Ugh. Losing vision in left eye.

[LuckyCharms]

Retina doc opens in 20 minutes.

I hope he can get me in today.

Something changed suddenly.

Wife is all ass and elbows at work, so I'll probably have to go alone.

Wish me luck.

You all have a good day.

[mwmisses4289]

1. good luck! 🍀🫂

[NNadir]

2. Best of luck my friend!

[True Dough]

3. You need to maintain that vision, Lucky.

If for no other reason, so you can continue to enjoy my gifs!




Seriously, BE WELL!

[LuckyCharms]

4. Just called. Main office is in Syracuse...

about 90 minutes away. Receptionist put in a message to the nurse at my local office, waiting for a call back.

I've had an "eye stroke" before, as well as a lacunar stroke...so I'm in a bit of a panic.

I'll go to the ER if I don't hear back soon.

That GIF...you're an incredible dancer. Please save some women for the rest of us, you stud.

[True Dough]

5. The women call me

John Revolta!




They'll take good care of you, Lucky!

[LuckyCharms]

8. Tomorrow at 150 pm for an appointment.

Now, as far as your GIF...

I was at a Grateful Dead concert once at a stadium.

Everyone in our row was tripping (I was relatively sober).

Guy sitting in front of us had a HUGE plumbers crack.

So I whispered to the person next to me: "I'm taking bets on how much pudding you can fit into that crack. Pass it on".

So they whispered that to the next person.

People started passing me dollar bills and laughing...

4 OUNCES! 6 OUNCES! 10 OUNCES!

[True Dough]

11. Ha!

Takes me back to high school. Economics class (I only took it once).

A guy sitting a couple of seats up from me, in a chair at a desk, had big-time plumber's crack. I gestured to my buddy in the next row and every time the teacher turned his back to the class, my friend and I would tear off little pieces of eraser and toss them at the guy's crack. Eventually, one of us made a direct hit. The guy turned around and glared in our direction. We tried to act like we didn't know what was happening, but we couldn't contain our laughter.

Kids!

[LuckyCharms]

12. .

PLUMBER'S CRACKS ARE FUCKING HILARIOUS!

[True Dough]

14. We're simple fellas, Lucky!

Simple things amuse our simple minds!

[LuckyCharms]

16. Oh another thing...

Fucking economics class.

That was the only "B" I got in college. I think it was macro economics.

That course ruined my straight A's!!

[some_of_us_are_sane]

6. Rootin' for ya, Lucky!

Keep that sensse of humor.... it's the best painkiller.

[FarPoint]

35. I strongly suggest going to ER now....

I don't want you to drive with limited vision first off....Plus, there maybe more extensive testing needed....

Be safe.

[brer cat]

7. I hope it goes well for you, Lucky.

[Marthe48]

9. They should it treat it as an emergency

Please let us know what you find out.

[LuckyCharms]

15. I will, Marthe.

Noticed it yesterday, and it has not worsened, but it has not improved either.

If it worsens at all today, I'll get to the ER...I can be there in about 7 minutes.

I can still see out of it, but there's a huge white shadow moving with my vision, and it's making me panic.

I've been through this shit before, and a shot usually fixes it for awhile.

[Marthe48]

17. A shot?

Can we join you in raising a glass?

[LuckyCharms]

18. Of course!

But I don't drink, so mine will have to be...I don't know...prune juice!

[Marthe48]

20. It's good, it's good

[lark]

10. Good luck!

Same thing hapenned to my sister and it was Wet AMD. When it happened to me, it was just cataracts got to the point where I could barely see out of one eye. This was easily fixed. Hope your diagnosis is more like mine!!

[LuckyCharms]

13. Had cataract surgery on both eyes in 2025.

Got a retinal bleed in left eye shortly after the surgery. That required several injections to fix.

This left eye has not been right since the surgery.

I'm glad you're all fixed up!

[lark]

28. Damn those bad left eyes!!

I HAVE had minor issues in my left eye since the surgery and had to have it redone last year. I still have floaters and my vision isn't perfect in that eye. I had an accident involving it when I was in my 30's and it's been iffy ever since, but I guess I'm used to it and can drive as long as I have GPS since I don't see some road signs well. But hey, I don't have to wear the ultra thick glasses anymore and that's a true blessing! I use GPS religiously when on unfamiliar roads, so it works fine for me. While not perfect, I am functional and that's what's most important!

My sisters' Wet AMD is also in her left eye, so I repeat what I said above!

[ExtraGriz]

19. Good luck

And wishing you well.

[Whyisthisstillclose]

21. All the best, Lucky! I've had eye issues for several years now. They suck!

[LuckyCharms]

22. I'm sorry to hear!

Yes, it sucks.

Keep yourself well.

[Whyisthisstillclose]

23. Back at you! It is amazing what they can fix, often without

major surgery. The thing that drives me nuts is that it is usually such a slow recovery. Hope yours is the exception. 🤞

[LoisB]

24. I hope the problem is repairable. Good luck at eye doctor.

[Harker]

25. Please try to find someone to drive you, Lucky.

[niyad]

26. Vibes for repairs and healing. Keep us posted.

[orangecrush]

27. Hang in there

We're pulling for you

[mountain grammy]

29. Good luck, glad you got an appointment.

If I lived there I'd take you. Been doing that a lot lately for my friends, who I know will eventually do the same for me, heaven forbid

[MaineNative]

30. Hopefully

It's just a minor deviation, and you'll be right as rain. Godspeed.....

[Joinfortmill]

31. Best of luck. I have a retina disease. Many are manageable.

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[Clouds Passing]

32. Good luck and good energy to you LC 🍀👁️

[Solly Mack]

33. ...

[peppertree]

34. St. Lucia be with you

[LuckyCharms]

39. The bringer of light.

Thank you.

[peppertree]

43. You're very welcome.

Good luck with your procedure, and All the Best.

[Erda]

36. This happened to me this past July.

The retina in my left eye started bleeding and the resulting clot caused partial blindness. The retina specialist told me this was the result of retina deterioration and that there was nothing I could do. He wanted to inject my eye with a drug to stop the bleeding. That approach was unaffordable for me ($2,000+ out of pocket expense per injection co-pay, multiple injections needed to stop the bleeding).

I believe everything can be healed. Something told me "K2." I also realized my entire body was bleeding internally, not just my retina. I researched this and started a protocol addressing the cause, not just the effect. I took daily drinks containing carrots, beets and gelatin and supplements including Ferrasorb by Thorne Research for iron, K2 by Now for blood health, lutein-bilberry for eye health and very cautiously added K1by Solaray to stop the bleeding. I think my condition was caused by anemia. The bleeding stopped in a few days but I continued on this program until I thought it time to eliminate parts of it. K1 was the first supplement I discontinued when I could tell it was no longer needed and could cause harm. I continue to take the other supplements and others, but not as frequently.

The clot in my eye is dissolving and my sight is gradually returning. The clot is smaller and no longer black, but rather a hazy light green with pinholes of light coming through. I am very grateful for this. .

Best wishes, LuckyCharms. No matter what the doctors tell you, do your own research and listen to your body.

[LuckyCharms]

38. Thank you for this info, and I wish you the best in healing.

I get Eylea injections. They work, but they break the bank.

[Erda]

45. Thanks, LuckyCharms!

Get well soon.

[Niagara]

37. I'm sorry, Lucky

Sending positive vibes and wishing you only the best.

[greatauntoftriplets]

40. Good that you got an appointment for tomorrow.

It's scary to suddenly lose sight in an eye. In December, I had a detached retina. Saw a doctor immediately, who sent me to a retinal surgeon the next day. She operated the next day, and my vision is getting close to normal.

You might have the same thing. If that's the diagnosis, they'll want to do the surgery ASAP. Best of luck with this.

[LuckyCharms]

41. I'm so sorry you went through that.

I have detached vitreous, but the retina has not detached yet to my knowledge.

My problem is with bleeds, so far anyway.

Wishing you the best.

[greatauntoftriplets]

42. Thanks.

I hope that they can fix your eye without surgery, if possible. They do it under sedation these days, which I found quite alarming. I have extremely light-sensitive eyes that kept moving during surgery, so they ended up knocking me out. I woke up to the surgeon saying she was putting a stitch in my eye.

Aging sucks because body parts start going downhill.

[debm55]

44. Wishing you good luck , LuckyCharms.

[Laffy Kat]

46. Hey, LC, that happened to me a couple of months ago.

It came on overnight. Turns out I have something called a retinal vein occlusion and it's treatable. I've been getting shots of Avastin directly into the eye (sound awful, I know), and it's helping. I've had three shots so far and I get re-assessed on the 18th of this month.

Good luck and I hope yours is just as treatable. Keep us posted.

[NNadir]

47. So, how did it go?

[LuckyCharms]

48. Hi NNadir...

I don't have the appointment until 150pm ET today.

[NNadir]

49. Good luck then. We'll um, keep an eye out for the outcome.

[LuckyCharms]

51. Please see post #50.

[LuckyCharms]

50. UPDATE: Just got home from the doc.

Increased bleeding and swelling. Got an Eylea shot in the eyeball.

Wife went with me for moral support, but I was able to drive.

That should take care of it for awhile.

Thank you for all of your responses!

[NNadir]

52. I guess, on this basis, I'll refrain from punching you in the eye.

Damn! I was so looking forward to it.

You're a brave guy, getting an injection in the eye. I suppose were I in your situation, I'd try to do it, but I'm such an eye coward, I couldn't even try contact lenses.

I'm glad you can see again. All the best my friend.

[LuckyCharms]

54. I'll be honest...

I don't like it.

I've been taking 6 needles a day for 31 years for Type 1 diabetes. I'd rather give myself a shot than take a pill.

But I don't like the eye shots. At all.

The shots take awhile to work, so my vision is still wonky. But it will eventually improve.

[NNadir]

58. Those things don't go together all that well, diabetes and eyes.

You might be amused by my cowardly response to injections.

I make my wife give me the weekly Ozempic shot in the gut with the tiny needle. That stuff works great at least on my fat gut although it's had limited effect on my fat head.

I was a peptide chemist as a kid, so it is nice to be taking a peptide drug.

[Marthe48]

53. Hang in there

Be nice to yourself

[LuckyCharms]

55. Are we still taking a shot of prune juice, Marthe?

Thanks, Marthe.

[Marthe48]

57. That would be a mistake

trust me.

Let's go with the MiraLAX

[IcyPeas]

59. Glad to hear your update. Aside from the injection....

Were you given any advice to follow going forward.... like... lutein, or eye exercises, or eating more carrots 😉 .

Stay well LuckyCharms!

[LuckyCharms]

60. Nope, just the shot!

This place is a master of efficiency.

Waiting room was packed.

Got called back right away. Interviewed, dilated, back to waiting room, one set of pictures, back to waiting room, another set of pictures with a different machine when it freed up,, back to the waiting room. Then called back again to the exam room when the doc came in and looked at the pics and put some device on my eye to keep it open.

They put a bunch of numbing (gel?) in your eye so you don't feel the needle, but you definitely feel the medicine going in.

He then counseled me to get a carotid ultrasound, but there is no rush to do so because I told him I've alreasy had about 5 of them in my life.

And that was it! Very fast. unlike my previous retina doc where you would be there for hours.

[Figarosmom]

61. Glad you're alright.

Relax and don't over do.