Hey gang ... just thought I'd fill you in on the latest and greatest news on my eyeball...
(to recap -- lost about 40% vision in my right eye around valentines day, they did this laser treatment in april -- today was the followup to that treatment)
The eye doc said that my eye looked good -- that the hemmorhaging had gone away and that my vision was back up to 20/20 (with glasses) even though I still have the web of slight blurriness at all times. He said I'm lucky b/c a lot of people who have this happen (retinal occlusion) don't have such a good recovery -- many lose their sight fully and permanently. So that's the good news... the so/so news is that it sounds like this web of blurriness is here to stay -- unless my brain kind of fixes it over time by getting more and more used to it.
So after I finished with the exam I talked to him about possibly getting prescription sunglasses... because my current glasses don't have any kind of clip or anything (like my last pair did) -- and boyyyy howdy are those puppies expensive!! I'm realizing more and more how much I need them (i.e. while driving and sunlight shines in my eyes, my instinct is to squint my good eye shut... leaving me to drive only under the guidance of my bad eye...)
So in a couple weeks they'll arrive...
Posted by kristen at July 14, 2008 11:18 PM