I had an appointment with a neuro-ophthalmologist this morning. (In fact, my eyes are still dilated and everything is blurry, so if I mistype someting, you'll know why.)
Anyway, I told him about the blurrriness in my right eye that is worse when I'm overheated, also about the flashing lights in my left eye, the zigzag of light when my eyes are closed and I hear a loud or sudden noise, the large grey blob when I open my eyes in dim light (which he called some phenomenon that indicates problems with the optic nerve, but I can't remember what the name was), and the double vision I have.
He examined my eyes and did a visual field test, which was normal, except that my vision kept blacking out and I had to keep blinking to see during the test. He said too that my eyes are having trouble converging together and that can cause the double vision at times, but for the moment, my brain is compensating for it most of the time.
He said that because of all the symptoms I'm having and the convergence thing and the blacking out thing during the visual field test, he thinks that I have had mild optic neuritis at some point in both eyes, probably worse in my right eye. He said all of these symptoms are residual effects of ON. He said my optic nerve looks okay now, and my field of vision iss normal, but he said that sometimes does happen with mild ON.
I also have congenital cataracts in both eyes (which I knew about) and a cataract forming in my right eye which may be caused by the steroids I took a few years ago. He said my vision is correcting to only to 20/40 in dim light and 20/60 in bright light in my right eye. He said we could remove the cataract, but with the ON effects, there's no guarantee I'd be able to see any clearer. He's going to have me come back in 6 months to check my eyes again.
He said he will send a report to my neurologist and let her know about the mild ON. Maybe this will help get me a diagnosis finally. I hope so!!
Anyway, I told him about the blurrriness in my right eye that is worse when I'm overheated, also about the flashing lights in my left eye, the zigzag of light when my eyes are closed and I hear a loud or sudden noise, the large grey blob when I open my eyes in dim light (which he called some phenomenon that indicates problems with the optic nerve, but I can't remember what the name was), and the double vision I have.
He examined my eyes and did a visual field test, which was normal, except that my vision kept blacking out and I had to keep blinking to see during the test. He said too that my eyes are having trouble converging together and that can cause the double vision at times, but for the moment, my brain is compensating for it most of the time.
He said that because of all the symptoms I'm having and the convergence thing and the blacking out thing during the visual field test, he thinks that I have had mild optic neuritis at some point in both eyes, probably worse in my right eye. He said all of these symptoms are residual effects of ON. He said my optic nerve looks okay now, and my field of vision iss normal, but he said that sometimes does happen with mild ON.
I also have congenital cataracts in both eyes (which I knew about) and a cataract forming in my right eye which may be caused by the steroids I took a few years ago. He said my vision is correcting to only to 20/40 in dim light and 20/60 in bright light in my right eye. He said we could remove the cataract, but with the ON effects, there's no guarantee I'd be able to see any clearer. He's going to have me come back in 6 months to check my eyes again.
He said he will send a report to my neurologist and let her know about the mild ON. Maybe this will help get me a diagnosis finally. I hope so!!
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