jerrylh Loc: Texas

Detached Retina Symptoms --- There are 3 main symptoms but any one of them can mean you need to see an eye doctor immediately to save your sight.
1. New "floaters" in your eye.
2. A flashing light in your eye.
3. Loss of peripheral vision, either inter or outer.

I had all 3 in two days and knew I had to see an eye doctor quick. I saw him at 11 am on a Friday and he had me with a retina specialist by 11:15. They scheduled me for emergency surgery that afternoon. The doc said that if I had waited till Monday I would have been blind. The doc believes my sight will be about as good as before. It may be 6 weeks before we know what my vision will be. It heals very slowly.
This can happen to anyone so know the symptoms.

rocco_7155 Loc: Connecticut/Louisiana

Good luck on your recovery Jerry.

hopthecop Loc: salisbury md

glad to hear you are on the mend.....any idea how this came upon you???????

jerrylh Loc: Texas

No except I am 80 years old and older sometimes is the cause. You can have it if you have been hit or from the jolt of a shotgun, but I was not hit or had shot any gun. No one in my family has ever had it.

woodworker236 Loc: Western, Pennsylvania Home of the first JEEP

My prayers are with you my friend.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Ditto!

hopthecop Loc: salisbury md

thanks, i'm 78 and have ,in the past, sustained a few blows to the head..i was a police in balto city for 28 yrs.....but at the present i'm not having any problems,'cept i cant type..............my mother had that macular thing, but as far as i know no other family members have problems...thanks again for the info....

RE Loc: California

So glad you did not wait to see the doctor! Hope you heal fast with maximum vision recovery!