First hospital appointment of the year has come and gone. I was a bit nervous as I was worried that they’d tell me that the transplant had failed (jumping to conclusions, again). Didn’t have to wait too long until someone called out my name and my eyesight tested. The right eye (which had Cross-Linking surgery in May last year) hasn’t changed, while the vision in left eye has slightly deceased, only able to read the ‘A’ at the very top of the chart.
I sat back in the waiting and had my name called out again and I didn’t see my consultant but rather another eye specialist. Explained to her my situation so she had some background. But there was major confusion as I had my eyedrops changed so many times during December that we had forgotten which eyedrops I was taking. Eventually my consultant told the junior specialist about it and quickly went away. I told her that I was noticing a triangle halo was developing at the top of my eyesight and that vision was decreasing, so she saw to it, and reassured me that it’s most likely the stitches causing the problem and should be gone when they’re taken out in about a years time. I now have to take the same eyedrops I was taking since December (Prenisolone Sodium Phosphate at 0.5%) but instead of 3 a day, I take 2 a day for a month, then 1 a day for another month, then stop altogether. Next appointment will be around April, so I look forward to it.
Funny story, as the specialist was putting local anaesthetic in my eye, some of it went over and covered my bottom eyelid. So I had orange eyelids for the day.
Even though the appointment only lasted 20 minutes, I hope that vision will get better and that the surgery didn’t go to waste. So I’ll keep optimistic.
Anyways, back to recovering and all that shiz.
Enjoy your day,
Ollie x