An eye has gone bung again
Why is it always this time of year and on a weekend this stuff happens? Last year I had a clot in a vein in the back of my left eye. Over time it has repaired itself but was very worrying. My vision i...
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I got an appointment with the doctor to check my blood pressure and make sure this eye wasn't anything to do with strokes or anything and that is fine like it always is.
The optometrist said my vision is A OK but I have burst a blood vessel behind my eye and some of the blood has mixed in with my eye gel and will take a couple of weeks to come good. There is no retinal detachment even though I do have fairly thin retinas.
In light of this I think I may agree with my oncologist and get a test done in six months to see if my menopause is over and change my meds from Tamoxifen to Femara. I may be safer for my eyes.
I learned something interesting from my optometrist, why it puts a strain on your eyes and neck to look upwards for a length of time. With no predators from above nowadays, we have stopped using a lot of those eye and neck muscles. :)
The optometrist said my vision is A OK but I have burst a blood vessel behind my eye and some of the blood has mixed in with my eye gel and will take a couple of weeks to come good. There is no retinal detachment even though I do have fairly thin retinas.
In light of this I think I may agree with my oncologist and get a test done in six months to see if my menopause is over and change my meds from Tamoxifen to Femara. I may be safer for my eyes.
I learned something interesting from my optometrist, why it puts a strain on your eyes and neck to look upwards for a length of time. With no predators from above nowadays, we have stopped using a lot of those eye and neck muscles. :)