Well, That Was Exciting

[billroper]

So yesterday, I had a big new annoying floater in my right eye. Today, it seemed to have moved on, but there were an unusual number of floaters in the eye and I saw several unexplained flashes of light in that eye. Checking the Internet indicated that might be symptomatic of a retinal tear (which would be bad), so I called the hospital ER and asked if this was something I should come in for. They said yes, so the family headed in that direction -- since I might not have been able to drive home.

The nice doctor looked at it and didn't see any problems, even running a retinal ultrasound to double-check, although the last was more for the benefit of the resident who was observing.

So I'm to check in with my regular eye doctor next week, but it looks like we can call off the emergency.

Happily.

Comments

[madfilkentist]

That's good. They can fix problems like that these days, but it's a serious nuisance and potentially expensive if you don't have Cadillac-class insurance.

[hms42]

Glad to hear its no longer an emergency. May the news from the eye doctor be good.

[archangelbeth]

Whew!

In my case -- ocular histoplasmosis -- what I had was a "light dazzle" spot that wouldn't go away. Turns out it was actually blood from the histo-mutant blood vessels that were pushing up a spot in my retina. (I still have a little blind spot in that eye, where they used "cold lasers" on it, along with a photo-reactive chemical that turned me into a vampire for a while, since I didn't want all my blood boiling.)

Good luck in avoiding anything else like that!

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

My money's on "detached vitrious".

K.

[billroper]

My regular eye doctor thinks that's likely too, based on my description. I see a specialist on Wednesday.

*sigh*

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Oh, GOOD!

I've had a permanent tethered floater for maybe 5 or 8 years. I don't know if "tethered" is the technical term, but its movements when I move my eyes show that it's still fastened to the, I guess, retina. Ngurmp.