I'm a 38 year old female and I was just diagnosed in October with Macular Pucker in my left eye (my left eye has always been dominate with good vision and has compensated for the poor vision in my right eye). For five days my vision was blurry and distorted, however it cleared up after the diagnosis. Two months later it returned worse than it was before and my Dr. said that I may have to have surgery in 6-8 months. Some days seem worse than others and brightness seems to be a factor, if I'm outside on a bright day, I can't see peoples faces or read street signs until they are close up. At home, I can read but I have to get up close and slow down, sometimes having to read the same word twice to make sure I read it correctly.
I have a couple of questions...First of all, my retina specialist keeps asking me if I have had a head trauma because I am young to have this condition, I play soccer and asked if heading the ball could have cause this, he said no and that I can keep playing soccer, however, my step-mom is a nurse for an opthamologist and has asked a retina specialist that is associated with her office if I should play soccer and he said I shouldn't. It has been several weeks now since the blurriness/distortion has returned. Do you think I can keep playing soccer and could heading the ball in soccer caused this to happen?
Thanks for your time,
Soccer playing mom