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In regards to your detached retina. I had flashes of light, floaters and blurred vision in one eye. I did nothing but eyedrops and just thought it was an eye infection. After weeks it bothered me enough to go in and have it checked out. Within hours I was having eye surgery to repair a detached retina. I had no idea how serious it was. The surgeon told me that my other eye would probably do the same. About a year later my other eye did the same thing. This is a serious threat to your vision. If you see flashes of light in your peripheral vision, you should get your eyes checked.
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@jcb007 Yes, I was very fortunate — it was within less than 1mm of macular detachment when they treated me.
So that's three times lucky:
1. Spinal surgery in 2021 just in time to save my mobility (I had a tiny thread of nerve control left — I could still move my baby toe slightly — and was able to rebuild from that over the next 2 years).
2. Landing under the care of a prominent research oncologist who practiced doublet therapy and treating oligometastatic prostate cancer aggressively (still rare back in 2021).
3. Catching my retinal detachment hours before I lost my macula and central vision.
I don't want to test my luck a 4th time. The tap might go dry.
🍀🧲🤞