Lately I have been experiencing blurry vision in the upper left part of my right eye. The only way I can describe what it is like is kind of like a migraine when you have silver spots in your vision. Or when you are looking through a camera and there is a smudge on the lens.
I told Dr. Wallentine about it and he looked at my eyes (he usually does this anyway, but this time he looked closer) and told me that I should go see an Optometrist. And who is the best eye doctor around? Simple! Dr. Traer Caywood. He was my dad's old mission companion, our old bishop, and our neighbor. So I have known him since I was little, and I knew he could tell me what was going on with my eye.
It was basically like any other eye check up plus a little more intense stuff. We went through the letters, the eye puff, the depth perception, and all of those other tests. I was fine on all counts. Then he dilated my eyes to get a better look into them. They then took pictures of the inside of my eyes, and the back of my retina. It was kind of cool. I had to look into this big camera type thing and look at a stationary light while all of these other lights were dancing around it. Then there was a HUGE circular flash that took the picture.
When he examined the pictures he found a little spot on my retina. He said that it could have been caused by the chemotherapy and that it should go away. He sent me to a retina specialist just to get a closer look. We went while I was still dilated so that they could just keep looking without having to dilate me again.
By the time we got there though, my eyes had started to go back to normal. So they had to dilate them again. They took more pictures and put it into the computer to show us what the side of my retina looked like. They showed me that there is a "cottonwool" (I think that is how you spell/say it) spot that is raised up on my retina. This is the spot that I am probably seeing in my vision.
Luckily, both Traer and the Retina specialist said that it should disappear as I stop the chemo and get better. The specialist also said that he didn't think that it was more cancer. I have to go back in two months for a follow up to make sure.
It was really good to go see them and figure out what is going on with my vision. Also that I won't have to have glasses. They also said I have 20/20 vision, which I think is good, so that is something to be happy about as well!
It was really cool to go and see all the equipment and the eye doctor had. That is what Skyler wants to do is to be an Optometrist, so it was really cool to imagine him doing all the eye stuff. It was really cool to see all that and to know that I am going to be okay.
Old Picture: Normal pupil size. Normal Lashes. Normal Rachel
Today's pupil size. They have gone down a bit. They are still huge though.
Observe: Eyelashes sparser than previous picture. Sad Day.
Me looking totally awesome in the shades I got
from the eye doctor. Oh yeah. I look like a bug-eyed alien/turtle.
I look pretty cool though if I do say so myself. I'm going to start a trend.
Don't you wish you were as cool as me? Yeeeeah boy....
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