Has anyone experience of senile corneal oedema in their golden oldies?  How was it treated & managed?

I've not had a dog with it but I think that it is maintained with lubricating eye drops to try to prevent the bumps popping and ulcerating - if it progresses to the extent where ulcers are appearing the treatment obviously changes to include antibiotics drops or eye gels as well as lubricant - only in extreme cases where ulcers are bad and reoccurring constantly does surgery become an option.

You should check with your vet that its okay for your dog depending on what is going on with the eyes at the time but a general good moisturiser for eyes to help prevent problems is Clinitas Soothe drops - its a good preventative to problems if you put it in before each walk to keep the eye moisturised and reduce the chance of grit getting in eye and causing any ulcers or bursting of the liquid bumps.

That's the only things I know about it - hopefully someone who has been through it will be on to give more specific help.

> Has anyone experience of senile corneal oedema in their golden oldies?  How was it treated & managed?

This link http://www.willows.uk.net/en-GB/specialist-services/pet-health-information/ophthalmology/senile-endothelial-degeneration-corneal-oedema  might help.  

I'm not sure this is what Mannie had, but his problem started with an ulcer (and a degree of cloudiness) which was 'scraped' to aid healing and eye drops.   It didn't work so the third eyelid was stitched across to make a kind-of bandage.   He managed, despite my best efforts, to paw this off after about 4 days, but thankfully by that time there was a 90% healing.   My vet talked about some degeneration of the cornea allowing water not to be drained away as it should so whether this was what was going on, corneal oedema, I'm not entirely sure.   He was elderly at the time (same breed as you have) but then he developed oral cancer, vicious despite having the initial very small tumour removed - another one appeared and grew very fast.  So we had to pts.   It was a sad end, not the least because he was the last of our bloodline and I'd spent the year before fighting for the life of his sister - also cancer but a different one.

Thank you have already googled, seen the willows site - rather depressing - & other information, he's seen an ophthalmic specialist & is on drops twice daily (yellox) but in the weeks since it was diagnosed in late April appears to have deteriorated rather than stabilize. Yes cornea oedema is where the cornea does not drain fluids away, as he's already had an epulis/epulide removed from his gums some years ago &  warned that he was likely to suffer more (not yet that God) so your mention of oral cancer is unsettling. They have both suffered enough problems over the years & sadly one hopes that in their golden years they night have some respite!!!