About 3 years ago, I began having difficulty driving at night due to any lights being so bright I could not see. Then 2 years ago my vision became blurry and at times I would see a word with the same word being seen either above or below the original word. My night vision also became worse as I would see double or triple car lights, traffic signal lights and lighted business signs. this occurred even if I covered each eye. I went to my eye doctor and she said I had cataracts and sent me to a specialist. The specialist ran a bunch of vision tests and found I had Fuch's. The tech doing the testing said my eyes were not aligning but the doctor said she didn't see this. I was sent to a cornea specialist, 3 hours away, who said I had severe Fuch's and needed a cornea transplant for both eyes and removal of the cataract. He said I would stop seeing double after the surgery. The left eye was done however there were complications that delayed surgery on the right eye and my double vision was rapidly getting worse. He referred me to neuro eye doctor.who did not find any problems. She told me there was now a cornea doctor in my town and I had an exam and he could find nothing that would cause the double vision. He did not want to do a cornea transplant and cataract removal until the double vision was fixed. He thought it might be caused by how the light reflected on my eyes and recommended hard contact lens. 3 times the contact doctor.tried to fit me with contact lens but each time the fit was wrong, my prescription changed and I still saw double or shadows all the time with it getting worse as the day progressed. I was also diagnosed with severe, a 2 on the tear test, dry eyes. After the third fitting I decided that these doctors didn't have the answer either and gave up. Then my son wanted me to come live with him in Fort Worth and see the eye doctors there. I sold my home and moved to Fort Worth last week.
I am 64 yo with kidney disease, heart disease, and high blood pressure. About the time I started having eye problems I also began having balance problems and the room spinning. I have had numerous falls that have included hitting my head and currently I have bruised ribs. I saw a neurologist for the balance problems and asked if my double vision could be related to the balance problems and he said no. I also had an MRI that came back negative.
Can anyone recommend a good eye doctor that specializes in eye disease, in DFW area? Any feedback on what might be the causing the double vision and shadowing.would be appreciated.