Call from Dr. Fivgas

The phone rang and it was Dr. Fivgas, my retina specialist. He was a bit apologetic about calling but I was glad to hear from him. He conferred with a senior colleague who is head of the retina department at Emory Medical School in Atlanta. From their discussion, nothing new emerged. There is no technology that can make a definitive determination of the cause of my loss of intraocular pressure in my left eye. The only option for propping up the structure is another injection of silicone oil. I'm less than thrilled about that idea. The only other step Dr. Fivgas offered was a steroid injection into the eye, literally a shot in the dark. I accepted this as the only thing short of another oil injection. I've had a shot in the eye and it wasn't so bad so I'll find out how my eye is doing from the routine assessment done each visit, get the shot and see what happens.