Re: This _SUCKS_!

Jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <dm26gp$lpm$4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Andrews wrote:
>> I woke up yesterday with tummy crud, Day 2, continued from Monday, when
>> I left at noon.
>>
>> *But* I also woke up with some New! Improved! floaters in my L eye, and
>> with a bridht edge on my L visual field, lower outside, when I move eye
>> and/or head quickly. The L eye also feels slightly odd, as if it were
>> swollen or under a bit of internal pressure. This is consistent with a
>> retinal bleed, which would produce floaters _and_ might have resulted
>> from a slight detachment.
>>
>> I'm up to send E-mail to my boss about this, and thought I ought to keep
>> the Monks up to date. I see the eye doc at 11; good thoughts will be much
>> appreciated.
>>

> Eeek. Here's hoping the recovery is trivial.

Well, the _good_ news -- and it is good -- is that it's not a retinal
detachment.

It is, instead, a _vitreous_ detachment, which may in its own good time
pull the retina loose as well. I'm so thucking frilled.

Over 50% of people over age 50 have this, and I'm 59, so it's to be
expected.

No instructions about things to do or to avoid. Just keep on a=keepin'
on, and see him again in mid-January.

--
<dhd> even though I know what a 'one time pad' is, it still sounds like
a feminine hygiene product.
.

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