lost vision in one eye
Hey everyone,
Today I was walking home from the gym when I suddenly started losing vision in my left eye over the course of about 10 seconds. For about two minutes, everything in that eye went completely dark and I couldn’t see anything at all, til my vision returned slowly over 10seconds.
I called my doctor’s office, and they quickly referred me to neurology.
At the hospital, I had a CT scan of my brain, an ultrasound of my heart and neck, blood tests, and various eye examinations.
They told me they couldn’t find anything abnormal (which, apparently, is a good thing) and that I most likely had a TIA affecting my eye or the area around it.
I’m home now after about six hours at the hospital. I feel drained, and honestly, I’m scared.
Back in 2021, I had a mechanical heart valve implanted and have been on warfarin since then.
I’ve had similar episodes before. The first one was when I was 20, but I didn’t go to a doctor because I honestly thought it was normal. I had another one a few years later, and the most recent one was in 2021, a few months after my heart surgery. At the time, I thought it was just my body adjusting to the new valve.
But this time feels different. I’m honestly afraid it will happen again, and that next time it won’t just be a brief episode that my medication can handle before any real damage is done.
Sorry for the rant/vent — I’m just in shock and having a hard time processing everything right now.