I woke up this morning thinking today would be a busy, but uneventful one. There was the monring appointment with the eye doctor to get 6-month follow-up exam. Then we were to head over for a blood draw at the VA lab.
Best laid plans of mice and men I guess.
The morning was a bit nippy to start, around 38 degrees Fahrenheit. It was lightly raining with a chance of freezing rain to come as well. No big deal, the Mrs and I were feeling pretty good this morning. Actually, the Mrs was a little grumpy as she had only one cup of coffee before we closed the door to the house behind us.
Little did I know as the seat belt tightened around me that this morning was about to get real interesting and I was going to be making pirate funnies the rest of the day much to my wife and eye doctors dismay.
Arriving at the eye doctor's office went as normal. We checked in, took a seat, and waited to take my turn to have my eyes illuminated and probed.
We didn't have to wait long. The assistant called my name, took me into the dark room, and began the process while asking the normal series of questions someone with my eye and health issues usually get. Once finished we marched off to a room to further examine my eyes using the typical eye chart. When finished she said thank you and said the doctor would be with me shortly.
It was a short wait alright! The doctor was in the room within a couple of minutes. The first words out of her mouth were something to the effect of "have you seen any bright flashes of light or increase in floaters?"
NO pillow talk, just right to it. "Seems Mr. Joe you have a retinal detachment." It was after those words that I said we should probably bring the Mrs back to listen to what was said next and she left to retrieve the wife.
It was all downhill from there. She explained that my right eye had a retinal detachment and luckily was outside the center of my field of view. This is something I was always at risk of, and had already had one years ago in my left eye leaving me with a blind spot in my left eye vision. Now I have the same challenge with the right?
WTF? Really?
Anyway, we left there pretty down in the dumps and waiting for the call from the eye surgeons office. They called on my way to have blood drawn. They scheduled me for an appointment tomorrow morning with the possibility of surgery later this week.
To top off this shit burger the lab took four tries to finally draw one tube of blood.
Fucking Sadists!
Anyway, I am sitting here pondering how the symptoms went unnoticed by me, or had I just simply ignored them. My eyes always havea floaters due to my eye condition, but lately it seemed a little more than usual, but I just chalked it up to sleeplessness and being tired. I did not recall any bright flashes of light, but hey, I watch TV in the dark, so sometimes lights flash, you know what I am saying.
Anyway, of to look for a cool looking pirate patch to wear for after my surgery.
With that said, it makes me wonder how many other issues I have overlooked about my health. Especially when it comes to my mental health, I feel things are often ignored or overlooked by me.
Recently someone commented on a post that I may be addicted to isolation. Has the possibility of me being an addict of something besides medication been a thought before? Nope
There is more I would like to explore regarding this moving forward and plan to do it here, as well as with my VA wizard offline.
What are your thoughts on the addiction to isolation. Have I ignored the symptoms of addiction to isolation? Have you seen symptoms?
More to follow. Thanks for reading.
Note: Image is my own taken with iPhone SE
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