[tenken]

Meh. I have retinopathy of prematurity and -9.25 and -11.23 single vision lenses. My ROP was scored at level 3 of 5 generally speaking (I am a twin, my twin does not have ROP), my rop is considered stable. I get retina checkups every 6mo.

I've also had 2 retinal holes and 1 horse shoe tear across both eyes in the last 3-4 years... And cataract surgery in my worst eye last year implanting a mono-vision IOL. I am 43 years old now.

Everyone in this thread worrying about your -2 and -3 myopia can just go sit down ... Lol.

My biggest concern at the moment is the slow moving cataract in my "good" eye, I'd rather not get surgery for ~10 years if it can be avoided.... I write code for a living ...

Everyone's eyes age and deteriorate as we get older. My eyes are simply more prone to complications due to the ROP as they never fully developed correctly due to the incubator I was placed in at birth (born 2mo early)...

[bennyg]

Heh I feel you on this one - it’s not a fun contest to “win” but I also find the “I have bad eyes” complaints funny when I have had 5 retinal detachment surgeries, leaving one eye completely blind. My good eye has had one RD surgery, glaucoma caused by surgery, cataract surgery, and is now facing macular degeneration. I get monthly eye injections to halt new blood vessels from growing. I basically live at the retinal specialist.

I hope your eye troubles keep at bay for many moons to come!

[tenken]

Hi thanks so much. I also hope your issues are manageable!

I don't mean to pry, are the shots for macular degeneration or do you have retinopathy of diabetes? My mom has macular degeneration and has had some shots already (she is stable at the moment)... And the doctor says the MD could be hereditary.... Oh joy, but there's essentially little I can do about that. So (I figure) take an over the counter eye vitamin and basically try to stay away from more surgeries if possible ... Rarely are surgeries a better result (for anything) than yourself prior to the surgery; there are always tradeoffs to lens implants, replacement knees etc.

[bennyg]

No worries - the shots are indeed for MD. I actually don’t have the retinopathy you have, but am unlucky in the eye department in other ways. Retinal detachment was passed to me from my mom, but not sure exact genes in play here.