So during the 2 weeks that my therapist is away I find out I have an eye problem. On a routine visit to my optometrist, they took some photos of my eye. A week later his office calls and asks me to come in and have my eyes dilated. I spend days being paranoid about that. Then, once my eyes are dilated, the doc tells me I may have a condition called "retinoschisis" -- something not serious, but he thought I might want to check with a specialist just in case. He said it wasn't urgent but naturally I nearly fell over myself trying to make an appointment. This past Wednesday I saw the specialist. Who said "no, you don't have retinoschisis, but it looks like you have partial detachment of the retina in this eye." I don't know a lot about eyes, but I know that's bad. In fact, he recommended I have laser surgery that day, which I did. (Scary as hell by the way, especially since I didn't even know this guy.)

He said the surgery went well, but it takes 2 weeks for the surgery to be considered effective (I think the burns from the laser scar, and the scarring is what's helpful). So for these 2 weeks I'm almost constantly paranoid wondering if I'll suddenly have a major eye problem. Every minute I'm checking to see if I see more floaters in my eye or something. I'm so afraid.

I'll be glad when my therapist is back next week. But I'll celebrate when it's 2 weeks from Wednesday if I make it that long with no problems.

Afraid.
Sidony