An Eye For An Eye
Bad news I am afraid. My right eye has been giving me trouble again. Pain. And more unscheduled hospital visits.
It started Friday I guess. I had an appointment with my eye doctor. I had been taking anti-pressure medication since the last surgery. The eye doc switched me from pills (diamox) to eyedrops. And then the pains started coming. I guess the eyedrops just aren’t so effective for me. We ended up having to go to the hospital Sunday night. The pressure in my right eye was way too high again. So I got another IV injection of diamox. That got the pressure down enough so I could go home. Then we went back today. Now I’m getting pills again. Along with 3 different eyedrops.
The pain hasn’t been as bad as before the surgery. It comes and goes. It’s gone most of the time now. Medication must be working.
But they found blood in the eye. So there has been new bleeding. That is not good. Hopefully it will go away on it’s own in a week or two. But it could be a big problem. If you have an eye that you can’t really see with and it keeps bleeding and hurting then you have to start thinking about having it removed. The doctor said. That is not a nice thought. Needless to say. Even though I’m pretty much blind on it now, it’s still a big step to actually physically lose it. There would be no hope of miracles left then, that’s for sure. But I don’t want to think too much about it yet. I can’t do anything about it anyway. Just hope for the best. I’m sure removing an eye is not a decision they take lightly. Hopefully the medication will keep the pressure down and there won’t be more bleedings. We’re going back next Monday. See how things are going.
If I could trade one eye for the other I would. I mean, if losing the right eye meant I could see clearly again with the left. I would make that trade. But it doesn’t work that way of course. I just have to hope there will be some usage left in the left one. The central vision is still a little better than it was a couple of weeks ago. As the eye doc said on Friday, it could get better or it could end badly. No way to know yet.
Now I’m just tired. We were home from the hospital around 1am last night and had to get up at 7 to go back in the morning. With uneasy sleep because of the pains coming and going. Plus all that diamox makes me dizzy.
This weel was going to be my week off with nothing planned, before the cane training starts. Yeah.
October 5th, 2009 at 18:28
Gah, even more trouble? Jeesh, who’s playing dice with your eyesight these days? *shakes angry fist at whoever it is* Stop hurting our Plume! Really, so sorry to hear that you are (or were, hopefully the meds work now) in pain again, hope the docs can fix that, at least! ((((lots of hugs and positive vibes))))
October 6th, 2009 at 16:23
Poo! Big, smelly pile of poo! Grrr. I’m gonna have some words with the big man upstairs, Plume! Lots and lots of hugs.
October 6th, 2009 at 16:43
En gammel tudse sad ved en lille dam .. *plop*
October 6th, 2009 at 17:52
Ann T, hva mente du med det? Er det en dansk barnevise eller noe slikt?
Desirée, you do that!
October 7th, 2009 at 19:20
Katrine – Yup more trouble .Always more trouble. I’m mostly pain-free now thanks to the medicin at least.
Desiree – Please ask the big man what the big idea is. I would love to know.
Ann T Krist – er det hr Tudste fra Vinden i piletræerne?
October 8th, 2009 at 2:34
Oh, Plume! Glad to hear the medicine is keeping the pain away at least. I think we all need to start praying to God, a Higher Power, the Rain God, the Great Goat God, or somebody to help you out.
And if you don’t believe in a Higher Power, at least send out good wishes for our Plume. He needs some positive thoughts coming his way, now more than ever.
Have the doctor’s ever come right out and said what is causing all this trouble? I would think since your diabetes is under control that it wouldn’t be causing all this trouble. It must be so scary and frustrating to have all this happening to you.
My husband and I still think of you every day and keeping hoping for an improvement for you.
October 9th, 2009 at 17:46
Debster – As I understand it the main problem is the lack of bloodflow. The diabetes has wrecked the bloodflow. The eye has created new blood veins, but these do not function properly. So blood get leaked into the eye, but the parts that need blood don’t get it.
The current oroblem with the pain and pressure is because the natural drainage of the eye was blocked, first by oil and now by blood. So fluids build up and pressure builds up. So that’s not directly caused by the diabetes, but it all got started because of it,