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2 years ago
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Hello everyone, sorry for taking so long to share the news, it really has been a busy and difficult few days, now it's calming down. Well, I did all the tests that the doctors asked me to do, the tests for infections were all negative, diseases that could cause this were also negative, x-ray was ok, MRI was also ok, my ophthalmologist asked me to see a neurologist to confirm if the MRI was really ok and if there was any other possible illness, he suspected it could be something neurological.
I went to the neurologist, he said that the MRI was ok, but that it could be idiopathic intracranial hypertension and I needed to do a spinal tap to confirm, the doctor tried 4 times without success in reaching the spinal fluid, I was unwell and in pain for 3 days waiting for the next attempt, this time with anesthesia. I was unwell for almost 2 weeks, with pain in my lower back, but the result was negative so I went back to the ophthalmologist.
The ophthalmologist ordered some more tests, including an imaging test with contrast, this test showed that the vessels in my orbit are leaking and this is probably the cause of my vision loss and blurriness. As all possible tests were carried out and there was no answer as to what happened, the doctor only suspected that it was an autoimmune disease.. I went to the doctor today and the inflammation got a little worse, I'll start treatment with corticosteroids and the ophthalmologist in charge of my case passed me to another ophthalmologist who specializes in this area of autoimmune diseases, tomorrow I have an appointment with her.
The doctor told me that if the treatment goes well, I will be able to recover my vision or at least a large part of it. I'll now be treated with corticosteroid medication and will continue with eye drops for inflammation, the second eye drops that I was using to dilate the pupil will no longer be used, so I'll not be as sensitive to light and screens as I was before, I'll try to draw a little and see if it won't bother my eyes.
And I want to thank everyone so much for their support, this helped me a lot, I managed to cover half of the medical expenses, everything was expensive, but we are finally getting some answers to what is happening, without you all it would probably take a while to get an answer to this and this it could make my eyes worse.
I continue to ask for support for this, just anyone who can and is capable, I would greatly appreciate it. I know we are all in difficult situations with money, so if you can't help with money, sharing it with more people is a great help too. Thank you all so much for your support and love, I really appreciate it! ❤️
https://ko-fi.com/scarlanyaeyesproblem/goal?g=48
I went to the neurologist, he said that the MRI was ok, but that it could be idiopathic intracranial hypertension and I needed to do a spinal tap to confirm, the doctor tried 4 times without success in reaching the spinal fluid, I was unwell and in pain for 3 days waiting for the next attempt, this time with anesthesia. I was unwell for almost 2 weeks, with pain in my lower back, but the result was negative so I went back to the ophthalmologist.
The ophthalmologist ordered some more tests, including an imaging test with contrast, this test showed that the vessels in my orbit are leaking and this is probably the cause of my vision loss and blurriness. As all possible tests were carried out and there was no answer as to what happened, the doctor only suspected that it was an autoimmune disease.. I went to the doctor today and the inflammation got a little worse, I'll start treatment with corticosteroids and the ophthalmologist in charge of my case passed me to another ophthalmologist who specializes in this area of autoimmune diseases, tomorrow I have an appointment with her.
The doctor told me that if the treatment goes well, I will be able to recover my vision or at least a large part of it. I'll now be treated with corticosteroid medication and will continue with eye drops for inflammation, the second eye drops that I was using to dilate the pupil will no longer be used, so I'll not be as sensitive to light and screens as I was before, I'll try to draw a little and see if it won't bother my eyes.
And I want to thank everyone so much for their support, this helped me a lot, I managed to cover half of the medical expenses, everything was expensive, but we are finally getting some answers to what is happening, without you all it would probably take a while to get an answer to this and this it could make my eyes worse.
I continue to ask for support for this, just anyone who can and is capable, I would greatly appreciate it. I know we are all in difficult situations with money, so if you can't help with money, sharing it with more people is a great help too. Thank you all so much for your support and love, I really appreciate it! ❤️
https://ko-fi.com/scarlanyaeyesproblem/goal?g=48
I'm glad to hear from you again, and even though it's been a long road, im glad to hear you might be on the road to answers and recovery.
As always, I'm here if you need to talk <3
but no answer as to what it could be, the treatment at the moment is to try to improve the inflammation I have in my eyes, it is a strong medication and only recommended as a last resort
Still take it easy, no need to go one step forward in a hurry just to stumble 2 steps back.
Should you ever feel like drawing is working again then i have a big commission with low priority gig for ya until then have some more kofi donations
Take care and get well !
I'm gonna try to get back with simple drawings at the moment, to get back into practice, of course I'll take it slowly and stop for a while if necessary.
Thank you! <3