Author: One Vision

An honest, warts & all sightloss blog about living with a rare genetic eye condition, Macular Dystrophy, Stargardt's Disease. To track how this progresses in myself. Hopefully help others & bring awareness. Let's see what happens next...
Posted in Follow up letters

Eye Centre Appointment letter

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So… Today I’ve received a letter from the Eye Centre to attend the Optos Clinic for the 27th May.

This is the reappointment I’ve been waiting for. As I couldn’t attend in November last year (2020) because I was ill.

It doesn’t say what tests, if any, I will have, but I know that I will have an eye test there first before seeing anybody. I haven’t been to this clinic before as far as I can remember.

I’m very interested to see what has been going on because I have changed prescription and noticed a decline in my vision since I last went to any hospital for an appointment.

Will update after I’ve been.

Posted in Before Diagnosis, Glasses

6 years ago.

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This is a status I wrote 6 years ago when ignorance was still bliss.

It came up on my memories on Facebook today. I don’t use facebook anymore, apart from updating my One Vision page there.

I wasn’t concerned really. As I thought I would know if there was something seriously wrong with my eyesight. Like as in all of a sudden everything would go black.. I didn’t really realise at that time, there was so much of a sight loss spectrum inbetween.

I knew something was amiss, but just thought that it was down to me being in my 40s and my eyes had aged. Along with myself ☺

So this is really when the first inkling of any trouble with my eyesight presented itself.

So you see. This can happen to anyone. Don’t take your eyes for granted. I wasn’t aware anything at all was wrong before this instance.

PICTURE DESCRIPTION facebook status. Went to opticians. Got some doody glasses and referral to eye hospital. Not a good day for someone with an eye phobia.