Macular pucker and different sized images in eyes. Do you drive?
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I've had an epiretinal membrane or macular pucker in my right eye for about 5 years now. This has led to different sized images in my eyes - the image in my right eye is much larger than that in my left eye. This has affected my binocular vision and I have difficulty reading, particularly anything at a distance, occasional dizziness and poor depth perception. I haven't driven for many years, but would be interested to know if anyone else has this problem and if they feel safe driving. As a car passenger I know that I cannot read road signs until I am very close to them.
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Julissa Cheetah
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How is the vision in your non- membrane eye? I'm sorry to hear it doesn't help enough to offset it.
I have had one, but I guess I am very fortunate in that my "ERM" eye at this point is compensated very well by the good eye. I don't have different sized images anyway ... just wavy lines.
Do they recommend surgery for it? Can it still help??
Julissa Cheetah
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PS. Yes, I do drive - I can drive safely because the good eye allows me to not notice any wavy lines from the affected eye.
Cheetah
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Thank you for your reply Julissa. My singular vision is reasonable, with glasses, but a consultant I saw last year, when he looked at the scan of my right eye, told me that he was amazed I could see anything out of my right eye. Yes, I've got the wavy lines and a slight haziness, but it's the image size difference which is the real problem. When I watch any tennis on the TV I can never tell whether the ball is in or not!
Because my singular vision is reasonable, the eye surgeon I saw in the past didn't suggest surgery. However, I'll be seeing an eye consultant this week due to ocular rosacea and I'm definitely going to mention this again, particularly with regard to driving. It's possible that they may consider surgery again, but I'm afraid I don't know if that would help as I've had the ERM for so long. Thanks again.