Flashes of lights

I have slowed down a bit–the past week. For 3 days, my head was hurting and felt like my brain wanted to separate from my skull. Then on wednesday evening while on my way home, there were sporadic flashes of light on my left eye. I initially thought the strobes of light were coming from the vehicles outside, then maybe from the digital billboards along EDSA. I was already home and inside my bathroom but the lights kept on flashing. I got really really nervous.

My daughter googled this occurence which according to the web could be a detached retina and must be checked immediately by the ophthalmologist. So yesterday I skipped work and went straight to Dr. Jocelyn Regalado, the tall and pretty wife of Dr. Joseph Regalado, my son’s pediatrician.

I spent about 2 hours in her clinic. They dropped a lot of fluids into both my eyes including anesthesia more than twenty times in intervals of 5 minutes. Dra. Regalado used contact lens to see the inside of my eyes and its protective coverings.

She didn’t see anything wrong. She said my eyes were clean and the pressure was normal. She said that maybe I was stressed and it also stressed out my eyes. Maybe from crying and I probably accidentally pushed or scratched my eyes.
So crying and stress must be avoided. She told me to observe first if the flashes of lights would come back, and when they do, I must immediately go back for the next round of diagnostic tests.

From the hospital, I went home and rested. I couldn’t see clearly and couldn’t read my text messages. Maybe from all the medicines they put in my eyes.

I managed to attend last night’s board meeting and election of officers of the Philippine Council of Management. They nominated and elected me as Vice President and National Congress Chairman. I couldn’t say no because I have been turning them down for the past 7 years.

When I was on my way home from the meeting, at around 9 pm, the flashes of lights started again, and this time, more vigorous than the previous night. Until this morning, there were intermittent episodes. I am so scared that I would end up blind. I felt like crying but bawal umiyak. I remember Dra. Regalado said I must immediately go back. I will wait till monday and observe still.
I am hoping and praying that it would go away and my left eye would go back to normal.

So in the meantime, my new posts would be scarce but please read my 700++ previous posts, or just look at all the thousands of photos.

Thank you and happy weekend.