My eyes, let me tell you about them...

[lblanchard]

It's a good thing I cancelled that 3:30 blood-donation approintment, because I just got home a couple minutes ago. There may be a problem with my eye but he can't figure out which one. The visual field test said the left eye; the optic nerve photos say the right eye. Both diagnostics, he said, have a very high error rate, especially showing nonexistent problems. So the solution is to wait three months and re-test -- and if there are still peculiar results, to start dosing both eyes instead of just one.

And I, silly person that I am, was hoping that all the weight loss and clean living might mean that I could go off the drops entirely.

Well....drops in both eyes beats the alternative if the alternative is going blind. I wonder if I should brace for deterioration in the quality of sight.

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

What are they looking for? Glaucoma? Macular degeneration?

Quite possibly there is nothing wrong...so here's hoping.
No new glasses?
My rule is don't brace for anything without a firm diagnosis.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I have high pressure in my left eye but not glaucoma. It appears I'm losing peripheral vision in one eye or the other, but each of the two tests points to a different eye. Most peculiar. I'm not really borrowing trouble on this one. Since it's the peripheral vision that's the problem, macular degeneration isn't on the table as a possible diagnosis, thank goodness.

Completely off topic

[chakolate.livejournal.com]

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Re: Completely off topic

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'll pass, though.