Sudden blurred vision and pain in my left eye

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Hello there I thought I would do a new post on this eye situation as it still worrys me and hopefully we will get to the bottom of this strange eye problem.

First thing so I have had no problems at all with my sight/vision before this all started. It was 17/01/17

and had slight pain in and behide my left eye and just hoped it would just go away like a headache does. On 20/01/17 I still had the pain a thought it was best to go and see my GP/Dr to see whats going on. My Doctor looked in my eye and could not see anything there but said to book myself an apointment at my local opticians as they have better equipment to see more closly. on 26/01/17 I was at work and started to notice my vision in my left eye was very dull/washed out so got worred and went straight to A&E. Told them that I had a problem in my left eye and had to do the silly eye test letter thing and I read it back to front and confused the the nurse and she said ok clever clogs can you read it stating from the front as it was reflected from a mirror behind me lol. Anyways past that test very good but was having trouble reading the lower/tiny leters at with my left eye. So I was in the waiting room at the A&E waiting for the Dr to see me. The Dr looked in both my eyes and then looked back in my left eye and said my eye inside looks like an old persons eye? which then thought he nay have found somthing. So the Dr said that I need to see an optician Today asap so he got me an apointment an hour later at the eye clinic in the hospital. I arrived at the eye clinic and had to do the eye test againg and told them that I have pain in my eye and my visions a little cloudy/dull. The eye specialist looked in my eyes and done test and put some dye in my eyes to look at the back but No luck. He said that he could not fined anything?. Strange that the other Dr said my left eye looked like it was from an old person. So apon that visit to the A&E there was nothing they could find wrong with my eye but had to come back after 6 weeks to see If there is any change so went back home. I Thought It would be good to get a second opinion and book myself at my local opticians and pay for a full test si did. 30/02/17 I went to the opticians to see if they could see anything wrong but no nothing. The optician could not find anything wrong apart from that my left eye has a slight prescription and said that my sight may jave been like that for a long time and because of the pain I noticed the slight vision loss in that eye and was not that bad to bother with it and told me not to look things up on the internet as it will make you worry more. Yes the optician was right about that looking things up but not right about my vision as I have never had cloudy/dull eyes before so now I have to wait around 4 weeks and go back to the opticians. 02/02/17 my eye is realy bad today and noticed last night that I could almost see in the dark lol and I am not the first to put that on this website yes night vision but only my left eye very odd ha ha but yes its true. So now im in a bit of a place now that even the specialist cant find anything and to be told to just give it a 4 weeks or so and come back is no good. I feel like do I go back sooner or wait it out? What do I do now as the optician said that basically I should have listened to the eye optician at the hospital and not have booked second opinion I feel im wasting peoples time but Im just looking after number one myself. I will follow this on the outcome but maybe blined by then though lol

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  • Posted

    I think anyone in your situation would get a second opinion, I have problems with my retina so understand how important eye sight is.

    If it was me, i would get another appointment, does another hospital near you have a specialist eye causality?

  • Posted

    You have the right to as many opinions you need to seek. If you need another opinion to ease your fears,go for it.
  • Posted

    I would definitely seek another opinion but from an eye specialist at the nearest reputable eye hospital. You can walk in and be seen if they ve an emergency eye clinic.b

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