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My Journey with Thyroid Eye Disease and orbital decompression surgery

I was diagnosed with Graves Disease in April 2018 and was started on Methimazole and propranolol and unfortunately I started developing painful red swollen eyes. At first I thought that it was just an allergic reaction to the Methomatozle and my Endocrinologist discontinued the Methimazole and replaced it with Propyithiouracil (PTU). The "allergic reaction" did not improve and actually got worse. I started having double vision, scratchy and hard to close painful eyes that were very noticeably bulging. I had to make an appointment with my Endocrinologist and was referred to Dr Roger Daily - Professor of Ophthalmology at OHSU Casey Eye Institute in Portland OR. I had a CT scan of my head done and showed abnormal stretching of the optic nerve and a thickening of the muscles around both eyes which was causing my symptoms. https://www.ohsu.edu/providers/roger-... Thyroid eye disease is a condition in which the eye muscles, eyelids, tear glands and fatty tissues behind the eye become inflamed. This can cause the eyes and eyelids to become red, swollen and uncomfortable and the eyes can be pushed forward (‘staring’ or ‘bulging’ eyes). In some cases there is swelling and stiffness of the muscles that move the eyes so that they no longer move in line with each other; this can cause double vision. Rarely TED can cause reduced vision from pressure on the nerve at the back of the eye or ulcers forming on the front of the eyes if the eyelids cannot close completely. TED – also known as Graves’ Orbitopathy or Ophthalmopathy – is an autoimmune condition. It occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the tissue surrounding the eye causing inflammation in the tissues around and behind the eye. TED can occur in people when their thyroid is overactive, underactive or functioning normally. It can also occur after treatment for Graves’ disease, which is what happened in my case. People with TED need to be looked after by an eye specialist (ophthalmologist) and a thyroid specialist (endocrinologist). In July 2019 I had the first of 2 surgeries- three wall orbital decompression- the second surgery one week later. The recovery was painful. I did experience a lot of swelling in my lower eyelid which caused my lower lid to roll back into my eye. For that first 24 hours I had a pressure bandage over my eye and was unable to stop my lashes from causing corneal abrasion. The next day Dr Daily was able to put in some numbing eye drops and placed contact ban-aide over the abrasion and that really did help a lot. Well I did have some complications....... :( First was that my right eye would not close properly when squinking. I could close my lids to blink and sleep, but the scarring around thatn eye made it very tight and uncomfortable. So Dr Daily injected steroids into the lower lid of my right eye to help and loosen up the scaring I was having. The steroid injection did help to loosen up the scarring but it caused a loss of volume under the eye and a dark hollow. To bring back the volume Dr Daily injected filler under the eye. Love the results from the filler! Now with the right eye "fixed" the left eye started to look too narrow. So to help open the left eye I have been getting botox every 3 months in the muscles under the left eye and that has really helped to be back some symmetry on my face.