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Sun, Dec. 16th, 2007, 08:20 am

Hello. I wanted to say hi and see if I could could express myself in a more coherent way than the last time I tried to explain what has been happening with my vision.

Over the last 5 or 6 years there have been large jumps in the amount of power in the lenses, but while they wanted to keep tabs on it, I didn't think much of it since it was correctable to 20/20. Then last year it was only correctable to 20/30, but hey that's pretty close, right?

About 3 weeks ago my glasses were destroyed and I've been walking around in this fog (please don't read that as the "oh poor me, I'm so blind without my glasses", it's simply what it says). When I went in to the opthamolagist and got the new exam this time the best he could do was 20/60. He kept asking if I was ok with that. What was I supposed to say? I simply replied that if that is the best you can do then that is the best you can do. It really didn't hit me until later that this was a kind of big jump for the last time, and that it really wasn't so close to 20/20 any more. He also let me know that while they aren't sure why this has been happening over the last 5 or 6 years that they expect it to continue. Again, that didn't really sink in until much later (the idea that at some point even with glasses I may be seeing the world like I have for the last few weeks is at the very least scary).

I didn't get a prescription that day because of concern over the drastic increase in the amount of prism that was required. Prism has been in my glasses for 20 years and like everything else it increases each year. Apparently the more prism, the more dependent the eyes can become dependent on it and the muscles can become weaker over time. So, they wanted to have a specialist look at this before writing the prescription. While there is surgery and therapy to help with this issue, from what the doctor said it works best with children and I most likely wouldn't benefit much from it. The real problem is that the muscles have become weak enough that I can't keep much control over the movement inward. Some extra reading on this seems to indicate that it might be part of the reason that my balance has always been so bad and some other sensory problems.

Thanks for listening.

Tue, Dec. 18th, 2007 12:18 am (UTC)

mornhyland

Things took an odd turn today when I tried to get the charting notes and prescriptions to show how the progression has gone for the last few years. I had been seeing the same doctor since 2003. When I called to get them faxed they told me that she had left the clinic and taken all of her charts with her. They had no idea where to find her and couldn't help me. The only thing they had was the last prescription, which I already had.

The new doctor wanted this information to get a better idea of the history, beyond my remembering what the doctor said at each visit, which was just to keep an eye on things.

Feeling very lost and scared honestly at the moment. hope the appointment on friday is a little better.

thanks for responding.