Lisav
New Member
What an horrendous day 
over the last few days I have had some problems with my op and blood pressure - I was referred back to my GP after my pre-op appointment to get put on a monitor, while there he checked my eyes, as damage to the backs of the eye can be caused by prolonged high blood pressure. My left eye was ok, but my right eye worried him so he referred me to the eye hospital. I was shocked when they rang me the next morning asking me to come straight in. I did and got examined and then had to have tests, photos of the back of my eyes and those horrible drops in that enlarge your pupils. I then got called back in to the doctor who told me that she was worried that high blood pressure had caused fluid to form on my brain thus pushing onto the nerves in the back of my eye and that she needed to arrange an MRI for me and that i wouldnt be able to have my op until after all the investigation was done. She sent me home but I had to go to work and I made the dreaded calls to postpone my surgery - I was in tears doing that!!! At four pm I had a call from the hospital asking me to go back NOW for my scan - I should never have been sent home. I rushed back to hospital and was sent straight into CT and then had a horrible wait for the results, which turned out to be clear!!! The dr told me I could go ahead with my op and that they would now investigate this as an eye problem instead of brain! I have a GP appointment that was already made for tomorrow morning anyway so I will go and discuss with him if I can definitely have the op still and I already called the hospital to tell them I could have the op again so it may all be back on, but it has been horrific. My emotions have been all over the place and I've been switching between scared, terrified and devastated but I am hopeful I may still be able to have my operation. Please keep me in your thoughts x
over the last few days I have had some problems with my op and blood pressure - I was referred back to my GP after my pre-op appointment to get put on a monitor, while there he checked my eyes, as damage to the backs of the eye can be caused by prolonged high blood pressure. My left eye was ok, but my right eye worried him so he referred me to the eye hospital. I was shocked when they rang me the next morning asking me to come straight in. I did and got examined and then had to have tests, photos of the back of my eyes and those horrible drops in that enlarge your pupils. I then got called back in to the doctor who told me that she was worried that high blood pressure had caused fluid to form on my brain thus pushing onto the nerves in the back of my eye and that she needed to arrange an MRI for me and that i wouldnt be able to have my op until after all the investigation was done. She sent me home but I had to go to work and I made the dreaded calls to postpone my surgery - I was in tears doing that!!! At four pm I had a call from the hospital asking me to go back NOW for my scan - I should never have been sent home. I rushed back to hospital and was sent straight into CT and then had a horrible wait for the results, which turned out to be clear!!! The dr told me I could go ahead with my op and that they would now investigate this as an eye problem instead of brain! I have a GP appointment that was already made for tomorrow morning anyway so I will go and discuss with him if I can definitely have the op still and I already called the hospital to tell them I could have the op again so it may all be back on, but it has been horrific. My emotions have been all over the place and I've been switching between scared, terrified and devastated but I am hopeful I may still be able to have my operation. Please keep me in your thoughts x
