Just what I didn't need....

Jngrbrdman

Jngrbrdman

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I've been having some pretty nasty headaches lately and they seem to be stemming from my left eye. A normal eye doctor couldn't tell me anything, so I went to a neuro optomologist yesterday. I have an MRI scheduled to figure out which of the following problems I am having, but my choices are that I am either going neurologoically blind in my left eye for no reason, have a tumor growing on the back of my eye, or have a blood clot that is creating pressure on nerves and causing the blindness. Right now I have lost 35% of my field of vision in my left eye. Its like from 1:00 to 5:00 in that eye is just not working. Imagine having something in front of you that was obscuring your vision that you couldn't look around. Its kind of frustrating. I find myself just closing my left eye to see things because it is so annoying.

Oh well... If there are blind Samurai swordsmen then I guess I can be a blind detailer. Overall it wasn't news that I wanted to hear. I used to wonder which would be worse between going blind or deaf. Lucky me... I'm already deaf in my left ear so now I get to go blind on that side too. Now I don't have to choose. Lucky me. lol Hopefully there is something that can be done and the damage can be repaired. I really hope it can be fixed... I don't need any tumors or blood clots in my head, but I guess I'll know more after the MRI. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I'll probably joke about it alot and make light of it, but It does kind of scare me that this is happening. Not knowing what the problem is probably freaks me out more than the prospect of going blind. At least its only one eye. <insert smiley with an eye patch here>
 
That sucks man! I hope everything works out for you and it is fixable. Keep us posted.
 
I'm very, very sorry to hear this. Hopefully the MRI will diagnose this as something less severe than thought and medically reversible. Our prayers go out to you and your family.

John
 
So sorry to hear Anthony, especially this time of year:(
I hope it's not as serious as you are suggesting and our family will :kneel for you

Steve
 
Very sorry to hear that Anthony, hope your vision will recover soon :kneel Hang in there k
 
Thanks for the prayers. :) I hope its something that can be fixed. I would hate to lose my ability to see depth because of this. That would take at least half the fun out of detailing. :(
 
Eliot ness said:
I'm very, very sorry to hear this. Hopefully the MRI will diagnose this as something less severe than thought and medically reversible. Our prayers go out to you and your family.

John
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ditto :angel
 
Very sorry to hear this, all my wished for the very best possible outcome. You will be in my families paryers.
 
Tough Break. Hang in there. We're all pulling for you.

BTW - I can identify with you on the hearing - I'm deaf in the right ear. We have to be strategic in choosing our seats in restuarants!
 
Anthony,
I'm so sorry to hear this, but will be praying that the MRI will show another option which IS medically treatable & reversible!:kneel
Norah
 
Thanks everybody. :) For some reason all my friends are online. I have a lot of people I know, but not many of them are people that would even care if I told them about this. I'm very estranged from my family and I really didn't have anybody else to tell about this. Its been a stressful couple of days as we have considered this. My son just turned 1 yesterday and the thought of not being able to see him as he grows up is something that I try not to think about. I have his pictures on my desk at work that we had taken on Monday and I've found that I've been staring at them all morning. You never really realize how much something means until you are on the verge of losing it. The problem is worse today than it was yesterday, so it concerns me that it is progressing this fast. That makes me think that it might be that nasty blood clot pinching nerves. I guess that is better than just having it happen for no reason. At least with this there may be a solution. I have a history of blood clots and even aneurisums, so having something like this in my head that may be growing and pinching more nerves makes me worried. That isn't the sort of thing you want to have rupture... I really do appreciate the concern I feel here. That means alot right now. :)
 
Jngr,

When is the MRI? Man I hope that whatever it is can be easily taken care of you can get your vision restored 100%.

Take care buddy.
 
Hey dude,

I just wanted to let you know that all those times that I called you JingleBellBoy or JungleBirdMan I really meant those as terms of endearment and that you are a cool guy. I hope that you get through this strong and 100% healthy.

For what it's worth, your Integra might be able to beat my Camaro after all. It's only got a got a six cylinder. :naughty
 
Jennifer needs to find someplace that will accept our insurance. My Aunt works for a neural optomologist, so I got a hookup for the initial exam. She just took off for the week to California and will start making calls when she gets there. Hopefully I can get it taken care of this week. If it keeps getting worse like this then we probably need to move fast. My eye is kind of switching between warm and cold right now. Kind of like when your hands are really cold and you put them under warm water. I don't know what that means, but I'm just getting more worried as the day goes on. Hopefully she can get me in with somebody tomorrow or Friday since I have those days off anyway. The last time I had something like this happen it was in my hand. The doctors cut an aneurisim out of my hand about what they figure would have been 12 hours before it ruptured and I lost three fingers and possibly my hand. I don't feel like cutting this one to the wire like that.
 
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