[MarineMom613]

Very enlightening....
I have had trouble with my periperal eyesight on left side for months. I attributed it to medicine I am taking for back pain. Now I get a little worried. (sitting here crying). I’ve lost 5 people close to me in the last 9 months and I have been chalking everything wrong with me up to stress. even docs are saying that. They did the same with my mom saying stress made her lose weight worrying about my son in Iraq. Then a blood test revealed the road to pancreatic cancer and she was gone in 2 months. Make sure you tell your family you love them everyday as you never know. I told my mom right up til the end and all she worried about was me.
Sorry for carrying on like this. It just hit me hard.

[pgyanke]

May God bless you with a kinder prognosis!

[dubyagee]

Saying prayers for you...sounds like you’ve had a very tough time. Have been going through one myself, and it is so easy to allow fear to paralyze us. Hang tight, and immerse yourself in positive, uplifting words...

[wideawake]

You have nothing to apologize for. Go see a doctor, let your son know that we are proud and grateful and prayerful for him, and try to relax. It's difficult, I know (my brother served three tours in Iraq and my whole family was on pins and needles for four years).

God bless you and yours.

[sweetiepiezer]

Prayers offered up for you MarineMom613.

You have to take care of yourself girl, it is hard losing your Mom and so many close in the last 9 months. They and your brave son would want you to take care of yourself, have it checked out better.

God Bless you, God Bless your son. Thank him for me.

((((hugs))))
From a mom of two marines.
Semper Fi

[Palladin]

Prayers up for Novak, and prayers up for you. You have your plate full right now.

Loss of peripheral vision is often connected to glaucoma, which is easily treated, either by minor eye surgery or using daily drops.

I can really sympathize with you. I have lost three sisters to cancer in the last five years. When it runs in the family, it’s always at the back of your mind.

But don’t worry, be happy. Even Jesus says that, in different words:

“Don’t worry about tomorrow. Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therein.”

Live each day to the fullest, pray always, and treat everyone you meet with respect and kindness.

[neverdem]

Go see an ophthalmologist as soon as possible. Make sure you don’t have glaucoma. You have to get a diagnosis, the sooner the better.