Eye Doctor Update
I saw the eye doctor again yesterday. I had lots of examinations done. First, I got an ultrasound of both eyes. The result was quite a surprise. The right eye had a retinal detachment, which I knew already, but the left eye still had the retina attached. This surprised me, as my sister told me that my parents had given up on me in 1994 because surgery to do something about my retina had failed miserably. I did have something with my sclera and some other part of my retina being thickened and I had a very small eye (they even called it microphthalmos). Other than that, the only thing wrong with my left eye was the huge cataract which I'd come in for. The doctor doing the ultrasound asked me how long I'd been having light perception only, and I said ten years. The doctor did wonder whether surgery would still be useful given that my vision has been this poor/non-existent for this long.
Anyway, then I went to the doctor who had seen me the previous time. He hadn't yet gotten the requested information from the old hospitals, and was going to go after that again. I will receive a call once he's gotten this info to discuss how to proceed from here. I was sent for some more examinations, that were meant should I get cataract surgery. I had always understood it that they wouldn't do a lens implant if you had as poor sight as I do, since my right eye had a cataract on it in 1993 and the lens was just removed with no implant. However, they want to do an implant anyway should they do surgery, and I had to have some things measured for this. This failed, and the doctor decided that, should I get surgery, they'll do this exam again under anesthesia because then my eyes don't move.
Anyway, still no clarity but I haven't lost all hope at least. I feel kind of bad that I've been letting my sight get worse and worse while my retina apparently is still in relatively good shape. I also feel anger towards my parents for giving up on my sight this early on.
-Katinka
Anyway, then I went to the doctor who had seen me the previous time. He hadn't yet gotten the requested information from the old hospitals, and was going to go after that again. I will receive a call once he's gotten this info to discuss how to proceed from here. I was sent for some more examinations, that were meant should I get cataract surgery. I had always understood it that they wouldn't do a lens implant if you had as poor sight as I do, since my right eye had a cataract on it in 1993 and the lens was just removed with no implant. However, they want to do an implant anyway should they do surgery, and I had to have some things measured for this. This failed, and the doctor decided that, should I get surgery, they'll do this exam again under anesthesia because then my eyes don't move.
Anyway, still no clarity but I haven't lost all hope at least. I feel kind of bad that I've been letting my sight get worse and worse while my retina apparently is still in relatively good shape. I also feel anger towards my parents for giving up on my sight this early on.
-Katinka