Sunday, June 30, 2013

Will my Left Eye goes too?

That's what worries me, will my left eye be affected by AMD? Dr Lai said there is a small risk but how small is the small risk? 90% or 1% or 10%.

Is there any body who can enlighten me on this?

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Can It improve

Not sure whether the right eye's vision is deteriorating but I know it is not improving.
Image from http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/
l_CxxTnOyJw/hqdefault.jpg
Found that it is difficult for me to slice things because the knife that I am holding with the right hand hide the left eye vision of the right side of the knife thus preventing me from seeing the slice that I make.

Found a site about AMD http://www.getwellslidell.com/?p=786

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Not Improving

It's been 2 weeks after the 3rd Avastin injection. I do not see any improvement in the right eye.
It is a little uncomfortable to see in the dark as I can see a white patch in the right eye.
Sometimes when the left eye is blocked like if there is a car in front of me and I want to look ahead with the right eye, I can't see some area.
Fine features are a little bit to see, and mentally I don't really like to see.
Will the right eye improved? I had a feeling it won't so I guess I had to live with a partially blind eye.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Bubble Gone

The bubble had gone, no more black dot that floats in my eye.
But I do not see any improvement in my right eye. Looks like there is nothing the Avastin can do to the swelling in the retina.

Losing Vision Gaining Insight

I was googling to get a picture of bubble for the previous and stumbled upon a beautiful blog titled Losing Vision Gaining Insight by Belinda Brasley who shared her experience and outlook of life after having trouble with her eyesight. 
I hope she will continue writing and sharing her views and experiences through this blog

Bubble in The Eye

The bubble (viewed as a round spot) can still be seen floating in my right eye.
image from
http://losingvisiongaininginsight.files.wordpress.com/
However, the size of the spot is getting smaller.
I was not bother much about it because the blurness of the AMD is worse than this.
I do not see any improvement in my vision, hopefully it will not get any worse too.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Avastin Injection #3

I had my third Avastin Injection today.
The previous injection had not done any improvement to my condition. The swelling is still thick and I had only 50% vision in my right eye.
To make matter worse, I had to pay for this injection as my insurance limit had been reached due to my cholecystectomy last month. This injection costs me RM1270.00
We (my wife and I) had arrived at GMC at 9:30 am and only got to see Dr Lai at 12:00 noon and only been injected at 3:50 pm.
This time I also had a gas bubble injected into my eye and now I am seeing a dark round thing resting at the bottom of my vision. Hopefully it will clear away by tomorrow.
Next appointment is August 2nd as Dr Lai will be away for some time.
I hope there will be an improvement in the eye.