My eyes!

Here's to my eye balls!

On a follow up appointment with my eye doctor, she assured me that, while retina degeneration can be related to nerve degeneration, it is not the first nerve problem that would appear with a condition like that. She said, "Most likely, you'd see something in the eye lids first."

But to be safe, she checked out my eyes and looked at my nerves and told me they look "healthy." Hurray!

Furthermore, I was finally able to contact Aunt Jackie, and my mom got a hold of Uncle Matt. Both said they don't think they've had problems with their retinas.

I feel good.

Today, I pick up my new spectacles!

Muscle Degeneration

Hurray for genetics!

Sometimes.

After the eye doctor quizzed me on my family's history of muscle degeneration for a while, she finally let me know that I have thinned retinas. I wanted to tell her that the people in my family who suffer from the muscle degeneration have problems with their eye lid muscles, their legs, not things like retinas.

Her exact words were, "Yes, it's interesting that you have some family with muscle degeneration, because your retina muscles are thinning, especially around the edges. We're going to keep our eye on it, but don't worry too much. Your actual risk for retina detachment is low."

Gee, thanks, I'll try not to worry too much! And now I'm totally freaking out about our genetic disorder...