ophthalmology

Glaucoma: I Can See Clearly Now

Posted on September 4th, 2010

I went in for what I thought would be a regular eye exam. It turned out to be one of those life changing moments.

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Surgery Feelings

Posted on May 12th, 2009

When I was five I had my first surgery to tighten the muscles in my eye and lower them, only to find when I was nineteen the surgeries had been preformed incorrectly the first time. I would have to choose to have another surgery or my spine would become arthritic and I could be paralyzed and die.

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Fade to Black

Posted on March 24th, 2009

Shortly before my fifteenth birthday, my eyesight became cloudy.

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A Dark Diagnosis?

Posted on March 3rd, 2009

In 1997, I went to my optometrist for an annual eye exam. I expected to come out with a new prescription for my glasses and contacts. Instead, I got a referral to see an ophthalmologist because my optometrist saw a cyst-like grouping of blood vessels at the top of my retina in my right eye.

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