R. Leib's Blog: Dream State - Posts Tagged "vitreous-detachment"

I haven't posted the last two weeks for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, I have found a brand new thrill of getting old, vitreous detachment. The symptoms of this are all sorts of shapes showing up in your vision. They are called floaters. It's not that I haven't had floaters before. I have. They were small little dots that were easily ignored and eventually went away. These are much bigger and much more persistent. I went to my ophthalmologist, who is very nice as well as being a good doctor. I was concerned that I had retinal detachment. That's pretty scary. Like going blind scary. After a complete exam, I was relieved when he told me that I had no signs of retinal detachment or any other serious eye disorder. Vitreous detachment is annoying, but does not require treatment. So, I am back to work on "The Tourist of Infinity", after having lost a week to unfounded anxiety.