So, I had my neural ophthalmologist appointment yesterday that really wiped me out! The appointment took four hours! But, it wasn’t four hours of waiting around for the doctor to come in; it was four hours of 1 million different eye tests in two different rooms!
I’ve had a long relationship with Dr. Skarf but it has it been a long distance relationship meaning that I saw him the first time when I was pregnant (19 years ago) and then I saw him about 10 years after that. And then I saw him yesterday. So it has been a long time between visits!
He told me that he couldn’t recognize me with my mask on and I had a winter hat on because I get cold easily but he remembered my previous appointments. At least, he has the results of my previous tests in the system.
He had a student with him who did most of the testing but listening to them talk to each other about the results was like they were speaking a completely different language!
At the end of the appointment, Dr. Skarf told me that it was remarkable that my eyes have not changed that much. He told me that MS is never going to get better but in the last 10 years, my vision hasn’t gotten much worse. I am very grateful that it has not gotten much worse from a clinical standpoint. I feel it’s gotten worse but he knows exactly how bad it can get and mine is not that bad yet.
He also told me that if I wait another 10 years to see him again, he will not be here (at the office). By now, Dr. Skarf has to be close to 80 years old. The intake tech, named Jamie, told me that I should see the neural ophthalmologist every two years.