Beware GATT complications
My experience from the Gonioscopy Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy (GATT) at Glaucoma Associates of Texas (GAT)
My 15 days after GATT
To accurately reflect my particular outcome, I must rely on my own words from that time:
My photo from Apr 30, Day 2, after patch removal shows the significant Level II Hyphema at almost 50% of the eyeball, clearly impacting the visual axis.
On Wed (May 1, Day 3), I am really scared about still being blind! While yet going outside into daylight caused excruciating pain in Left eyeball. And I couldn't even read up close for more than 30 seconds without experiencing an extremely high level of pain in the Left eyeball, presumably as it was trying to focus while being half-full of blood, even though it could not see anything! …
Significant pain and blindness continued thru Friday (Day 5). On weekend, Days 6-7, I could only start to acknowledge the boundary of a bright screen in a dark setting. Could not "see" anything. Not far away. Not up close. Not even large neon Exit signs. And of course, I cannot read road signs at all with the Left eye. I returned to work on Monday, in the office. But that level of blindness continued thru Tuesday, May 7 (Day 9)…
Only on Wednesday (Day 10) could I roughly delineate my visible surroundings. Can only see the boundaries of imagery or icons on a screen. Still cannot read anything! Not even large neon Exit signs within 5 feet! On Thursday (Day 11), can start to comprehend the contents of a large television screen. But still cannot read any text. On Friday (Day 12), there was notable improvement in vision. And was encouraged that I can read some of the text and wording on a large movie screen. On Saturday, May 11 (Day 13), maybe slight improvement in vision when upright and steady. Can read large text with distinct background only, as vision is still very blurry. But after only getting up from a chair or bed, the "shakeup" in my eye causes complete blindness again to where I can only notice boundaries of bright light, with zero readability. On Sunday, May 12 (Day 14), vision in steady state may have improved slightly from "blurry" to "cloudy." But still cannot even begin to read text from a book or computer, and cannot read road signs. On Monday, May 13 (Day 15), the visibility of Hyphema in front eye is finally visibly clearing. Vision is notably improved, e.g. can read the large neon Exit sign from ~50 feet away.