Happy post: A bit of good news!
Dec. 28th, 2025 05:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dizzojaySo, if you remember the ongoing saga of my eyes... After my macular hole in my right eye in 2023, I was advised that I had a higher than normal risk of getting the same thing in my left eye. So I have a chart stuck to my kitchen wall at home which I use to monitor the sight in my left eye, and look out for any distortions which would be a sign that things are not ok.
In 2024, I started seeing slight distortions which looked horribly familiar, so took myself off for an eye test. They showed me the scan and we could see that my macula was stretching and had started to distort. There wasn't a full thickness hole, so I was placed on a schedule of six monthly scans, and that was that.
In May this year, I went for a scan, and leading up to it, I'd noticed that the distortions had been getting more severe. At the scan, my macula was stretched tight as a bowstring and looked just about ready to pop. At that point I more or less resigned myself to waking up with another macular hole at some time soon.
However, in recent weeks, I'd noticed the distortions had been settling down a bit, so I wondered if things had improved just a smidge.
I went for another scan this morning, and both I and the optometrist couldn't believe our eyes, My macula was absolutely back to normal, no stretching, no tearing, and best of all, no distortions.
Now, according to the optometrist, I have no more risk of developing a macular hole than anyone else. I no longer need to attend six monthly scans unless anything changes, and basically everything appears to be fine and dandy!
Of course, there's always a possibility that things could go pear shaped again, but for now I'm taking the win! :D
In 2024, I started seeing slight distortions which looked horribly familiar, so took myself off for an eye test. They showed me the scan and we could see that my macula was stretching and had started to distort. There wasn't a full thickness hole, so I was placed on a schedule of six monthly scans, and that was that.
In May this year, I went for a scan, and leading up to it, I'd noticed that the distortions had been getting more severe. At the scan, my macula was stretched tight as a bowstring and looked just about ready to pop. At that point I more or less resigned myself to waking up with another macular hole at some time soon.
However, in recent weeks, I'd noticed the distortions had been settling down a bit, so I wondered if things had improved just a smidge.
I went for another scan this morning, and both I and the optometrist couldn't believe our eyes, My macula was absolutely back to normal, no stretching, no tearing, and best of all, no distortions.
Now, according to the optometrist, I have no more risk of developing a macular hole than anyone else. I no longer need to attend six monthly scans unless anything changes, and basically everything appears to be fine and dandy!
Of course, there's always a possibility that things could go pear shaped again, but for now I'm taking the win! :D
