Comments on: Recurrent Corneal Erosion

By: Terri

Terri — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:41:47 +0000

Thank you for this article/blog. This was very informative. I too am an RCE suffer. I was diagnosed 2 years ago. Approximatly 1 year ago, I had both eyes “scraped”. Where the first layer of your cornea is scraped away with the hope that the new cornea would heal correctly. My doctor new this wasn’t a complete fix, however figured I’d have about 5 years before it happened again. NOT! It lasted 1 year for both my eyes. I am being fitted tomorrow for contact bandages that I will wear 24/7. I wear the bandages now while the cornea heals, but we are hoping this will work to stop future tears. I am currently on Doxycycline, Lotemax eye drops, Refresh PM ointment for night time. My doctor thinks my corneas recent tearing was due to the fact I went off the Doxy for a couple months. So back on I go to try again. It is frustrating that there isn’t much help out there. I do appreciate finding this site and seeing I’m not the only sufferer.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:01:22 +0000

Hoping Francesca has recovered from her RCE. My sistuation is VERY similar having had this for nearly 4 years now. Doing daytime drops, Restasis, tear duct plug, Muro 128 at night, fish oil, plenty of fluids, etc. Very, very frustrating. Have gone many, many weeks without and occurance only to have it happen again. I just want to wake up one day and have it be gone forever. I appreciated this very caring explanation and feel for anybody else suffering from this.

By: Francesca

Francesca — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:54:20 +0000

Thank you for the most empathetic description I’ve read. I’m still suffering three years after my initial injury…which was treated with agressive antibiotics every 30 minutes for 48 hours.

I am post menapausal and the incidents occur exclusively between 2-6 am.

I had episodes within an hour of getting up and applying ointment at 2 am, with a tear-duct blocker installed, and my worst attack (5 day recovery) was with the contact patch.

I’m now trying nightly applications of sesame oil on the lid, 0mega-3 supplements, increased water consumption, a humidifyer and a EyeEco patch. My theory is to enhance lipid in my lid and retain moisture at night.

I’d love to learn what HAS worked for other sufferers. I understand success rates for surgeries are very low and would love to see those data.