[Leica] Eye problems, the saga continues

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

My latest news:  My right eye (with the reattached retina) is getting 
better all the time, still a little "milky" but sees OK.

BUT, I've had another problem, this time with my left eye. It lost sharp 
vision in the center. Last week I practically freaked out when I 
returned to work and discovered I couldn't read the computer screen, 
because the right eye hadn't wasn't sharp enough yet, and the left eye 
decided to go Lomo on me.

It turns out to be a rare complication from my cataract surgery two 
months ago.  They did an OCT* scan of my retina, and it has a little 
cone-shaped bump dead-center.  It's like somebody stretched the center 
of the "film" towards the lens, so of course it's out of focus. One or 
two steroid shots in the eye should clear it up in a couple of months. I 
got the first--and hopefully the only one!--on Friday.  The odds are 
very good that I'm going to be OK.

This is a cautionary tale for all of us.  If you notice a change in your 
vision, DO NOT WAIT.  See an eye doctor as soon as possible. In the last 
3 weeks I have had two major issues that could have destroyed my vision 
in each eye.  It was my going to a good ophthalmologist as soon as I 
noticed the problem that saved my vision.

I'm trying to keep a sense of humor about it, but it's been NO FUN!

--Peter

(*) OCT stands for Ocular Coherence Tomography.  That was fascinating.  
It created three-dimensional cross-sectional pictures of my retina.