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Dry mac continues even though wet mac (bleeding) has taken place

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bagladyNYC
bagladyNYC

After several days of very seeing a very blurry spot in my left eye, I saw the retinal specialist. Of course, the blurriness had disappeared by the time I saw him, but I learned something. He confimed what the tech had told me in that dry mac continues after diagnosis of wet mac. It does NOT go away. Loss of vision continues and in fact one's life is like a roller coaster with ups and downs. Seeing that black ball when getting up out of bed is from a drop in blood pressure. He acknowledged that I probably shouldn't drive as long as I felt nervous about it, but after some time had past and I felt more comfortable about driving to use my own judgement. I felt this was good advice as I've already noticed I have good driving days and days when I really don't see well enough to drive safely. I have only had one shot of Avastin in my eye and that was when two cysts were seen. I will not have another one until I have another bleed. Fine with me.

 

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  • sue21470
    sue21470 bagladyNYC

    Posted

    My Dad has had a problem with bleeding in his eye. Is there a risk if he has a cataract operation? He also has eyedrops for his dry eyes.  Please advise. Thank you.

    I hopr your eye vision improves. Please explain what Avastin is for . Thanks.

    • bagladyNYC
      bagladyNYC sue21470

      Posted

      I have had cataract surgery in both eyes. No problem. Avastin was and is a drug used for colon cancer. It's a scary drug. Lots of serious side effects, but there is nothing out there that does not have them. It is used to seal the blood vessels. It's been almost two months since I had a shot and so far, no more bleeding. It's now a wait and see thing.

      Vision pretty good this morning. Yesterday, I had a bad blurry spot in my central vision of my left eye. This is what I can expect.

    • sue21470
      sue21470 bagladyNYC

      Posted

      Thanks. Please can I request why you had a blurry spot in your central vision of your left eye. I hope you are ok now. Kind regards.
    • bagladyNYC
      bagladyNYC sue21470

      Posted

      My doctor told me that seeing wavy lines, a blurry spot, crooked buildings, meant something was going on with the macula. Sometimes I see a blank space--half a face--no print on a page. There are times when I see a black ball--just for a few seconds.
    • bagladyNYC
      bagladyNYC sue21470

      Posted

      Thank you. I don't expect it to improve. I think I will learn to look at people a little sideways. :-)
  • bagladyNYC
    bagladyNYC

    Posted

    Saw my retinal speciast yesterday. Had to have my second shot of Avastin. No surprise. I had been seeing even stranger things during the last week--an entire paragraph (alert) on my cell was one big wave. Letters at the beginning and ending of some words were dropping, turning sideways, then reappearing where she should be.  Then, as I was in the waiting room, a bright light appeared on the wall. Got brighter and brighter, then faded away only to start all over. This stuff is interesting. I will now go in for a shot in that eye on a regular basis. Next one in five weeks. He will try to stretch the time period between shots as we go along.

    This time, I had little tearing after the shot. Sun nearly blinded me even though I had dark glasses on. It did not stay sore as long, either. I went out to lunch with my daughter, then home for a long nap. By the time I got up, the soreness had disappeared and by that evening, most of the blurriness from the shot was gone. I've noticed a couple of new floaters. My vision is still not as good in that eye. I wonder if I lost some by waiting to see him at my regular appointment time instead of calling him a little earlier.

    Not able to take those vitamins because of the zinc. Now I see they are offering zinc-free eye vitamins.

     

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