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<blockquote data-quote="runningwitht1" data-source="post: 1840129" data-attributes="member: 476056"><p>I was meant to have had laser last week on the left eye but the hospital called me an hour before to cancel as they had lost my notes! (They turned up at the hospital where I have my check ups)</p><p></p><p>Was very frustrating as I’d gone just over 2 weeks without a big bleed and my vision was almost clear again in that eye and they rescheduled for the following week (this week) with a different specialist at the hospital where my notes were.</p><p></p><p>Then on Saturday just gone I had my biggest bleed to date, with new symptoms of flashing green spots of light plus a green glow in parts of my vision if outside in the sunshine. Was advised to go up to the eye A&E by 111 in case of a retinal detachment. Fortunately no detachment but they said it was a particularly massive bleed and that I should keep my laser appointment although it was unlikely they’d be able to laser the left eye but perhaps they could do the right eye.</p><p></p><p>Saw the specialist yesterday who happens to be the lead retina specialist for the trust. He said it would be a bad idea to laser the right eye as I seem to have bleeds after laser and if that happened in the right I’d potentially have no vision at all for a while, he managed to do a little laser in the left although his view was hazy.</p><p></p><p>He was also I think a lot more honest with me than the other laser surgeon as he told me that the left eye was very badly affected by PDR and he could not give a figure on how many laser sessions it would need other than “as much as it needs”. The first surgeon had said three and had also said it would be stable and I’d be able to run by the end of the summer and I would not lose my vision but now I’m wondering if he’d just said that to calm me down at the first appointment.</p><p></p><p>I’m going back for more laser in the left eye in 2 weeks and I am getting more scared now that I am going to lose my vision and my mental health has plummeted this week as I’m starting to feel like my whole life has been put on hold. I am still signed off work, can’t run or practice yoga or feel like I can’t make any plans. I’m meant to be going on holiday at the end of the month but don’t know if I should cancel or if I should just go, even with the vision problems.</p><p></p><p>It helps reading everyone else’s experiences here and helps me feel less alone!</p><p></p><p>Has anyone here managed to go from very bad PDR to managing to keep their vision with lots of laser?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runningwitht1, post: 1840129, member: 476056"] I was meant to have had laser last week on the left eye but the hospital called me an hour before to cancel as they had lost my notes! (They turned up at the hospital where I have my check ups) Was very frustrating as I’d gone just over 2 weeks without a big bleed and my vision was almost clear again in that eye and they rescheduled for the following week (this week) with a different specialist at the hospital where my notes were. Then on Saturday just gone I had my biggest bleed to date, with new symptoms of flashing green spots of light plus a green glow in parts of my vision if outside in the sunshine. Was advised to go up to the eye A&E by 111 in case of a retinal detachment. Fortunately no detachment but they said it was a particularly massive bleed and that I should keep my laser appointment although it was unlikely they’d be able to laser the left eye but perhaps they could do the right eye. Saw the specialist yesterday who happens to be the lead retina specialist for the trust. He said it would be a bad idea to laser the right eye as I seem to have bleeds after laser and if that happened in the right I’d potentially have no vision at all for a while, he managed to do a little laser in the left although his view was hazy. He was also I think a lot more honest with me than the other laser surgeon as he told me that the left eye was very badly affected by PDR and he could not give a figure on how many laser sessions it would need other than “as much as it needs”. The first surgeon had said three and had also said it would be stable and I’d be able to run by the end of the summer and I would not lose my vision but now I’m wondering if he’d just said that to calm me down at the first appointment. I’m going back for more laser in the left eye in 2 weeks and I am getting more scared now that I am going to lose my vision and my mental health has plummeted this week as I’m starting to feel like my whole life has been put on hold. I am still signed off work, can’t run or practice yoga or feel like I can’t make any plans. I’m meant to be going on holiday at the end of the month but don’t know if I should cancel or if I should just go, even with the vision problems. It helps reading everyone else’s experiences here and helps me feel less alone! Has anyone here managed to go from very bad PDR to managing to keep their vision with lots of laser? [/QUOTE]
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