Wow! So scary! I hope your doctors are the best around. My retina is
detaching slowly and may or may not cause problems. I went to a retina
specialist as soon as I was diagnosed and just have to be monitored for
now. It's amazing what they can see in the eye now. Best wishes and good
luck!!
Tina
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My latest news: My right eye (with the reattached retina) is getting
> better all the time, still a little "milky" but sees OK.
>
> BUT, I've had another problem, this time with my left eye. It lost sharp
> vision in the center. Last week I practically freaked out when I
> returned to work and discovered I couldn't read the computer screen,
> because the right eye hadn't wasn't sharp enough yet, and the left eye
> decided to go Lomo on me.
>
> It turns out to be a rare complication from my cataract surgery two
> months ago. They did an OCT* scan of my retina, and it has a little
> cone-shaped bump dead-center. It's like somebody stretched the center
> of the "film" towards the lens, so of course it's out of focus. One or
> two steroid shots in the eye should clear it up in a couple of months. I
> got the first--and hopefully the only one!--on Friday. The odds are
> very good that I'm going to be OK.
>
> This is a cautionary tale for all of us. If you notice a change in your
> vision, DO NOT WAIT. See an eye doctor as soon as possible. In the last
> 3 weeks I have had two major issues that could have destroyed my vision
> in each eye. It was my going to a good ophthalmologist as soon as I
> noticed the problem that saved my vision.
>
> I'm trying to keep a sense of humor about it, but it's been NO FUN!
>
> --Peter
>
> (*) OCT stands for Ocular Coherence Tomography. That was fascinating.
> It created three-dimensional cross-sectional pictures of my retina.
>
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