscopy done by another ent and he also diagnosed it as polypoidal mucosa and advised turbinectomy,firstly Iam afraid of this operation because I am afraid if i would landup with “empty nasal syndrome” after this operation which is a possible side effect of this operation no septal deviation,tee totaller does pollution cause this problem plastic companies around my home

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Answer by cory g
The docter can help you

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