tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post352248580972568643..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Not An AdventureRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-89208285609315911202015-11-09T17:33:47.507-05:002015-11-09T17:33:47.507-05:00no experience with this at all, but am concerned f...no experience with this at all, but am concerned for you. Use caution, it is ok to talk like a pirate once a year, but definitely not ok to be forced to wear a patch like one. <br /> on a serious note----b sharp. something like that could gain sympathy in a shooting match, but most gunnies have no heart. <br /> even it you feel 100 % still get it checked out, just to be safe, ok?pigpen51https://www.blogger.com/profile/07447842175184001919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-58509370819941350962015-11-09T15:39:08.741-05:002015-11-09T15:39:08.741-05:00That's good news. I had something similar, req...That's good news. I had something similar, required shots in the eyeball... NOT fun.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-7023258535544326712015-11-09T15:21:03.311-05:002015-11-09T15:21:03.311-05:00I too hope it is minor. Wish you well.I too hope it is minor. Wish you well.Hat Trickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789313677285831256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-15928118342176894482015-11-09T13:39:08.360-05:002015-11-09T13:39:08.360-05:00I wish you well with the situation and hope it IS ...I wish you well with the situation and hope it IS a minor matter. (I almost wrote, "Keep an eye on the problem," but realized the utter . . . What?) I had a detached retina about three years ago but had the /rare/ good sense to declare an urgent situation and got in to see my ophthalmologist. Twelve hours later I was in surgery and it all worked out. <br /><br />Similar manifestations this year in left eye. THIS one turned out to be a macular hole in back of the eye. Laser surgery done promptly, with a much more rapid recovery. Result not perfect but a vast improvement.<br /><br />Best of luck to you.<br />JPGJPGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224444263429720535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-57834058758574861832015-11-09T08:48:06.394-05:002015-11-09T08:48:06.394-05:00I've had "ocular migraines" most of ...I've had "ocular migraines" most of my life :/ But a few years ago they suddenly got bad enough to cause problems with being able to see (like, 90% of the vision in one eye covered in flashies) but the eye doctor said things were fine. They went away a few months later and I'm back to my occasional colorfull floater and the like. They're not fun. Hope yours goes away without to much more problems!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924993310937754220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-69588021052949054702015-11-09T07:50:27.527-05:002015-11-09T07:50:27.527-05:00Yet another cause of light flashes and weird stuff...Yet another cause of light flashes and weird stuff is a "posterior vitreous detachment", which sounds bad but usually isn't a terrible thing (although occasionally it can be bad). As we age, the "aqueous humour" in the eye starts to thin, and it can pull away from the retina at the back of the eye. As it does so, it will sometimes cause some really amazing visual effects as it exerts tension on the retina. Usually it just pulls away, with some truly awesome floaters resulting. If it pulls away cleanly, it's just not an issue. The only bad side effect can be if it's too tightly attached; then it can pull the retina away with it...but that's rare.<br /><br />I've had it happen in both eyes now, and I've named the big floater in the right eye "The tadpole".<br /><br />What's getting to be really discouraging is when your (looks like a kid) doctor tells you something that starts with, "At your age you can expect..."<br /><br />(When you got home, did you tell your housemate, "Dilated to see you"?)Blackwing1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-21015385632387376072015-11-09T06:41:54.001-05:002015-11-09T06:41:54.001-05:00Oh, and.....it's possible it was something as ...Oh, and.....it's possible it was something as uncomplicated as an ocular migraine. I get those and the first time I had one I would have sworn my retina was detaching, and rushed to the eye doctor....only to have the dang thing go away as I walked in his front door.fillyjonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13016436113169230368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-67852805462648433762015-11-09T06:40:26.699-05:002015-11-09T06:40:26.699-05:00Best of luck to you. I admit I said "oh no&qu...Best of luck to you. I admit I said "oh no" when I first read described your symptoms - I have known too many people who have had this problem, and as someone pretty seriously myopic (and therefore at higher risk) I worry about it myself.<br /><br />As I said, best of luck to you. Eye stuff scares me.fillyjonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13016436113169230368noreply@blogger.com