I had a second MRI with contrast last Friday. No surprise - it came back normal. So my opthamologist suggested I go see a neuro-opthamologist. Since there are none in the area, and they are hard to get into, I decided to see another opthamologist for a second opinion.
He got all of my info faxed over, and examined my eyes again. He came up with two potential diagnosises - Accute idiopathic blind spot enlargement syndrome or acute zonal occult outer retnopathy (AZOOR). He is leaning more towards the blind spot syndrome. Both things are very rare. In fact, I can hardly find anything on the internet about them. He said he has never diagnosed these before in his career.
So the next step is to see a retina specialist. The specialist may be able confirm one of these diagnoses. The good news is I won't go blind. The bad news is that the flashing light and the blind spot may never go away. I haven't been able to fathom that yet. I am just pretty happy to finally have some answers and to have found a doctor that took the time to diagnosis me.
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