So I have this spot thing...
So I have this spot thing in my eye. Well in my vision actually not in my eye. It's like an afterimage from a flash, a hazy and annoying area just off the center of focus where things kind of disappear in a yellow haze. I got lots of advice from the coworkers - could be a migraine, could be dry eyes - but those usually last just a few hours and this has been hanging around for a few days, same spot, same place, getting slightly bigger and more annoying daily.
So I went to the ophthalmologist to get it checked. Bit of advice here - when they dilate your eyes looking into bright lights for an hour or so hurts. He found a tiny, pin-prick hemorrhage on my retina but nothing that would cause my spot. He's making me an appointment with a retinal specialist next week to check for more details but in the meantime he gave me a pair of possibilities to stew on: A.) I could have suffered a micro-stroke or B.) I could have "something pressing on the optic nerve."
I think I kind of like that euphemism. It sounds so much more comforting that "possible brain tumor". I can sit here in my nice little boat and admire the Egyptian river and say to myself, "Gee, all this cogitation is finally paying off. Its like going to the gym for your mind. My brain's getting so much bigger with all this exercise it's squeezing my eyeballs out. I wonder if I can get those cute cabana boys to make out for me before it gets too hazy to see well..." Yes my Denial river craft has a crew of cute cabana boys. It's my boat I can have them if I want.
Thoughts from the Peanut Gallery would be a welcome distraction today...
So I went to the ophthalmologist to get it checked. Bit of advice here - when they dilate your eyes looking into bright lights for an hour or so hurts. He found a tiny, pin-prick hemorrhage on my retina but nothing that would cause my spot. He's making me an appointment with a retinal specialist next week to check for more details but in the meantime he gave me a pair of possibilities to stew on: A.) I could have suffered a micro-stroke or B.) I could have "something pressing on the optic nerve."
I think I kind of like that euphemism. It sounds so much more comforting that "possible brain tumor". I can sit here in my nice little boat and admire the Egyptian river and say to myself, "Gee, all this cogitation is finally paying off. Its like going to the gym for your mind. My brain's getting so much bigger with all this exercise it's squeezing my eyeballs out. I wonder if I can get those cute cabana boys to make out for me before it gets too hazy to see well..." Yes my Denial river craft has a crew of cute cabana boys. It's my boat I can have them if I want.
Thoughts from the Peanut Gallery would be a welcome distraction today...