Anyone have vision issues after coiling and stent? I have a 7.5 mm annie left ICA, and it seems as time goes by, my vision is getting worse. Maybe this is just a natural process being 41, but i cant help myself but blame the annie for everything lol. My left eye is worse than my right, and lights seem bright to me more than the norm. I also see a bright diamond shaped spot in my eye sporadically. Anyone?
Lost my vision in left eye due to annie
Can see tiny bit but not much
Loss all vision in right eye and peripheral vision in left eye due to Annie during clipping surgery.
Were these a slow process or was it directly after the surgery?
HI Jennifer, I had a 7mm unruptured annie repaired back in March 2015 on my left ICA as well with coils and Stent. About 6 months post op I started getting what I describe as a single bright light spot that sporadically appears and floats through my vision only in my left eye and this happens sometimes 50 times a day down to once every few weeks. I also, in October, experienced two episodes of very temporary partial vision loss in my left eye as well and was sent in for a cerebral angio and MRI enhanced to rule out clots and or build up in or around the Stent. They found nothing. Said everything looked great and to come back in 2 years. I haven’t experienced the partial vision loss again since October but I still see that bright light spot that floats in and out of my vision in my left eye fairly often. They can’t determine what is causing it but I never experienced it prior to surgery. My overall vision in my left eye has gotten worse as well but not significantly but I do have a different prescription lense in my glasses for my left eye in comparison to my right which never occurred until post op as well.
Jennifer, Many of us here have had headaches and vision problems before and after treatment.
When my large wide-neck R-ICA Aneurysm "bulged" into my optic nerve, my right eye lid closed completely and could only be opened by hand. Boy that was scary, if held open vision was double or more/blurred and very light sensitive. Fully wore eye patch not to creep out kids. It took several weeks after two PED's were inserted for my eye muscle & brain to get together again and my eye could open on its own, since the blood flow was diverted.
I was originally told could take 6-18 months for brain to heal and symptoms disappear and was referred to a Neuro-Ophthalmologist that was so helpful, now at 7-months have very few "deficits" and with new lenses see better, eye still gets tired, but then its still healing. Funny now the "bad" eye now sees better than the other and yes lights do seem brighter. I hope you have these problems addressed, I wore special lenses for awhile to help. Keep us in touch.
Michelle, did u have a 6 month postop angio? If so, how did that go considering you had vision problems postoperatively? I had one scheduled back in December that i cancelled. Its scheduled for jan 26th but im very hesitant to have it done. Another neurosurgeon is going to do an MRA first, and then I’ll decide from that if im moving forward w the angio
Yes my left eye is weeking as well I have had 4 brain opps. I refuse to drive at night because the lights give me migrains. I think it’s just a result I’m trying to go on. Also I won’t fly the pressure in a plane kills my head.
Jennifer, no I did not have a 6 month post op angio and I wasn’t supposed to have an MRI until one year post op but because of the vision issues they wanted to ensure there was no issues with the Stent ie. Clots or build up. My angio and MRI enhanced was done about 8.5 months post op back at the end of November and everything was clear. Now I don’t have to go back for 2 years for a follow up MRI. They also can’t figure out what is causing the bright light floaters that I get but have ruled out anything serious via the angio and MRI. I thought it may have coincided with me dropping down from full dose to baby aspirin daily but they say there is no correlation.
Michelle said:
Jennifer, no I did not have a 6 month post op angio and I wasn't supposed to have an MRI until one year post op but because of the vision issues they wanted to ensure there was no issues with the Stent ie. Clots or build up. My angio and MRI enhanced was done about 8.5 months post op back at the end of November and everything was clear. Now I don't have to go back for 2 years for a follow up MRI. They also can't figure out what is causing the bright light floaters that I get but have ruled out anything serious via the angio and MRI. I thought it may have coincided with me dropping down from full dose to baby aspirin daily but they say there is no correlation.
Michelle, were you on Plavix for that time frame as well? If so, did they allow you to come off of it cold turkey or was it a wean off of it?
HI Jennifer, I was on plavix and full dose aspirin for 3 months post op and was told to come off plavix cold turkey at the 3 month mark, stay on full dose aspirin until 4 month mark and then drop down to a baby aspirin and stay on that for life. I currently take 2 baby aspirins a day and hope to try going back down to a single in the near future to see if I have any vision issues again. Like I said though the 2 neurosurgeons indicated there was no correlation and it was basically a fluke the vision stuff started happening around the same time I dropped down to a baby aspirin. Where do your reside? Are you in Canada?
Did you notice your vision changes in the time frame of stopping plavix and/or going down to baby aspirin? Im in the U.S., Michigan
Yes the bright light floater that appears in my vision and the vision loss that I experienced happened within a few weeks of dropping down from full dose to baby aspirin but as I mentioned above the 2 neurosurgeon’s that I saw and spoke to both indicated there was no correlation based on the results of my follow up angioplasty and MR I and that I could stay on just a baby aspirin.
Hi Jen
I had some and still do but mine was not coiled but clipped and was near and putting pressure on the optic nerves prior to treatment I had really bad migrain type headaches especially behind my eyes and blurred vision and some peripheal loss been four months since mine were clipped and still have some vision deficits But still improving
I was told it can take a long time so there is always hope
It is so very frustrating that out of all the neurosurgeons i have seen, and i have seen 4, they do not tell you what you can possibly experience postoperatively. I find it ironic that i find more information out by this forum than I do from the professionals who doe these surgeries. And quite frankly, it makes me mad. Nobody told me anything, nor do any of these doctors know what causes these issues.!!
So I went to a new neurologist for scotomas, and he stated that i shouldn’t get my angio if my MRA looks good. Ugh! Does anyone know the statistics on stroke factor during an angio?
Hi Jennifer, 4 years ago I had a coiling done on an unruptered 9mm. There have been many symptoms with my vision since the surgery including light sensitivity. Finally found a neurologist and he said the diamonds, speckles and snowflakes in my vision are a type of migraine. I also get facial numbness and a sunken eye along with visual auras that are very intense, with brightly colored moving arcs. He did offer me a prescription but I declined as the symptoms aren't overwhelming. The doc said if they last more than 45 minutes to go to the emergency room, but so far they are short and sporadic. Maybe see a neurologist to see if you are have some type of migraine. Good luck!!
Hi all,
I had a 4mm unruptured anuerysm coiled and stented (wide neck) on Feb. 11th. At my one month post op appointment my surgeon said I was to stop my plavix (I’m on plavix 75mg and 325mg aspirin) at 6 weeks post op. Seems like most people I have seen on here have stayed on plavix for 6 months. Anyone else go off plavix at 6 weeks? I would really appreciate your feedback, feeling a little nervous. 
Kim said:
Hi all,
I had a 4mm unruptured anuerysm coiled and stented (wide neck) on Feb. 11th. At my one month post op appointment my surgeon said I was to stop my plavix (I'm on plavix 75mg and 325mg aspirin) at 6 weeks post op. Seems like most people I have seen on here have stayed on plavix for 6 months. Anyone else go off plavix at 6 weeks? I would really appreciate your feedback, feeling a little nervous. :/
I seen 4 neurosurgeons before my surgery and each one had a difference in opinions on plavix. One said 6 weeks, one said 6 months and one said 3 months. Idk why they’re all so different. I know that doesnt help you, but just wanted to let you know what I’ve experienced