Another joy of being a lupus patient is that you have to go to an opthalmologist for regular eye check-ups, because there is a small chance that the plaquenil can mess up your retina.
OK, no biggie, an eye doctor appointment, right? Ummm, yeah biggie! I thought it would be a quick thing, maybe 1/2 hour max, in and out no problem. Well, I was there for two hours!
The field of vision test thingy (the one specifically to test the retina dealio) is a pain.in.the.butt! I had to stick my head in this small white light-box type thing with one eye closed, and for 7+ minutes stare at this little yellow dot...and if I saw any other red dots lighting up, I had to press this Jeopardy-type button...and then I had to do it for the other eye. OK, it might not sound that bad, but it was quite tortuous. This is in addition to the lovely drops the sting into my eyes, the prying open of the eyes etc. etc.
And I have to go through the same mess every 6 months! Wazzap with that? Ugh.
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I hear you on the eye thing. The lupus took away some of my sight... side vision in one eye affected.
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