Hi Linda,
I have been to hospital several times. WhenI was small they just said I had a lazy eye, but finally whenI was 32 I went to a fantastic optician, who discovered a lump inside my eye.
I was dispatched immediately to the hospital, and completely freaked out I had to have all the tests done, drops and everything and after many hours, they told me it was congenital, and that was the problem with my vision, not a lazy eye.
So I had to go each month to see if the lump was growing, but it wasn't.
Because there are Blood vessels in the lump they were very concerned but after 3 years of monitoring, they said it was just a birth defect. ..lol.
Then 4 years ago I had a TIA again and it affected my eye. I lost my vision completely in my right eye. So once again I was rushed in for tests, and after 6 months testing they gave up. lol.... lost cause.
I am fine now, I manage, wearing bifocals which have developed due to age.
lol.... I am naturally long sighted, but with age you also become short sighted, I go for annual checkups.
Because of the issues with my eyes and some fault in the shape of my right eye, I am not a candidate for lazer treatment or anything, so I am just resigned.
I like my glasses anyway, and I joke about the fact that you know you are getting older when the first thing you reach for in the morning are you glasses. Where am I? What's going on? lol.....
You are doing brilliantly, and I am glad you had such a positive response. Crazy how 2 doctors can see things so differently. Thank God you said no.
Jena. x
I have been to hospital several times. WhenI was small they just said I had a lazy eye, but finally whenI was 32 I went to a fantastic optician, who discovered a lump inside my eye.
I was dispatched immediately to the hospital, and completely freaked out I had to have all the tests done, drops and everything and after many hours, they told me it was congenital, and that was the problem with my vision, not a lazy eye.
So I had to go each month to see if the lump was growing, but it wasn't.
Because there are Blood vessels in the lump they were very concerned but after 3 years of monitoring, they said it was just a birth defect. ..lol.
Then 4 years ago I had a TIA again and it affected my eye. I lost my vision completely in my right eye. So once again I was rushed in for tests, and after 6 months testing they gave up. lol.... lost cause.
I am fine now, I manage, wearing bifocals which have developed due to age.
lol.... I am naturally long sighted, but with age you also become short sighted, I go for annual checkups.
Because of the issues with my eyes and some fault in the shape of my right eye, I am not a candidate for lazer treatment or anything, so I am just resigned.
I like my glasses anyway, and I joke about the fact that you know you are getting older when the first thing you reach for in the morning are you glasses. Where am I? What's going on? lol.....
You are doing brilliantly, and I am glad you had such a positive response. Crazy how 2 doctors can see things so differently. Thank God you said no.
Jena. x
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