Eye exams and Urinalysis

Everyone who takes hydroxychloroquine aka Plaquenil or any other chloroquine drugs long term should get their eyes checked yearly and on a regular basis.

I went to get my eyes checked a couple weeks ago, a full exam that included a field vision test (like playing a video game) and taking a photograph of the fundus (back of the eye) and I got the results back. I have macular holes (count 3 of them) and thinning of my retinas, bilaterally.

My hubby went with me to this appointment luckily and talked me off the edge. Of course I still had a ton of questions: What does this mean?!? Will I go blind?! Can we reverse this?? What caused this?

The answers to which were :we don’t know, no you won’t, no we can’t, we don’t know.

The ophthalmologist was very nice and explained that he did not know what is causing the thinning, but that I shouldn’t freak out, yet. It can be caused by the plaquenil I’ve been taking for about 8 years (which is the plaquenil toxicity) or something else entirely.

I have an appointment with a retinal specialist and we shall see (pun) what they say.

Gentle hugs and light,

Lunabug

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