Vision Update

I went to Charleston yesterday to see a retinal specialist  for a second opinion.  Dr. Jablon spent two and a half hours with me running tests and examining my eyes.  After thorough examination, he determined that the only treatment for me that made any sense to him was to perform the vitrectomy that I have been begging for since March.  That is the "quick fix" surgery that I explained in my previous post.  He injected dye into my veins and took pictures of my eyes and found a vessel that was continually leaking microscopic amounts of blood  - so the blood was never going to clear enough on its own to perform laser surgery.  The bleeding episodes that I had been noticing since January were when fragile vessels in my eye actually burst - this vessel was just slowly introducing blood into my vitreous which is why my vision had not cleared in the past 7 months.  Dr. Gaskins has been my doctor since 2000 and has never spent more than 5 minutes in my room - much less two and a half hours!  Gaskins did say on one of my several visits that he just didn't understand why the vitreous was taking so long to clear but yet didn't take the time to investigate further.   I am frustrated that Dr. Gaskins wasn't more thorough with my examinations but VERY relieved that this will be over soon.  Dr. Jablon will perform the vitrectomy in Charleston on Monday, July 14th.  Please continue to keep me in your prayers.