Central Serous Retinopathy: Things Start Looking Up
One of our writers has had to deal with an eye condition known as Central Serous Retinopathy. Since we work with eye surgeons I asked her to write about it and agreed to post it on this blog. She has written a series of nine blogs on her experience with Central Serous Retinopathay.
This is blog post 7 of 9:
We were able to arrange a ride to the appointment with W.'s dad, no problem. When I got to the office, my eye doctor gave me a smaller dose of the dilation drops so that hopefully they wouldn't hit me so hard. I was fine. My vision was blurry after the appointment, but I felt fine and I could walk around. I was able to go eat right after the appointment and could even read some of the menu.
The tests were pretty cool. I had an optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan. It showed a cross section of my retina so we could see the blister and verify that there was fluid. I love actually getting to see stuff like that.
Based on the scans, my eye doctor feels like it is CSR and not something worse, but he still wants me to see a retinal specialist for more tests. These tests will show exactly where the leaks are and make sure that it is not something more serious like wet macular degeneration and that there is no abnormal blood vessel growth.
At this point I need some time to absorb everything, think about it, and read up on it more. I feel like I probably should go to the specialist, but the test they will do uses fluorescein dye. I’m not familiar with the dye, but I know that the contrast agent sometimes used in MRI's can have horrible side effects. Now I have to do some research and find out if the test is more dangerous than the condition.
On a more positive note, everyone is being very supportive and helpful. That is really helping minimize my stress over the situation. They have faith in me to be able to do the research and make an informed decision, and they are willing to help me follow through to do whatever I feel is the best way to handle to situation. That really takes a load off me and helps me think about this with a clear head.
This is blog post 7 of 9:
We were able to arrange a ride to the appointment with W.'s dad, no problem. When I got to the office, my eye doctor gave me a smaller dose of the dilation drops so that hopefully they wouldn't hit me so hard. I was fine. My vision was blurry after the appointment, but I felt fine and I could walk around. I was able to go eat right after the appointment and could even read some of the menu.
The tests were pretty cool. I had an optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan. It showed a cross section of my retina so we could see the blister and verify that there was fluid. I love actually getting to see stuff like that.
Based on the scans, my eye doctor feels like it is CSR and not something worse, but he still wants me to see a retinal specialist for more tests. These tests will show exactly where the leaks are and make sure that it is not something more serious like wet macular degeneration and that there is no abnormal blood vessel growth.
At this point I need some time to absorb everything, think about it, and read up on it more. I feel like I probably should go to the specialist, but the test they will do uses fluorescein dye. I’m not familiar with the dye, but I know that the contrast agent sometimes used in MRI's can have horrible side effects. Now I have to do some research and find out if the test is more dangerous than the condition.
On a more positive note, everyone is being very supportive and helpful. That is really helping minimize my stress over the situation. They have faith in me to be able to do the research and make an informed decision, and they are willing to help me follow through to do whatever I feel is the best way to handle to situation. That really takes a load off me and helps me think about this with a clear head.
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