On Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th I noticed a small, dark, curved black spot across the whole bottom part of my left eye's vision. It very slowly increased until 1/3 of my vision was blocked.
My family doctor, Glen Mullen described it best back to me ... it was like a curtain was slowly being drawn up over my vision.
Unknown to me this was the second symptom that my retina was detaching.
When queried a few days later by Doctor Martin he asked if I had seen an increase in the "floaters" that have been in my vision for a couple of years.
(My optometrist, Dr. Peeker, had explained the early floaters to be the blue pigment in my eye breaking away and floating ... but that they would eventually settle and disappear.)
Dr. Martin's prompting reminded me that there had been a marked increase in these floaters several weeks, maybe months ago. If I had known, I would have detected this as an early sign that my retina was going to detach.
My family doctor, Glen Mullen described it best back to me ... it was like a curtain was slowly being drawn up over my vision.
Unknown to me this was the second symptom that my retina was detaching.
When queried a few days later by Doctor Martin he asked if I had seen an increase in the "floaters" that have been in my vision for a couple of years.
(My optometrist, Dr. Peeker, had explained the early floaters to be the blue pigment in my eye breaking away and floating ... but that they would eventually settle and disappear.)
Dr. Martin's prompting reminded me that there had been a marked increase in these floaters several weeks, maybe months ago. If I had known, I would have detected this as an early sign that my retina was going to detach.
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Being the 'long weekend", I decided to be patient and wait for Dr. Peeker's office to open on Monday.
