Sitting here responding to a post by somebody on another forum when all-of-a-sudden the vision in my right eye got weird.

Bottom line: About 1/3 of the vision in the lower-left corner of my right eye is now obscured by a "cloud." Looks flesh-colored or pink-ish indoors, looks dark gray/green-ish in sunlight.

Sometimes as I move something through that area--particularly at the edges of it, the object is sparkly around the edges.

Put in a call to my ophthalmologist's emergency number. (Because of course this happened on a late Friday afternoon after their office was closed.) On-call doc gave me a call back. After consultation with the doc I used to regularly see: They're concerned enough that the on-call doc is going to see me in emergency as soon as she can get there.

Great. Just freakin' great

Don't go to emergency. Find the eye hospital and call immediately. Unless emergency hospital is set up for eye surgery. Retina specialist. At least your Doc is seeing you. Mine told me to come in Monday

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Originally posted by oldbill123:
Don't go to emergency.

This is what the on-call doc at my regular ophthalmologist told me to do, so that's what I'm doing.

She's going to meet me there.

Probably just cataracts. Nothing to panic over if it is, but good you are seeing someone right away.

Sending good thoughts your way ensigmatic. I hope this is no big deal.

Prayer sent

Thanks for the well-wishes, guys.

Cataracts, as I understand it, don't come on like a bolt out of the blue like this. This was like flipping a switch. One moment everything was fine, then *BAM*, there it was.

I hope it's nothing serious!

Here's hoping for the best. Sounds like you're in good hands.

Good luck. All my medical emergencies happen late Friday or on a Holiday. Hopefully it will be something relatively benign.

Cataracts usually come on gradually as you said, but occasionally there's sudden onset. Hoping for the best.

Had something similar happen to me, lost the center 1/3 of my right eye. I was sent to a Retina specialist. Required a series of injections in my eyeball. Repaired and as good as new.

Hopefully is nothing too serious. I’ll say a prayer for you.

Praying for you, man.

Damn, that would scare the hell out of me. Best wishes!!

Goddamn shaking my head at some of the posts. Unbelievable.

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Originally posted by kkina:
Cataracts usually come on gradually as you said, but occasionally there's sudden onset. Hoping for the best.

Ditto. Cataracts can be treated, so hoping for that.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Goddamn shaking my head at some of the posts. Unbelievable.

I'm not sure what you mean, exactly.

ensigmatic I am not a physician but I can offer up an opinion about what's going on, based upon the description, if you'd like to hear. I worked for an ophthalmologist for many years. By now, though, you may not be reading this thread.

Hoping for a full and quick recovery!

ensigmatic, get thee to a retina specialit ASAP, your regular ophthalmologist is equipped only to address the front of the eyeball, and will tell you the same.

Are you diabetic? This has all the hallmarks of diabetic retinopathy, the suddeness of the onset of symptoms especially. I have had both eyes done with cataract surgery/lens repacement, and retina problems are nothing like that, a walk in the park compared to retina treatment. The latter has, basically, two paths, laser cauterization and direct steroid injection (a needle stick in the eyeball). The jab is significantly less pain and discomfort than the laser as well as being the generally accepted "best practice." Be prepared for a long haul, I had two and a half years of monthly eyeball injections, along with a couple of laser treatments, and have been back to normal (20/20 no longer needing reading glasses) for about the last year and a half, although I've noticed some degradation in my bad eye over the past few months (doing a left/right eye-closed comparison, paying attention to differences in focus and brightness).

Good luck! Your eyesight is precious, take care of yourself.