Injection Update

[Bobbie915]

Hi Everyone. Today I went for my injection which is every 2 months. Precautions were tighter than last visit. This time I had to ware a mask. I hated it, it seemed so difficult to breath. Cannot imagine having to work all day wearing a mask. Last visit I only had injection but this time I had OCT scan and chart test. I had not taken my varifocal glasses as they didn’t do a test last time and I don’t usually wear them for walking around. With having implanted lens due to cataract operations, my sight overall was pretty good until WAMD struck about a year later. I digress. When I said I didn’t have my glasses, I was told to use the pinhole gadget. I cannot believe how much better I could see the chart. I have used it before but with glasses on it was clumsy and didn’t seem any better. I couldn’t wait for my eyes to clear so I could get on the internet and read about pinholes. I see you can actually buy pinhole glasses. I have never seen anything mentioned about these glasses - am I getting excited about nothing!!

Even with the check up, I was in and out in 20 minutes. I wonder if things will be back to normal in 2 months time? X

[springcross]

Hi Bobby. I'm glad you've had yours and that everything is well. I agree with you wholeheartedly about the pinholes, I feel exactly the same about it. I shall be wearing a mask on Thursday too (if they don't cancel it) if it arrives on time. I ordered one twelve days ago but haven't received it yet even though it was supposed to have been posted on 15 May. I was told this morning by the optometrist at the hospital that there would be no scans etc next Thursday, just the injection and go. I wish they were going to do it so that they could see how bad it is. Wow, in and out within twenty minutes, that must be a first. My quickest time last time was about 40 minutes but I had to wait twenty minutes for the doctor to arrive as I was the first appointment. Hope your husband has improved some. Take care. xx

[Hidden]

Hi Bobbie, my hubby has his own pair of pinhole specs he bought years ago from Ebay. He's actually wearing them now to watch TV ( with his cataract he says he sees better with pinhole than his varifocals).

We got them initially because there was an article that said something like wearing them 20mins a day strengthened eye muscles and improved sight because of that, reducing need for stronger specs. No idea if true, I posted a q to mac soc here about it, cant recall their answer, I'll try to find it.

[Bobbie915 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for the reply Eyesright. I also read that it could improve muscles. As they only appear to work at a certain distance, such as TV watching, probably not a huge benefit to me as I’ve become so used to not watching TV. I watch the odd program I’m interested in, on my iPad.

However, my hubby has developed double vision in 1 eye and has had several accidents as a result. The hospital, after a telephone consultation, sent him an eye patch. It arrived a week ago and only today have I managed to persuade him to try it. It works! But of course he doesn’t like it! I wonder how many people do? I think the pinhole specs would be worth him trying for TV. I must get him to persevere with patch for moving around, It could cut down on the accidents. xx

[Hidden in reply to Bobbie915]

I've found the old post, you should be able to see it in newsfeed now x

[Bobbie915 in reply to Hidden]

Help Eyesright - where do I find newsfeed? xx

[Hidden in reply to Bobbie915]

Click the house symbol on the header bar, newsfeed is on the left hand side, should show as underlined. This post will probably be at the top then count down 5 posts to the pinhole one ( says it's from 4yrs ago) x