Er, excuse me?

[rolanni]

So, the appointment with the eye specialist today, the one with the ReallyREALLY bright lights.

Good news: My eyes are Perfectly OK (where "OK" is defined as 20/20 with correction and Hopelessly Nearsighted without).

Bad news: The "grey fog" that sometimes obscures the vision in the center of my left eye is an ....ocular migraine (no, I've never heard of it, either).

Good news: This kind of migraine is headache-free! And the fog dissipates in twenty minutes or so, no harm done.

Null news: The eye specialist gave me a referral to a neurologist all the way the heckengone down to Scarborough. But. My good friends at Mayo Clinic tell me that ocular migraines need treatment only if accompanied by a headache. So I'm thinking I'll cancel the appointment with the neurologist.

In other news, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood -- cool and not too humid; the cats are asleep, kinzel's at chess, and I'm going to retire to my corner of the couch to read.

Comments

[moon-happy.livejournal.com]

I had ocular migrains for years and years; sometimes they manifested with double vision, too, (scary when driving!)but always passed, usually in five or ten minutes. Like yourself, no pain. But then the ocular version stopped and REAL migrains started. Sigh. The ocular version would be the, eh-hem, preferred version.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Having had real migraines, I agree that the ocular variety is to be prefered.

[difrancis.livejournal.com]

Ah yes. Ocular migraines. My story is that I used to get what I called headrushes that seemed very extended and were accompanied by fuzzy peripheral vision, floaters, shaking legs and arms. In short. I was pretty sure I had a tumor. Anyhow, one day in Muncie, Indiana, I went into Target and had a bad one. I realized then that I was about to pass out (I wasn't and didn't) and that I was going to wake up on the floor with a bucktoothed, pimplefaced hoosier poking at me with a finger saying, "uh, ma'am, you all right there on the floor?" So I went to a neurologist. Useless. So I lived with it until I ended up at the optomotrist who diagnosed me. I mean really, the neurologist didn't know???

Okay, so basically he's right, that without pain you don't have to be treated. On the other hand, my cardiologist uses Imitrex because he doesn't like to get them in the middle of surgery. Go figure. So take your pick.

I still get them, more when I"m tired, stressed, or eating badly (hey, most of my adult life!). So anyhow, that's my experience with them.

oh! book arrived! Thanks. I have a feeling from what I've looked at so far that I may share your impression of it. Sigh. But we'll see.

Di

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

My fear was cataract, of course, though I was puzzled by the going-awayness. Finally got scared enough to make an appointment with my regular eye doctor, who sorta thought ocular migraine, but sent me to the Big Gun to be sure. Now that we're sure, I don't see any reason to get a neurologist into the mix.

oh! book arrived!

Good! Let me know what you think of it.