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Related: About this forumAnyone have 'macular pucker,' EDITED
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while dealing with cataract (or anything else?)
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/macular-pucker.cfm
I've just learned I have one, will see 2d doc next week, and wondering about the consequences.
Thanks
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Saw retina doc today, and she said its not necessary to remove the pucker either before or after cataract surgery; she'll monitor it over time, but apparently its not serious enough to mean my vision won't be adequate without surgery for it. I can do it in the future, if I decide my vision's not adequate.
And there's NO relation between pucker and degeneration (which Dad had.)
So now I 'just' have to decide when to have cataract removed.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I had macular degeneration in my left eye. He said there is no cure and gave me a list of vitamins that will slow it down.
elleng
(135,876 posts)'Pucker' differs from 'degeneration,' I understand.
No Vested Interest
(5,193 posts)I got the impression it was some kind of small wrinkle in a part of the eye (macula?) which could be adjusted on a subsequent visit to her optholmalogist.
Hope it's a simple adjustment for you, elleng.
elleng
(135,876 posts)and after checking on-line and making appointment with a RETINA doc, it is a 'wrinkle' at/in/on the macular, part of the retina, and can be corrected with surgery. Cataract doc suggested I see retina doc before planning to have cataract removed, as wrinkle might be better removed before cataract is removed, so 2 eye surgeries, about which I'm not enthusiastic. Will see that retina doc says.
No Vested Interest
(5,193 posts)I didn't realize that 'Pucker" could occur on its own.
I assumed that it was an (unforeseen) result of her cataract surgery.
One has to wonder - if you had it all along and it didn't make any difference in your vision - is its removal really necessary, i.e., what would/could happen if you did nothing?
elleng
(135,876 posts)and maybe in combination with cataract doc, will my vision improve with just cataract surgery, or not.
The pucker is in a different place than the cataract.
A macular pucker (also called an epiretinal membrane) is a layer of scar tissue that grows on the surface of the retina, particularly the macula, which is the part of your eye responsible for detailed, central vision.
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/macular-pucker.cfm
A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of your eye. For people who have cataracts, seeing through cloudy lenses is a bit like looking through a frosty or fogged-up window.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cataracts/basics/definition/con-20015113
Crewleader
(17,005 posts)elleng
(135,876 posts)but if doing it assures and improves vision for photography, I'll live with it. I will, of course, expect to hold your hand before, during and after the surgery(ies!)
Crewleader
(17,005 posts)and you got the right attitude and spirit my friend!
elleng
(135,876 posts)I must have it. Life is life, after all.