Thanks guys,

I'm glad to have found this board as I feel better by coming in and sharing this type of stuff.

I've always been very scared of medical problems. Just going to the doctor is very scary for me though I'm generally in very good health.

_Sky, I'm sorry to hear about your eye problem! That sounds bad. I see a lot of floaters (most nearsighted people do), but they've never been bad enough to be an obstruction to vision. But right now I'm constantly checking to see if they get worse.

I'm definitely glad I saw the specialist! He told me I may have had this problem in my eye for years, but now that they know about it it was best to do something. It was awfully scary to go in and have someone I'd never met do surgery on me. I read his credentials later, and he sounds like a good doctor though. Certainly my vision's no worse. What he did was laser around the area of my eye where the retina was coming detached. Hopefully the scarring from the laser will tack down the retina better. He said he did 621 spots of welding in my eye! That sounds so bizarre to me.

The surgery itself was difficult. It was awfully hard to relax, but he was very reassuring the whole time. Still, scary.

My eye's sore from being poked and prodded so much. At least I knew to expect that though.

I'll definitely be glad to see my therapist on Tuesday. I also have group therapy on Monday night so I guess I'll talk about some of this stuff then.

Thanks for the support!

Sidony