Tuesday, November 21, 2006

"I can't stand up for falling down" - part 2

Well it's happened again. My left eye is hemorrhaging internally again. I am suffering from Myopic Degeneration, and I have already gone through one treatment early this year. Looks like I'll have to go through it again. Damn! I went to the retinal surgeon this afternoon and he rushed me into the lab for a florosceine (a dye gets pumped into a vein and pictures are taken of your retina at the same time). He was pretty concerned, to say the least. I meet with him again on Monday and he'll decide what treatment I get, laser surgery or an injection of some kind of anti-cancer drug into the eyeball. Crap. The last thing I want to do is have to go to the hospital again, as I have no one left to take me there and back.

Take note, everybody, this is what happens once you reach forty - the body starts to fall apart. :(

I just can't believe my run of bad luck. The last month has truly been a downer. Got to get outa this crummy rut...

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"These eyes" - The Guess Who

I had a problem with my eyes earlier this year called "Myopic Degeneration". A blood vessel burst in the back of my left eye, filling the eye with blood. The eye required laser surgery to close up the blood vessel. The surgery appeared to be successful, with most of my vision coming back by late summer. Now it appears that I'm back in the same boat again, with my vision in the same eye decreasing again. This is not good. I don't want to go through all of the tests and visits to the hospital again. I go see the retinal surgeon this afternoon to find out if I'm imagining things or if I have a problem again.