Update review at 18 weeks after 3rd ozurdex

Hi All,

Well oedema returning so 4 th implant planned. Doc says as long as I have some positive response then we can continue unless IOP or other factor becomes an issue. I am now officially chronic ( & cranky lol).

Regarding cataract - firstly my friend got her situation wrong. It's not her cataract that has returned ( this cannot happen). It's a complication of the surgery where the capsule that holds the new lens gets cloudy and lasering will clear it. Good!

I asked about why I got them in each eye. He said L due to steroid R old age ( I'm56 and no-one in my family have them). I told him last Dr said both due to steroid. He then said a tiny bit can leak from implant and affect other eye but they only attribute that to steroid implant if person is young, otherwise it's down to age . So mine are coincidental. Not sure I believe that. Wish they'd all say exactly the same thing!

He agreed the last 2 clinc review letters were unclear and promised the next would be factually correct. We shall see......

Good news is IOP is fine.

Even better news is that I've finished draft 1 of the second book in my trilogy. Hurrah!

Keep smiling everyone. We have no way to go but forward X

[Bobbie915]

You are just amazing Eyesright. An inspiration to us all. Good luck with the next implant. x x x

[Hidden in reply to Bobbie915]

Aww. Thank you Bobbie915. I'm lucky not to be as bad off as many on here ( and the many more who haven't found the forum yet) but it does serve to keep me focused on the now ( wish I'd learned that lesson years ago mind!).

[2468G]

Hi eyesright.

Love the upbeat way you write your updates. As a fellow 'young un' dealing with macular issues I hope I can remain as optimistic as you.

Hope your future result letters clarify the situation and that treatment can go ahead.

I'm awaiting results from my last scan which was 9 days ago to see if I need more injections.

My best wishes to you. 2468G

[Hidden in reply to 2468G]

Thanks x Fingers crossed for you too x

Ive had my times of despair and there are times my fears rise up but I have come to realize that how we feel is a choice. I choose now to make the most of what I have in this moment.

No doubt there will be more challenging things to come in life and I will allow myself to cry when they do, acknowledging their impact, but I know that I will also pick myself up by my bootstraps and try to soldier on. Because no-one else can do that for me and I am at least stlll here to do so. The world is a beautiful place and I am so grateful to be able to enjoy it's experiences.

Best wishes to you going forward x

[2468G in reply to Hidden]

Gosh you write beautifully. I love your comments on here. You know how to hit the spot. I think your books must be impressive.

Just received my results. Still got a slight leak so another injection and scan in 4 weeks. I expected this.

Best wishes to you. 2468G

[rosyG]

hi Eyesright- sorry re "chronic" but pleased they will keep on with implants- which seems to be much better re timeline than injections were for you.Congrats on writing- I am planning my 4th book- others were all unfinished so this time I am planning a lot so that I hope not to get lost half way through- any tips welcome! I am on 10 weeks for injections now ) BVRO like you) but still get some leakage but not central at present.

[Hidden in reply to rosyG]

Oh, all these budding authors! I too wrote a novel about about 30 yeas ago. Then I revised it for the next 20 years - revising and putting it back into the the drawer and revising again - until I saw it finally in print. It's a lovely feeling. I have always wanted to write another book, but as yet, have not managed to get down to it due to other commitments. Just persevere. You'll get there!

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Ooh you got printed, fabulous!!!

Don't think I'll get that far, but I've had some lovely rejections lol x The young girls at work ( my stories are science fantasy YA 15-24+) have persuaded me to put them on Amazon so that's what I'm aiming for. Funny but without all this eye business don't think I'd have even started book 1 but now I'm determined to finish the trilogy (something to tick off my bucket list anyway). Every cloud and all that.....

[Hidden in reply to rosyG]

Thanks rosyg x this writing lark is all pretty new to me ( a distraction from the eye) - always wanted to when I was younger but could never finish. This time I knew the beginning and end, and the storyline of my main characters ( ie their love story) filling in the rest just evolved as I researched. Though not going off on a tangent was difficult sometimes! I seem to run out of steam at 50K words then get a second wind after putting it down for a week or so. Good luck with your inj and writing too xxx

[IvyRose2]

Good luck for the future, your positive approach is inspirational.

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Thankyou ivyrose. X This forum helps me so much to keep things in perspective. I can recommend having a project to focus on too ( there are days I can't actually focus ha ha but then I plan in my head and handwrite in very large script to type up later - where there's a will there's a way ( or is that a relative?!).

Good luck to you going forward. X

[Bobbie915]

Hi Eyesright, I hope we are going to hear when your books get published. I buy a lot of Kindle books. They are such a God send when reading paper books would be out of the question - unless using a magnifier!!

My husband thinks I read too much - I tell him, I want to read as much as I can, whilst I can!!! x x x