Eye Am Relieved
Thought I would record an unpleasant and worrying few days. On Wednesday I went to my optician to get an eye test, and order some new glasses. However, a week before, an unusually large brown 'floater' had appeared in the vision of my right eye. As it happened this was the morning after The Calling and I had definitely done my fair share of head banging and hair swirling. I wasn't overly worried about the 'floater' at that time as my ex had had a similar thing a couple of years before and it seemed reasonably harmless, just a little annoying.
However, my optician was rather more concerned and said he would write to my doctor and that I should make an appointment. Thus on Friday morning I went to see my doctor, who told me to go straight to Addenbrookes Hospital's Eye Clinic for an urgent referral. Rather more worried I trekked through the snow to Addenbrookes by bike (having been told I wouldn't be in any state to drive after my appointment).
There I inevitable had to wait around for a few hours, and after another eye test I had some yellow anesthetic drips put into my eyes followed by two lots of dilation fluid. Now this stuff is seriously weird. It makes your pupils go very very big, which firstly makes you looks truly weird (see below), and secondly means you can no longer focus on anything, whether near or far, and with or without glasses on...
After more waiting I had my eyes throroughly inspected by the specialist, and he told me that I did not have a detached retina (very good news - as that would have meant an urgent operation to save the eye...), and so I was free to go!
That still left me very partially sighted for the next 5 hours. I made it back on my bicycle through the snow, but then found I couldn't do any work as I simply couldn't see any thing. A rather scary experience actually, even if only for a few hours. Really makes me appreciate my sight.
Sorry the above photo is so rubbish - the best I could do taking the photo myself without actually being able to see the camera settings (or the photo I had taken!)! Also at the hospital the pupils were even bigger, but I didn't have my camera there.
Fortunately by the next day all was back to normal - though I still have the annoying large 'floater', which gets in the way from time to time.
One amusing incident in all this was that my optician at one point asked me if I had 'banged my head' recently! Well I have to say I did manage to keep a straight face, and just answered 'No more than normal!'.
However, my optician was rather more concerned and said he would write to my doctor and that I should make an appointment. Thus on Friday morning I went to see my doctor, who told me to go straight to Addenbrookes Hospital's Eye Clinic for an urgent referral. Rather more worried I trekked through the snow to Addenbrookes by bike (having been told I wouldn't be in any state to drive after my appointment).
There I inevitable had to wait around for a few hours, and after another eye test I had some yellow anesthetic drips put into my eyes followed by two lots of dilation fluid. Now this stuff is seriously weird. It makes your pupils go very very big, which firstly makes you looks truly weird (see below), and secondly means you can no longer focus on anything, whether near or far, and with or without glasses on...
After more waiting I had my eyes throroughly inspected by the specialist, and he told me that I did not have a detached retina (very good news - as that would have meant an urgent operation to save the eye...), and so I was free to go!
That still left me very partially sighted for the next 5 hours. I made it back on my bicycle through the snow, but then found I couldn't do any work as I simply couldn't see any thing. A rather scary experience actually, even if only for a few hours. Really makes me appreciate my sight.
Sorry the above photo is so rubbish - the best I could do taking the photo myself without actually being able to see the camera settings (or the photo I had taken!)! Also at the hospital the pupils were even bigger, but I didn't have my camera there.
Fortunately by the next day all was back to normal - though I still have the annoying large 'floater', which gets in the way from time to time.
One amusing incident in all this was that my optician at one point asked me if I had 'banged my head' recently! Well I have to say I did manage to keep a straight face, and just answered 'No more than normal!'.