Last week I went in for my annual eye appointment. Things were going along just fine with the contact lense technition and the assistant. Then the doctor came in. He wasn't seeing something that he liked so he did a bit more of a intense exam which included lots of bright lights, numbing of the left eye so he could add pressure to see better. He said that he was seeing some "wallpapering" in my retina. You know like when you get wall paper wet and it bubbles up? He said this could eventually led to retinal tears/detachments. He wanted me to go and see a specialist and advised me to go in the next 4 months. As I may need to get this laser surgery to make sure that my retina doesn't detatch. I had been noticing the symptoms (floaters/flashes of light) but wasn't that concerned as I have always had floaters. I decided why wait, and went ahead to see the specialist as soon as I could. Which was today. Which turns out to be a good thing. Apparently my eye was much worse then what my eye doctor had originally thought. In fact I already have a retinal detachment. As he said its from the 1:30 area to the 7:00 area and has been slowly detaching for the past few months. (as well as a small hole in another area) He said I probably had about a month before it reached the center of my eye and caused blindness. Therefore I have a surgery scheduled on the 25th of this month to have my retina reattached. There is a 90% chance of a successful reattachment the first time. If it doensn't take, then another surgery is required. He said then there is a 95% success rate. If that doesn't take, then blindness will occur. Usually this happens in a lot older people, but for some reason I get to have it done now. So please think good thoughts for me on the 25th!! I will be on bedrest for 3 days following. They told me that I will be off work for at least a week, possibly 2. EEK.
Hopefully flying won't affect this in anyway. I am suppose to go to Denver on Friday.....