But I must see him again in 4 weeks, and if there is
no change, no bleeding back there, he might extend the next checkup out
further. Seems this will be an ongoing, for -the-rest-of-my-life routine but
hey, I need my eyesight. Without it, in my situation, I end up in 1/2 or 1/3 of
a room in a nursing home. I promise to be a good girl and see him whenever I need
to.
The dye injection went so well - I happen to have a great
vein in the crook of my right arm for blood draws. That's the one they used to
inject the dye. This dude was very good. Never felt the stick. They said to
expect some queasiness and even possibly active nausea, but I only had
momentary dizziness for a split second when we finished and I stood up.
Now, about those possible future injections. I'm not as
fearful as I was before this visit. I chatted with a young woman who has had
them often in the past few years because her diabetes messed up her eyes. She
told me they cover the face except for the eye, they clean the eye (it will
feel "sandy" or "gritty" for the next few hours), and then
tell you to look to one side, and they sneakily inject you from the other
side... she says she has never honestly felt real pain.
I did finally manage to ask the right question about the
condition of my eyes. Turns out my left eye has "dry macular
degeneration" which could possibly, probably, progress to the
"wet" kind, which is more troublesome. The gray spot in the center of my vision has not noticeably grown in the past few years. My right eye has the wet kind
and that's the one they will be watching very carefully.
Thank you all for your kindness in saying a prayer for me. I
think it all went very well, considering. And I now know exactly what I'm
facing in the future.
Sweet Lord Jesus, thank you for hearing the prayers of these
folks. Please look kindly upon them and bless them for caring about others. And
thank you for a reasonably easy session at the retina specialist. We trust in
you.
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