[E Sully]

Many years back I had vitreous detachment. Flashes and floaters were quite annoying. My brother in-law owns a couple of eye glass stores. His Dr. took a look, saw quite a few floaters and sent me to an ophthalmologist. I was told it was quite normal, and my brain would adjust over time, which is true.
A few years later had pain in my right eye and went to the ophthalmologist thinking I had gotten some foreign object stuck in my eye. I have had bits removed twice over my career in construction. Objects removed, patch and antibiotics all was well.
That visit the Dr. said she didn't see anything lodged, so I scheduled my next regular visit and left. The next regular visit she took did an exam and took a few photos of my interior eye. She looked at them and suddenly gave me a script and address of a specialist group and told me to make an immediate appointment.
Instead of calling for an appointment I drove there to make one. I gave the script to the receptionist. She got up and went straight to the back and one of the Doctors came out quickly. I was a bit confused by all this, especially when the Dr. asked me if I came with someone who could drive me home. I told him no, I came alone.
The doctor took me immediately into a room and starting doing a serious exam. I asked what was going on, and he told me I had a retinal tear and might have to do immediate laser surgery. Next thing I know I am given an anesthetic and 3 doctors are looking deeply at my eye. Specialized device is photographing it and they are reviewing it closely. They are even squeezing my eye like one of those squishy toys.
I have been quite scared throughout this not knowing what was going on. They finally tell me the about the results. I have a tear, but it is old and healed on it's own. Seems as though the initial ophthalmologist had missed the fact that I had a tear when I came in thinking I had foreign matter in my eye. Fortunately for me it healed on it's own and I didn't need the laser.