Hi there,
I just wondered if anyone has any experience of attending a surveillance appointment that they could share?
I had previously posted about being referred to the Eye Clinic, following suspected maculopathy in one of my eyes.
I attended the clinic 3 times and each time they were happy that the suspect area had improved and the last time (6months ago) I was discharged to surveillance.
I have just received my letter to attend surveillance and wanted to get an idea of what the appointment might involve - is it just a photo of the eye, like the normal annual screening or is it an involved appointment with lots of scans and a consultant meeting?
I suffer from anxiety and knowing what to expect can really help me to manage my anxiety levels.
For some reason (probably COVID) the appointment is at a community centre a few towns away from where I live (not even in my hospital trust which is strange). For that reason, I assume that it's just a photo as they won't have the OCT scanners etc set up there? It's quite inconvenient, I don't know whether they'll use drops so I'm having to ask my husband to take time off work to drive me. It's not even very easily accessible by public transport?
Even previous to my attendance at the eye clinic, my screenings were at the hospital or at my GP practice.
I just wondered if anyone has any experience of attending a surveillance appointment that they could share?
I had previously posted about being referred to the Eye Clinic, following suspected maculopathy in one of my eyes.
I attended the clinic 3 times and each time they were happy that the suspect area had improved and the last time (6months ago) I was discharged to surveillance.
I have just received my letter to attend surveillance and wanted to get an idea of what the appointment might involve - is it just a photo of the eye, like the normal annual screening or is it an involved appointment with lots of scans and a consultant meeting?
I suffer from anxiety and knowing what to expect can really help me to manage my anxiety levels.
For some reason (probably COVID) the appointment is at a community centre a few towns away from where I live (not even in my hospital trust which is strange). For that reason, I assume that it's just a photo as they won't have the OCT scanners etc set up there? It's quite inconvenient, I don't know whether they'll use drops so I'm having to ask my husband to take time off work to drive me. It's not even very easily accessible by public transport?
Even previous to my attendance at the eye clinic, my screenings were at the hospital or at my GP practice.