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This week went for an eye exam and was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. What is that going to do to me come my Class 3 time?
This week went for an eye exam and was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. What is that going to do to me come my Class 3 time?
Depends on whether or not you make acuity standards....
Care to explain that further?
Last time I was at the eye doc, she gave me an Amsler Grid. It is a LITTLE wavy in the upper right quadrant with my right eye. Not sure how much or when I should worry about it.
What are you doing to be proactive in your vision care?
This week went for an eye exam and was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. What is that going to do to me come my Class 3 time?
I am considering locating a Homeopathic practitioner for additional advice.
Okay, so what is your acuity in the left eye, THIS year?
I'm going to assume the 20/100 is the left eye. Corrected, or uncorrected. Is this correct?Just got my request for the report from my doctor. I don't know which field your are interested in so I will list most
VA 20/60 and 20/100 Best refraction shows 20/20 and 20/100
You will need to get a new physical and get deferrred to the FSDO for a monocular vision ride. This is about 0.3 in the air. The AME, if he knows what he's doing, will issue you a cert, "valid for student purposes only" so you can stay current with a CFI.Pneumotononemerty 10/11
Pupils: No afferent pupilary defect
Visual Fields and Motility: Full and ortho.
Split Lamp Exam: +1 conjunctival endema: +1 to 2 dry eyes, and corneasa are clear. Anterior chambers are deep and quiet. Pupils are round. Lenses demonstrate +2 nuclear sclerosis, +2 vacuolar changes, and +1 contical changes
Funduscopic Exam: D/D ratio is 0.35 with intact neural rim 360. There are small punctate changes of the right macula. The left macula significant degeneration and heavy punctate drusen throughout. OCT's demonstrate some atrophy and loss of tissue, but no signs of exudation. There is some irregularity of the macula, but does not appear to be exudative in nature.
Impression
1 Vitreous floaters
2 Dry Macular Degeneration OS>OD
3 Dry eyes
4 Cataracts OU
5 Change in prescription OD
Disposition
1 Suggest OTC tears, prn comfort
2 Dispense manifest refraction to improve VA OD
3 Hold on change in Left eye
4 Give vitamins and Amsler Grid therapy for ARMD. Discussed AREDS study and vitamin therapy for decreased progressive rate of ARMD visual loss. Counseled to avoid Beta carotene products in smokers.
5 RTC in one year.
I do hope that is the information that you are looking for.
I'm going to assume the 20/100 is the left eye. Corrected, or uncorrected. Is this correct?