My wife had fast spreading cataract in both eyes at age 42. It went from not knowing that she had cataract to operating both eyes within 3 months, then recovery did not go smoothly either. It took 6 months to a year before her eyes became OK. The stress from dealing with it all seems to have been the trigger for me getting my own set of eye issues!
Timeline of my CSCR-
A- Two plus years ago at age 44, I went for general eye examination to my eye doc. My vision was excellent but CSCR was detected in my left eye, right next to my Macula, it was one single small bump, and it was not affecting my vision in any way. Doc said not to worry, and it will be gone in a couple of months.
B- For the next 1 year it was repeated visits to my eye doc to observe the bump. Bump started becoming bigger, more vertically rather than horizontally. It never went away, and I started seeing bump in my vision, so straight objects started having a bump on it, windows, doors, web browser window etc.
C- Then I started seeing a small dark circle in my vision too, so I moved from my eye doc to a retina specialist. I had full Fluorescein Angiography done. The retina specialist confirmed CSCR and told me to be patient. She said it definitely is not AMD and I won't go blind. Optic nerve and eye in general are very healthy.
Fluorescein Angiography also showed three other old but non-active fluid leak spots, but in areas that would not have impacted my vision. The specialist believes the best option is to wait it out and give the body the chance to resolve it (based on the type of bump and the history of resolved/ older non-active leaks). She does not want to use any form of laser on it as it is right next to or touching the Macula.
I have created an image that shows the variation in my vision. The combination of metamorphopsia and the dark spot is making me very sad. Some weeks there is no dark spot/circle, other weeks it is there.
LINK TO IMAGE: https://i.ibb.co/JmnNPSj/My-Eye-1.jpg
I try not to think about it and stay relaxed and not stress myself. Is there any input someone could give me? Last month the dark circle had gone, I was in the mountains relaxing for 2 weeks and on the last day it came back again? Sometimes I wonder if it really has anything to do with stress.
I ordered some lutein supplements, worth a try?