loss of eyesight

[ofblong]

Anyhow, I also now have a bit of Macular Degeneration in the left eye, just above and to the left of centre. I'm glad I read this thread because now I'll get my Dr. to set up another appointment to have that fixed, if possible.

if its dry type or the 3rd type (cant think of it but its not wet) of MD they cant do anything about it. However if it is the wet type (which is very common in those 50+) it is treatable. Best get it done asap because if left untreated it will grow into your eyes center and if that happens you have a high chance of never being able to see again.

[Wordherder]

The blind spot might eventually "fill in." I had a retina detach on my right eye years ago ... left a big brown patch covering about 20% of my lower-left field of view. Retinas don't heal. But after a new months, I stopped noticing it. Now I can't see it at all except in certain lighting conditions. I think your brain compensates for the missing retinal tissue (like how you don't notice your optic nerve "blind spot.")

Get the best eye doctor you can, and second opinions never hurt. Best of luck.

(Forgive the preaching, but I have to say it: if you see flashing lights or suddenly notice tiny brown bits floating around, see your eye doctor like right now. Not tomorrow, not after work, now.)

[d2mini]

I was born with a condition in my left eye where basically there is a film over the back of the inside of my eyeball. Supposedly we are all born with this film but it goes away. Mine didn't in that eye. They didn't catch it until i was entering kindergarten and had an eye test in the school. I covered my left eye and read the chart no problem. Then they told me to cover my right eye and asked me what line i could read with my left eye. When i said nothing they were like wtf? Basically i am legally blind in that eye. Kind of like someone who has really bad vision that can't be corrected by glasses. I seem to get just as much light transmission in that eye as my right eye but everything is always blurry. Since i was born that way my brain has compensated. They tell me that I don't have any depth perception because of it but I really wouldn't know. Maybe that's why if a ball is thrown towards the camera in a movie it looks no different to me than real life. I also can't use the old school 3-D glasses because I will only see one color, the color that is over my good eye. Same with binoculers, if i look through I'm only seeing through the right side even though my left eye functions like normal other than being blurry. So for me, anything past my nose when looking left is blurry. If i think about it, it just feels like more of my vision on that side is periphereal. Know what i mean? Your periphereal vision is not clear because you are not focusing over there.