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AS destroying my vision!

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Often those of us with ankylosing spondylitis NEVER hear true words of cause of death or other reasons of maybe "things" happening like loss of vision.  We don't hear that the ankylosing spondylitis caused us to have loss of vision. Doctors instead will blame the medications that we took or will find another excuse because that will seem easier and will be accepted by others. Truth is..it's just the AS! If they'd start saying it, it would HELP us! It would help with education. It would help with more accurate diagnosis. It would help with an earlier diagnosis! Let's talk my eyes--2 years ago at my optometrist visit, I ended the visit with 20/20 vision and no problems.  Shortly after that, the AS decided it thought my eyeballs were joints and would attack them.  I was having the worst pain in my eyes, light sensitivity, the feeling as if someone threw sand in them and rubbed it in. I visited Dr. Tackle in Griffin (yes, I'll be calling out Drs). See (ha) w