Hello fellow friends! I have a question my procedure was done oct 23 2012… And i have has the usually follow ups and of course lots of headaches but recently my vision in my left eye seems to be impaired at times, I have had swollen red eyes and my left eye has vision problems now. The aneurysms they coiled and stinted seem to have slightly grown… I had an MRA and MRI they are now ordering a CAT scan…report states it abuts and deflects left optical nerve. My 3 Annie’s they coiled and stinted in 2012 were on the left ophthalmic supraclinoid artery. What does this mean and should I b worried? Because honestly I am a little afraid. The pain in my left eye and my vision being blurry worries me. Any info you can offer is greatly appreciated.
Hi Denise,
My annies, both left and right, are both in the internal carotid artery at the ophthalmic artery. Fortunate for me, I never had any pain or vision problem in either eye, either before or after PED placement. My left-side annie is on watch and wait.
Although I have no real advice to offer, I do hope that your doc can shed a little light on your problem and find a solution for you.
Thank you Linda I appreciate that. What is weird is that my PC is sending me back to the Neurosurgeon and not back to the Neuro that did my PED. I just don't understand how the size is larger, I thought they would shrink? I too have two more annies on the right side that they are watching and they are also behind my eye on the ICA.
I wish you the best and thanks again for responding!
Hi Denise, I think I can shed some light on why they wouldn't send you back to the surgeon. Once surgeons are done and have released us from their service, they send us back to the doctors who "treat" us, rather than "fix" us, if you know what I mean. As far as being stented and coiled, I'm not sure what would cause them to grow. The intent of the PED is to take over for the artery and divert the blood flow away from the annie, thus reducing it in size. We have had quite a few members who have not had full occlusion within the somewhat minimal 6 month period. As a matter of fact, I believe we've had a few who didn't see full occlusion until well after the 1 year mark.
Hopefully the Neuro will have an answer for you. Please keep us posted.
Had my pipeline done r carotid opth june 2012 and it took over a year to occlude. My vision was effected before the op with the annie pressing into the optic chiasm. After the op it is much better (slowly over time) but still not 100%. I think that I read somewhere that annies sometimes can increase alittle during the stage when they fill before they colapse but don't quote me on it. I also get red eyes and a new type of occular migraine after the op but that has settled now.
Optic nerves are very sensitive so any pressure / deflection will effect your eyesight. Can be scary at first but can also be very beutiful. My neuroligist told me the other day one of the reasons I had such full on visual symptoms was because I worked in the creative fields. Those parts of my brain were developed and instead of just seeing lots of colours and trailing my mind would peice it together into pictures. Strange?