As Far as I Can See

I had a bit of a scare recently, involving cobweb-like figures.  No, it had nothing to do with Halloween.  It was the sudden appearance of floaters in my left eye.

Although I’ve long had those spots of floaters in my eyes, this was different.  I was out shopping and looking at items near a backlit aisle.  Suddenly I had little flashes of light in my upper left eye.  I have had them occasionally in the past.  Generally I go somewhere to sit in a darkened room till they pass.  But that was not an option here.  The flashes stopped within a few minutes, but a cobweb-like floater was in my line of sight.  Only in left eye, not right eye.

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I managed to drive home.  I had to put away groceries, etc.  The floaters were annoying and continued through the weekend, so I called for an eye doctor appointment.  They saw me within days.

The floaters are normal and will come and go.  But they also found blood in the vitreous gel, unable to identify what caused it.  Should heal up on its own.  No surgery needed.  Check back in two weeks unless anything gets worse (not likely to).

How fortunate there was no retinal tear or I would have had surgery.  I think the stress of moving heavy furniture that same day the flashes happened may have caused the bleeding.

I have got to learn to take it easy.  Getting older means learning to accept limitations of some things.  Not that it is an excuse to do nothing and just wither away.  It is just important to adjust to the changes going on in my entire body.  Even checking on what vitamins to take for eye care as an example.

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I am so grateful for the gift of sight.  I do not take it for granted.  Every day I depend on seeing things to get me through life.  I cannot imagine going blind - I would be devastated.  Being so independent, it would crush me to have to rely on others for every little thing.  Even my cats, how could I care for them?

Thank God for helping me thus far.  I pray my eyes will continue to work, to literally see me through to the end of my life.       Theresa M

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