The Eyes don't have it any more

Some will have noticed I tweet about macular disease. Some bad news. My left eye (the one I use) got suddenly worse mid June(2016) to the point where things are doubled or blurred. Karen took me to the eye hospital A&E on a Monday morning where they did tests. The retinal scans showed that the dry AMD has spread in my left eye. This means my vision is no longer good enough to drive. I'm not making any decisions in a rush but I'm not driving, for the time being anyway.

Some small good news is that the retina with wet AMD in the right eye is much improved after two injections, but of course I can't see with that one anyway because of the corneal damage from the accident in 1977. But it could open the way for a corneal transplant at some point in the future. Whether that would give me enough vision in my right eye drive again is far from certain though. I have an appointment for a third injection in the right eye in July, but it could be the consultant, after receiving the report from A&E, will call me in before that to look at the left eye. But as no treatment is available for dry AMD, there may be no point.

I am using a magnifying glass to look at the screen to check what I am typing. The computer is quite difficult to use so I will have to start looking into the accessibility options in Windows. I will try to continue to post. If you want to help, please buy the book!