I have had minor eye issues for the last 5-6 weeks. It has been a constant low-grade headache behind my left eye. My eyes seem to tire easier, and large blocks of words will start to swim around while I read and I will have to keep refocusing. Sometimes the headache behind my eye would be more painful and it would radiate to my ear and upper jaw. This isn't too bad when it happens, and I will take tylenol or ibuprofen to help. Though that does not take the pain away, it makes it go back to a low-grade pain.
I had the eye and ear pain going on when I saw my PCP a week & a half ago. He did not look at my eyes (not sure why) but he checked my ears to rule out an infection and said they were clear, not even showing any sign of possible infection. He thought the ear pain was related to the behind the eye pain & asked if I was ok with talking to my neuro-ophthalmologist about it since I have an appointment already set for this Wednesday. Since the pain is not too bad, I was fine with waiting.
Now, this is what has me concerned:
Yesterday the pain radiated to my ear again. Last night my husband & I were reading in bed. The room was well-lit. I told Dennis that my ear was bothering me again, and I was hoping my bedtime dose of gabapentin helped so I could sleep because it was hurting more if I laid my left side on the pillow (I tend to sleep on my left side). Dennis looked at me and said my pupils were huge. He said both of them were fully dilated, where he could only see a small ring of my iris. In contrast, his pupils were very small (the room really was well-lit).
The pupils did not shrink down, and I ended up going to sleep about an hour later.
Today my pupils are back to normal. The ear pain is also gone. But my eyes, especially my left one, just feels off. When I'm reading, on the computer or a book, the words are a bit blurry. I can still read them, but they are not focusing sharply like I'm used to. That is the most noticeable thing, but I just feel like my eyes are not right and I'm not sure exactly why.
I'm trying not to worry, because really it is not too bad. But, my biggest fear has been losing my vision (my friend with MS loses her vision when she has a flare-up).
Any idea what would have caused the dilation?
Is it ok to wait till my appointment on Wednesday to talk to my neuro about it?
Are there tests I should expect or insist on my neuro doing?
Thank you for any ideas or thoughts.
~Jess