Bonnie, are you any good at doing IVS? I sure did need you today if you are. They coudln't get an IV started even after poking and prodding. They even went and got the doc that is sposed to be a pro. After going fishing and finding a vein, the vein broke. He kept prodding around for another fishing hole, but couldn't catch anything. THEN as if that wasn't enough they made me DRINK that dye. They never did get to do the dye test.
Then I had an OCT test done which measures the thickness of the retina. What happens in a diabetic's eyes is that the veins ooze blood as opposed to bleeding. When a vein bleeds, it will clot. When it oozes, it doesn't clot. The ooze just continues to build up causing the swelling and thickening of the retina. I had this same OCT test done in Jan. and had a bubble like swelling on the retina. The doc (not the same one trying to do the IV) has been trying to reduce the swelling with laser surgeries and the major eye surgery I had done in Feb. Being the unique person I am, my eye is not responding to treatment appropriately. My doc gave me a choice this morning of having another laser surgery or having a steroid shot directly into the eye ball. Can y'all imagine me ASKING for a shot especially in the eye? <G> That's exactly what I'm doing. So please keep me in your prayers, especially next Thursday. There is a 1/200 chance that I will get a virus and lose all of my vision immediately,. There is also a 50/50 chance that it will improve my vision. I figure I might as well give it a try. If I don't try, I'll never know if it would have helped. I know even with the shot that all that is happening is that my vision is being prolonged. I told Art I've always been a risk taker and that there is no need to stop now. I do admit that i took a little longer to decide on this. Originally I scheduled one more laser surgery (they are painless) before doing the shot. The doc said if I changed my mine to give him a call and they can change it from laser to shot. That's what I did when I got home a couple hours after my appointment. I didn't sleep very good last night dreading the IV today. I can just imagine how next Wednesday night will be. <G>
And tomorrow I have to go to the dentist. A couple weeks ago I broke the back out of one of my teeth. It just happens to be an anchor tooth for my front lower partial. I go tomorrow for them to do whatever they do to get ready for a crown. I didn't know at the time that I scheduled the appointment that that meant them doing an impression and sending my partial off with the impression so they can get a good fit. that means I'm going to have to be WITHOUT my lower front teeth for at least a whole week. Talk about slobber time. <G> I sure do have a lot of medical type junk going on for a coward as big as me.
I'll keep y'all posted here if anything new is happening. Thanks for your prayers. If you send me an email, please make it at least 18 size font and bold. Thanks. Ruth
And tomorrow I have to go to the dentist. A couple weeks ago I broke the back out of one of my teeth. It just happens to be an anchor tooth for my front lower partial. I go tomorrow for them to do whatever they do to get ready for a crown. I didn't know at the time that I scheduled the appointment that that meant them doing an impression and sending my partial off with the impression so they can get a good fit. that means I'm going to have to be WITHOUT my lower front teeth for at least a whole week. Talk about slobber time. <G> I sure do have a lot of medical type junk going on for a coward as big as me.
I'll keep y'all posted here if anything new is happening. Thanks for your prayers. If you send me an email, please make it at least 18 size font and bold. Thanks. Ruth