Loss of sight in the eye following treatment

Hi and a very warm welcome to the online community

I'm sorry to hear that you have lost the sight in your eye after having proton beam radiotherapy for choroidal melanoma. I don't have any experience with this but have just popped over from the melanoma group having noticed that your post had gone unanswered.

I realise that by now you will have seen someone at the hospital to discuss what might be possible to restore your eyesight and I'm hoping that you may have some positive news.

Wishing you all the best

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Hi, How are you? Any improvement in your eye? How did you get on at the clinic when you got reviewed? 

Hello again Struth,

I've just recieved a letter from the specialist and included are a couple of words you may find useful.  I used a 'popular search engine' to see what they mean!

Metamorphopsia is a type of distorted vision in which a grid of straight lines appears wavy and parts of the grid may appear blank. People can first notice they suffer with the condition when looking at mini-blinds in their home.

Micropsia Micropsia can be caused by optical factors (such as wearing glasses), by distortion of images in the eye (such as optically, via swelling of the cornea or from changes in the shape of the retina such as from retinal edema, macular I always find it helps to degeneration.

I find it helps to track down just what the specialists are talking about.

Cheers,  Tony.