68 degrees this morning, going for a high of 89. I have a weird (to me, at least) eye problem, and wonder if anyone else has had anything like it. A little background: nearly 7 years ago, an optometrist sent me to an ophthalmologist (#1)and I had cataract surgery first on one eye, then a month later on the other eye. Then he sent me to another ophthalmologist (#2) who did retina surgery first on one eye, then a month later on the other eye. Then a little more than 3 years ago, I had strabismus surgery on my right eye by a third ophthalmologist (#3) to whom I was sent by #2. Then, last August, my vision had gotten bad in my right eye, so it was back to #2 who sent me to #1 who did laser surgery on the right eye that fixed that problem, but brought back the strabismus. Ophthalmologist #3 gave me some eye exercises to do that fixed it this time (we had tried those before he did the surgery 3 years ago and they didn't work then). Now the last 2 or 3 months I've had a problem that I've taken a lot of time to try to narrow down the cause. I finally realized that when I have a problem reading something (which is most of the time), I can cover (or just close) my right eye and read it with my left eye just fine. On the other hand, if I cover my left eye, and look at something with just my right eye, sometimes some letters are missing, power lines show some weird shapes, an Amsler Grid shows wavy lines, etc. So yesterday, it was back to #1 and after a number of tests, he said I have swelling in the back of my right eye, and he made an appointment for me to see #2 tomorrow.
I know/understand the reasons/benefits of specialization, but it can sure be difficult to understand which doctor to go to and when. But when I mentioned that to #1 yesterday, he said that I was right in coming to him, AND they made an appointment for me to come back to see him again in 6 months.
