Yes, that is correct, Pat, the young rheumatologist is named Rula Hajj Ali---there is another physician, an opthalmalogist, Dr. Careen Lowder, who also contributed to the same article. She was my lifesaver at the Cole Eye Center. I only lived in the Cleveland area for nine years, and in general, I hated it. BUT, I will say: when you become ill, there is no better place, IMO, than Cleveland Clinic.
And, Linda, as an individual suffering with polychondritis, a disease affecting less than 500 people in North America, I think you are ever so correct in urging people to INSIST on pursuing care beyond what is commonly offered at the corner optometrist or walk-in clinic. I might add that unilateral eye involvement is often a more telling symptom than bilateral inflammation---which was exactly my experience. Inflammatory eye disease is under-reported and marginalized; I am grateful for this forum.
SW
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Yes, that is correct, Pat, the young rheumatologist is named Rula Hajj Ali---there is another physician, an opthalmalogist, Dr. Careen Lowder, who also contributed to the same article. She was my lifesaver at the Cole Eye Center. I only lived in the Cleveland area for nine years, and in general, I hated it. BUT, I will say: when you become ill, there is no better place, IMO, than Cleveland Clinic.
January 31, 2010 - 8:05amAnd, Linda, as an individual suffering with polychondritis, a disease affecting less than 500 people in North America, I think you are ever so correct in urging people to INSIST on pursuing care beyond what is commonly offered at the corner optometrist or walk-in clinic. I might add that unilateral eye involvement is often a more telling symptom than bilateral inflammation---which was exactly my experience. Inflammatory eye disease is under-reported and marginalized; I am grateful for this forum.
SW
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