The results:
Everything looks great. PHEW. It was amazing to hear that. Now the results of the FA test were immediate, so I had them last week. But I did not have a copy of the photos from it. Here they are below (you will probably want to click on them to enlarge the image and see the areas the arrows point to):
In the photo above, the pink arrow points towards the optic nerve. That is where the nerve that leads to the brain, that takes what your eyes see and allows you to form an image of the world around you. The white arrow points towards the macula, responsible for your ability to see faces, read books, drive, and well, basically do anything. It looks like a darker gray/black area. The blue arrows point towards the areas that were lasered. They appear as dark gray and black markings. I received laser around all of the lattice that was towards the perimeter of my retina. I also received a "peppering" of laser on the detached area. This leads me to the green arrows. You can see my demarkation line where the fluid was filling in a pocket underneath of the retina. This is the point to which the detachment reached. Lucky for me it did not hit the macula. That would have been a very bad situation. It is often harder to restore vision or attach a retina once it detaches from the macula. Here it is zoomed in below:
Here it is in black and white. Again, you can see the lasering on the perimeter as well as the macula, optic nerve, and demarkation line. The other veins stemming from the optic nerve feed blood to the retina to allow it to function. This test usually reveals if there is a blood-flow issue. Luckily for me this time, I had no issue.
So there's the end of last week's appointment. A clear test and was told to come back again in a week. That leads us into today, March 13.
Nothing but good news! Dr. Grodin says it looks great, everything is flat and fluid-free, no tears, no problems! I have started getting "fish eggs" and they are disappearing quickly. Now that this has started, the bubble will start dissipating very quickly. Here is a rendition of my first fish egg (the bottom would be normal vision, and the top obviously the bubble vision):
The first fish egg bubble came about Sunday, and disappeared in two and a half days. I then got another one this morning, and that one has since gone away as well. They typically stayed right around the large bubble, but often bounced around on their own. Very strange but actually pretty cool.
Dr. Grodin anticipates that the bubble will go away by the end of the weekend. That would be amazing. I can then snip my warning label off and be free of the bubble. I was also told, for the first time in 4 months, that I don't need to come in for an appointment for TWO WEEKS. That will be the longest stretch of time that I have gone without going in to see the doctor. Pending that next appointment goes well, I will then not have to be seen for a month. Then three months, then only every six....
We'll see how it goes, don't want to get ahead of myself. I will also have a refraction appointment in two weeks (right before my appointment with Dr. Grodin) to see how well we can do correcting my vision. That *could* end in getting glasses. Again, we'll see what happens.
But here we are. I am the closest I've been in months to being back to normal. Just a little while longer...
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