A few weeks ago I saw a new (to me) retina specialist. He said that I’m not a good candidate for surgery, that he would not prescribe the medicines I’d been taking previously because he doesn’t think they work for my condition, and that consequently there’s nothing I can do to prevent further vision loss. It’s hard to hear that. When I was taking the medicine, at least I felt like I was doing something that might help. Now I don’t even have that little pretense of control and sliver of hope that the medicine represented.
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Does that go against what the previous specialist said? If so, maybe you should see one more doctor if funds allow?
The previous specialist also didn’t think the medications were worthwhile, just for slightly different reasons. So that’s two out of three who don’t think the medications are going to help, and even the doctor who prescribed them had to admit that they didn’t seem to be working.