And had a full exam with dilated eyes and everything. The whole thing was pretty routine except I apparently couldn't pass the test on one machine where you have to stare at a black dot and press a clicker when you see lines flicker on the screen. The tech did it twice on my R eye and 4 times on my L and said it still showed errors. Finally she just decided to stop.
Vision is still great. 20/15 both eyes. But the sudden blindness and the blurred white fuzz that shows up are still undefined.
During the exam of the retina and optic nerve the doctor took FOREVER and kept stabbing my eyes with his light. Finally he called in another doctor to look and started talking about visual occlusions and the optic nerve and narrowed arteries and crossing and I kind of sat there freaking out.
Came down to this:
2nd Doctor: "If I hadn't known your history and just came in and saw a picture of your eyes and a chart I would say that it looks within normal. ...except for..."
My Doctor: "No prescription or eye drops. And you don't need surgery. (WHAT?! Why even bring THAT up?) Your eyes look fine. ...except for..."
The except for was apparent abnormal narrowing of the retinal arteries and arterioles. And crossing of them both. My doctor kept saying "...but she's only 27..."
They took my BP and it's normal. And I've never had high blood pressure, not hypertensive or even pre-hypertensive.
I asked if it was something to be concerned about and they said
"You're working with a Primary, aren't you? They should get together with an internist."
Good news there because the Primary I'm picking tomorrow IS an internist.
The only info on this that I can find on the internet is about "Retinal Hypertension" or Carotid Artery Disease. Oh, and apparently it could be a sign of a stroke or TIA. Who knew.
Any ideas? Anyone have experience with this on their own?
Right now it's just something ELSE to take to my new primary when I finally see her.
And WHY bring up surgery? All I can think and could think but didn't say during the appointment was, wait, why? does that mean this could mean I'll need surgery later? What am I supposed to do about it now...?
Vision is still great. 20/15 both eyes. But the sudden blindness and the blurred white fuzz that shows up are still undefined.
During the exam of the retina and optic nerve the doctor took FOREVER and kept stabbing my eyes with his light. Finally he called in another doctor to look and started talking about visual occlusions and the optic nerve and narrowed arteries and crossing and I kind of sat there freaking out.
Came down to this:
2nd Doctor: "If I hadn't known your history and just came in and saw a picture of your eyes and a chart I would say that it looks within normal. ...except for..."
My Doctor: "No prescription or eye drops. And you don't need surgery. (WHAT?! Why even bring THAT up?) Your eyes look fine. ...except for..."
The except for was apparent abnormal narrowing of the retinal arteries and arterioles. And crossing of them both. My doctor kept saying "...but she's only 27..."
They took my BP and it's normal. And I've never had high blood pressure, not hypertensive or even pre-hypertensive.
I asked if it was something to be concerned about and they said
"You're working with a Primary, aren't you? They should get together with an internist."
Good news there because the Primary I'm picking tomorrow IS an internist.
The only info on this that I can find on the internet is about "Retinal Hypertension" or Carotid Artery Disease. Oh, and apparently it could be a sign of a stroke or TIA. Who knew.
Any ideas? Anyone have experience with this on their own?
Right now it's just something ELSE to take to my new primary when I finally see her.
And WHY bring up surgery? All I can think and could think but didn't say during the appointment was, wait, why? does that mean this could mean I'll need surgery later? What am I supposed to do about it now...?
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