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Chapter 2 - Holy Moley - February 26th, 2016

February 26th, 2016
My appointment with Kaiser Opthomolgy. -

After seeing the Ophthalmologist and her running an eye exam, she had concerns right
away. This time, this doctor had a different story to tell. She told me that I had moles
inside BOTH of my eyes. She said that people, especially with fair skin should make
sure to get their eyes check and explained that just like moles and freckles on your
skin, you can have them inside your eyeballs. That was news to me. She also said
that just like the skin on your body, you can get SKIN CANCER inside there. I was
stunned. Skin cancer inside my eye? I have moles in my eyes? What? I’d never heard
that before. The gravity of the situation started to hit.

She continued to say that the mole in my left eye looked fine and we’d continue to
watch it. But the mole in my right eye looked suspicious. She wanted to refer me to a
Kaiser Ocular Oncologist that day. I was even more nervous to say the least.

As I walked over to the ocular oncology department with Jay, I thought to myself, oh
my gosh… Cancer? Moles in BOTH my eyeballs? Would I lose my eye? How do
they fix it, if it is? How would they cut it out, if it was cancer? I really started to
freak out inside. I was so thankful to have Jay with me, especial because when I get
scared, I have a hard time hearing. I knew anything he was going to be say, I’d
probably forget, so I was glad to have him with me.

Into the next appointment, we went. Dr. Sharma was the ocular oncologist, whom I really
liked. He ran a set of his own tests, which were more in-depth. One of them was an ultra
sound. Thankfully none of the tests hurt. After reviewing the results, he explained that the mole
in my right eye looked suspicious.

He then talked about the moles characteristics, including its size, being 1.8
millimeters thick (which is considered very small), and its location in the back, upper
right corner of my eye, inside the choroid layer. What he called the mole was a
Choroidal nevus. He then added that the reason I was seeing a shadow, in my vision,
was due to the mole leaking fluid onto my retina.