Two days ago, I had some eye surgery. In particular, I had a scleral buckle applied to my left eye. After hearing that I was finding it difficult to find an account of a positive recovery, a very talented employee of mine suggested I blog about it. I hadn't previously considered blogging to me actually helpful to anyone but the blogger, but perhaps someone will find this blog "out there" (on the intertubes) and be comforted.
First, some background. I am currently employed as an IT manager for an outpatient physicians group. I have always been pretty darn near-sighted, and was diagnosed with lattice degeneration of the retinas sometime in high school. I am currently 31 years old. Two weeks ago, I was having a routine eye exam, and was offered an automated visual field test for $15. Usually, I pass on additional "for profit" kinds of tests like these (tests which were not explicitly ordered for me by someone who went to medical school and graduated). Really not sure why I decided to pay the extra $15.
Anyhow, it was pretty clear after having taken this test that a good chunk of the peripheral vision in my left eye (from about 1 to 3 o'clock) was pretty much...gone. I was given a new prescription for contacts, glasses and a referral to an ophthalmologist. I was urged to see an eye-md rather quickly, just in case.
So two days later, I saw an ophthalmologist at the Wheaton Eye Clinic. He referred me to a retinal specialist, who he described as being the person to whom he would send his family members if one of them ever had a retinal issue. Later that day, I go in to see the retinal specialist, and after several minutes of "look up. up and left. left. down and left....." etc. etc., he said: "well, you have a retinal detachment". The detachment was located in the lower, peripheral part of my eye, and would require surgery within the next week or two to achieve the best possible outcome. So, we scheduled the surgery for 1/17/2008, and that's how I got to this point. More to come soon.
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