Similar to what I am going through. I have the epiretinal membrane in my left eye, probably from cataract surgery and it is getting worse. Everything is a little blurry when reading. I often close the eye to see more clearly as you mentioned doing. My specialist said that as I have scar tissue in the eye he can't operate!? So what happens, it gets worse and worse and nothing can be done. I'm rather depressed about it as you can tell. I have an appointment in June, I'll see what he says. I'm wondering if anyone else with this problem has been told about scar tissue and if it was resolved. Thank you.