An update a month earlier than expected

I know you've all been waiting at the edge of your seats for this. ;-) I ended up seeing an optometrist at my primary care clinic last week. He ran a few tests and concluded that, yes, there is a problem with my peripheral vision, but he couldn't see a reason why. Everything inside of me looks good. He wanted me to get my visual field tested and then see a neuro-ophthalmologist at the clinic, just to make sure everything was okay.

On Tuesday I had the Goldman Visual Field Test. It's basically a giant half-sphere with a chin rest in the middle. You're supposed to stare at a light in the center of the sphere while other lights of varying sizes are brought in and out of your field of vision. You let the technician know when you see the lights by tapping on the table.

When I went to see the neuro-ophthalmologist on Thursday, he showed me the results of my test, which were pretty much exactly what everyone expected them to be. I'm missing about a quarter of my vision on the lower left and lower right sides. It's a little unnerving to have such conclusive results, but, to be honest, it hasn't been affecting my life much. If Dr. Neurosurgeon wouldn't have said anything at my last appointment, I probably wouldn't have done anything about it. Or cared, really.

After examing my eyes yet again, the neuro-ophthalmologist basically said again that everything looks great and that this whole eye thing is just a result of the surgerys. He mentioned that it might be a good idea to get the visual field test performed again at a later date, just so they can verify that my vision isn't getting worse. If it remains consistent, though, then he's not too worried. This situation is not ideal, obviously, but I'll take it. As I said before, if this is the worst side-effect of my surgery, then I'd say I'm pretty lucky.

So that's that. I'm going to verify that Dr. Neurosurgeon has received the test results, and then I'm going to cancel my appointment at the U. I'm not planning on being there again until December for my next MRI, which is a very good thing.

Thank you all for the positive thoughts. I'm happy to report my good news!