I went to the optician on Wednesday and mentioned that I had noticed recently that the vision in my right eye (when corrected) wasn't as sharp as it has always been.
In my eye test, I couldn't read the bottom line as the letters kept going in and out of focus. And an eye examination and scan revealed something which the optician said was due to macular oedema (fluid on the macular, which has nothing to do with macular degeneration). They indicated that this meant they needed to contact the emergency part of the eye department at the local hospital.
Having done so, it emerged that I have something called epiretinal membrane which isn't quite so serious and so requires a more standard hospital referral.
My vision acuity has now gone from 6/6 (or 20/20) to 6/15 which means I can see at 15 metres what a person with 20/20 vision can see at 6 metres.
It appears that the sight doesn't get better short of eye surgery, but it affects central vision more than peripheral vision, and the other eye can compensate for it.
I was wondering if anyone else has had this, and what was the upshot or prognosis? Did, for example, your sight get worse?
I might conclude by saying that Wes Streeting will not be happy with me as I will be one more addition to the hospital waiting lists.  But in my defence, I have got to 66 without ever having medication that lasted more than a few days, so I haven't overburdened the NHS.
[Post edited 12 Dec 16:35]
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