eyes oh eyes

my eyes are going to undergo a second surgery 4 years after the first. yup, i have decided to do nasa custom-lasik on both eyes after going for a check-up today. there will be no cutting this time around. just lifting the flap which is still there and then doing the correction.

according to the result of the eye-check, i not only cannot see clearly (125 on one eye, and 144 on the other eye), i also see glares and halos and the light does focus on one spot when it enters my eyes. hence, i am doing the second surgery to correct all these and i have to pay around rm3000 (oh my monthly pay!!!).

also, the doctor again notices swelling of the optic nerves upon close inspection of both eyes. both eyes also have swollen optic nerves but i think one eye is more obvious than the other. he mentioned something about symptoms to papilledema which is something related to intracranial pressure (pressure inside the skull). then he proceeded to ask if i had headaches.....i told him no. yes, i don't have headaches. but he told me i should go for mri again if i have headache. WAAAAA!!!

i wonder if mri is really the thing i need. after all, i have done it last month and it showed no growth or any abnormalities. ok...not trying to become my own doctor here, but just to discuss a bit. intracranial pressure is also related to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). and to check the pressure of csf, one has to undergo a procedure called lumbar puncture. i heard of this procedure from the neurologist i saw in subang. he said if i cannot read fine prints in the newspaper and is see dark spots when i look at faces, then i would need to do that. well, i can still read the newspaper fine and i dun see dark spots on faces, so i guess i dun need a lumbar at the moment.

shall i go and seek another opthalmologist's opinion? hmhh...isn't the doctor i am seeing one?

i am doing my surgery on 27. the doctor would do more checks on the eyes i guess and i can ask him to check the optic nerves in my visit again. ask him to write a letter for lumbar? it is not going to be a painless procedure for sure.

keeping my fingers crossed.