Originally Posted by
Dee62
I have pvd in both eyes. First one was 18 months ago and I was petrified. Was like a money spider in my peripheral vision. Went to optician and was diagnosed with pvd, no retinal detachment. Had scans to check.
Monday morning, this week, lots of long black lines and blurriness with right eye. I phoned my optician who said I needed to be seen within 24 hours and asked me to go and see her in a couple hours. So I went, mask, gloves, etc, as did she. Had drops put in right eye, sat in car for 15 minutes then went back in. Pvd diagnosed again, worse than left eye. She could see a large clump of vitreous gel blurring my vision.
No treatment, but she contacted the Eye Triage team at the hospital, and they're going to ring me on Monday.
I read, dressmake, cross stitch, etc, and its very annoying. It's like looking through a dirty, cobwebby net curtain at the moment.
There are some good articles about it online, the best one on the RNIB website.
Please don't worry too much about it, after a while you learn to live with it and it's not too bad, just irritating at times.
Do you wear glasses or are you short sighted?
Dee