Something in my eye …

Where to begin …

This past weekend (Saturday) I noticed several tiny brown spots floating in my field of vision. I went to an optometrist, who after a bit of gazing into my dark eyes, said my eyes seemed healthy but, since I was still seeing spots,  referred me to an ophthalmologist.

Yesterday I got a short notice call to head to the ophthalmologist. So I left work and spent a good solid 4 hours at the ophthalmologist’s office where I was tested and told to do horrible almost unspeakable things … like stick my head into a bowl and press a button when I saw a light flash.

First they put drops in my eyes to read my eye pressure. Then they placed more drops to dilate my eyes. The rest of the day could be summarized as follows:

• shine a bright light in dilated eyes by Assistant Doc in exam 1,
• wait in exam room
• shine a bright light in dilated eyes by Main Doc in exam 2
• wait in waiting room
• have picture taken of inside of eyes by “flashing” a bright light in dilated eyes
• wait some more in another waiting room
• take a field vision test (the head in the bowl with the flashing light thing)
• wait some more in a waiting “hallway”
• see Main Doc again who gives the diagnosis/prognosis

By this time it’s almost 3:00 and I’m starving, I haven’t eaten lunch yet. So the diagnosis …

According to the doc, I have a small cluster of blood floating in the vitreous gel in my eye. He called them “floaters”.  Normal “floaters” are made of the vitreous gel in the eye. Since the floaters the doc says I have consist of blood, it was very unusual especially for someone my age.

Long story less long, they can go away by being absorbed back into the eye over time. How long?… I don’t know. Sometimes they won’t go away but the eye will learn to adjust to it so you’ll still see them but it won’t be as bothersome. (I think that’s what he meant).

I’m believing and praying these things HAVE been removed in  Jesus name. I know I texted a lot yesterday asking for prayer but to be honest yeah I was a little concerned. I knew God was in control and He was going to take care of it but I was still a little concerned. Floating spots in your vision can be a little alarming. At least to me it was. I did all kinds of quiet praying in tongues and confessing God’s word to keep me from listening to all the “what ifs” my mind was telling me. I know these spots will not last because I felt the Holy Spirit tell me “Let God be God” when I was thinking too much. That gave me peace that God was going to remove them. Not IF but WHEN.

Thanks to those that prayed and will continue to pray. These things suck cuz I still see them. So I’m praying they’ll be removed soon.

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