FantomPoet
Well-Known Member
This week I have been up for my latest check on my eyes at the Oxford Eye Hospital.
There was some good news that there was no longer a sign of Retinopathy anywhere.
The bad news was the slight DMO I had also shown in my right eye had not cleared as hoped
so it was decided that I was to have some laser to help sort it.
Mr Chong who teaches / works at Oxford has been working on Micropulse Laser which does
not burn and scar the Retina as it is of less power. I was offered the option of this and told it
did err on the side of ineffectualness but as I was borderline to have any treatment at all I agreed
to it as there had been a slight change in my vision. (The guy actually doing this was not Mr Chong).
So we went for the procedure and had the additional drops to numb the eye to have the lens placed on it.
Now reading this on the forum previously I was horrified with the thought but it in fact it was on par with
opening my eyes whilst under water in the pool, the worry was far worse than the reality.
I was advised there would be 150 burns but at the end was told 300 were used and that there had been
no scaring etc. What was a little scary is the guy once finished admitting it was his first time doing it
He immediately highlighted he was very experienced making more permanent burns.
I asked as to what effect this may or may not have on my vision, hoping he would say that there was a
chance that things (deterioration) would halt. In fact the answer was that over the next three months I could
or should see an improvement. The guy isn't wrong after only three days I can see a considerable improvement
(the deterioration was not massive in the first place, with glasses on my eye was 6/4.4).
I searched the forum for Micropulse but saw no results so thought I would post this just to point out that it
is out there (at least in Oxford). Here is a link to an article about it in 'Retina Today' it is dated 2011 and there
are newer articles in google but I thought this was a reasonable good read.
http://bmctoday.net/retinatoday/2011/04/digital-supplement2/article.asp?f=tissue-sparing-micropulse
.
I know it's possibly grabbing at straws but I left there realising that I had had been worrying far more about the actual process
than need be, but I had also received the comment 'Other than that your eyes are good' so at least for a while I am going to relax
(not relaxing the BS control and testing though )
There was some good news that there was no longer a sign of Retinopathy anywhere.
The bad news was the slight DMO I had also shown in my right eye had not cleared as hoped
so it was decided that I was to have some laser to help sort it.
Mr Chong who teaches / works at Oxford has been working on Micropulse Laser which does
not burn and scar the Retina as it is of less power. I was offered the option of this and told it
did err on the side of ineffectualness but as I was borderline to have any treatment at all I agreed
to it as there had been a slight change in my vision. (The guy actually doing this was not Mr Chong).
So we went for the procedure and had the additional drops to numb the eye to have the lens placed on it.
Now reading this on the forum previously I was horrified with the thought but it in fact it was on par with
opening my eyes whilst under water in the pool, the worry was far worse than the reality.
I was advised there would be 150 burns but at the end was told 300 were used and that there had been
no scaring etc. What was a little scary is the guy once finished admitting it was his first time doing it
He immediately highlighted he was very experienced making more permanent burns.
I asked as to what effect this may or may not have on my vision, hoping he would say that there was a
chance that things (deterioration) would halt. In fact the answer was that over the next three months I could
or should see an improvement. The guy isn't wrong after only three days I can see a considerable improvement
(the deterioration was not massive in the first place, with glasses on my eye was 6/4.4).
I searched the forum for Micropulse but saw no results so thought I would post this just to point out that it
is out there (at least in Oxford). Here is a link to an article about it in 'Retina Today' it is dated 2011 and there
are newer articles in google but I thought this was a reasonable good read.
http://bmctoday.net/retinatoday/2011/04/digital-supplement2/article.asp?f=tissue-sparing-micropulse
.
I know it's possibly grabbing at straws but I left there realising that I had had been worrying far more about the actual process
than need be, but I had also received the comment 'Other than that your eyes are good' so at least for a while I am going to relax
(not relaxing the BS control and testing though
)
