I attended the Eye Infirmary on 2nd November 2016. As usual, I was given an eye test before going in for my injection. Of course the right eye test is inconclusive because of the old corneal damage, but the left eye, the one with dry macular degeneration, shows no further decline which is great news. Of course I live day to day on this, but if it stays on this plateau I will be happy.
Then into the operating room. The operating table had gone and in its place was a chair, rather like a dentist's chair. (I had been to the dentist that morning for a check up - what a day.) This chair fully reclined. I will never get used to having things shoved in my eye and they put the clamp on my eyelids to stop it shutting. Anaesthetic applied of course, lots of drops and antibiotic fluid.
"Look down," she said. "Sharp scratch," she said and then I could see the fluid in my eyeball. Slightly sore but it was done.
The fluid wore off much more quickly this time, within an hour vision was back to normal. Either my eye is getting used to Eylea or the dose is smaller than the initial injections. But the eye remained sore, feeling like you've got dust in the eye, for quite a while.
Back again on 28 December. Merry Christmas and Happy New year!