I had the appointment with the ophthalmologist. Number two in the series of office visits before I am accepted into the trial, for those of you playing along at home.
My left eye is darn near perfect.
My right eye, not so much. I was not expecting to hear that my optic nerve is pretty damaged, and that is what's been causing my funky vision issues. The doctor said after so many years of optical neuritis, my optic nerve is pitted and puckered. There's not really much they can do for it. Surgery works a fraction of the time, and even after a successful surgery, your vision is rarely fully restored.
So, that explains why sometimes chunks of letters are missing, or I need to read a passage a few times or guess at the word.
On the bright side, at my age, I still don't need glasses. Even though my sight in my right eye is compromised, glasses won't help, so no glasses. WOOHOO.
Now we search for another new normal. Compensating for the (seemingly permanent) partial loss of vision, without the help of glasses or contacts.
Also on the bright side, he said that he doubts I will completely lose sight in my eye, so there's that.
It's kind of funny in an awkward MS kinda way...the first technician asked me if I ever had a lazy eye, and she kept mentioning lazy eye. It's an odd parallel, people who know nothing about MS are quick to judge people with MS as lazy. I couldn't help but think to myself, “See? It's not lazy. It has MS!”
It's a good thing I gave up the QC job a while ago, huh?
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