Hi Keith,
Just surfed in... Looking for ideas and maybe something new about histo.
I am from the Netherlands, 24 female with histo spot, though I've never
been near the "Histo Belt".
It's a strange world...
In feb.1993 I was operated on as the 5th person in Holland. My sight was
at that time 2% in my left eye. Mu right eye was all right. After
surgery it was 70%!!!!! (and more important I lost the headache I had
had day and night)
They told me I had had bad luck, the chance of reoccurance was zero..
So far so good I thouht.
Until feb.1996: Bingo... Reoccurence in both my eyes...This time I got
laser therapy. The growth of the abnormal blood vessels and the bleeding
stoped. I was told not to carry more than 10 kg, so I did the normal
things with my baby who was at that time 8.5 kg...
That was too heavy, water filled my eyes and for about 2 to 3 weeks I
lived in water.. Hardly any clear sight.
When the water bubbles went away I could see the world again! Lovely.
Only last year I found out that my sihgt was not 70 or 80% as I thought
but only 25-30%... Ever since that day I must admit that there are a lot
of things that have changed.
Now I am looking for people with histo, especially in my own country
because I want to start a POHS foundation here.
If you get any messages that might be of interest pleaseforward them to
Thanks and good luck with your battle against histo,
Annemieke Pijpker