Since I was at Mom and Dad's recovering, Mom got me an appointment with her eye doctor, Dr. Talley to see what was going on with my eyes. I have patchy blurry vision which is much worse at night.
After a long examination Dr. Talley sat down to talk with me. He explained that oddly enough, I could still achieve 20/20 vision with effort but the bad news was that I had cataracts in both eyes. He seemed hopeful that because of the surgery and the corrected blood flow, they shouldn't get any worse. He said they were caused by long term high doses of steroids. When and if they do worsen, I can have surgery to correct them. For now, I'll just have to deal with the patchy blurry vision.
He explained that the "episodes" of blurriness are a separate problem. He suggested a visit to my primary care doctor to discuss that concern.
I have to admit, I was pretty bummed that afternoon about the diagnosis. I had learned that one of the side effects of steroids was glaucoma or cataracts. I guess I was hoping that there was at least a couple of side effect from the steroids I had avoided. At least it is better to have cataracts that glaucoma I suppose, but it is still a bit of tough blow right now. I just need to take a breath a let this information soak in.
