In the Minority

Percentages are used all the time to describe so many things - particlarly in the medical field.

It starts with newborn babies - they are ranked in percentiles. Well - it doesn't stop there.

When dentists started using "gas" to give you during procedures - I always declined - until one of my sisters told me how awesome it was. So the next time I went, my dentist asked if I wanted gas - I asked what the side effects were. He said will 99% of the people that use it have no problem - but sometimes it can affect the other 1%. Well I was part of the 1%! When I finally decided to use it, I actually threw up int he dentist chair!

So last weekend I had some strange things happening in my right eye - floaters - bright flashes - blurred vision. I got into my opthomologist today - he said floaters are part of the aging process and will never go away - your brain just adjusts and gets used to them - and that's it for about 95% of the people. However, about 5% of the populations "floaters" might be caused by retinal tears (not the watery kind - but the pull apart kind) - well - I'm part of the 5%.

Two tears in my retina - one large one small. Something that needs to be treated immediately so that the retina doesn't become detached and require surgery. So I immediately went to a retina specialist and underwent INTENSE lazer applications and freezing by nitrogen. Four hours later I was through with a very sore eye! I don't know how many drops I had - anestetic - numbing drops - dialations - but enough that I couldn't even open my eye. Gel put on a thing that helped keep my eye open and two injections to help numb the eye for the freezing process! Everyone in the room wore special goggles during the lazer process - except for me - kind of scary!

Tonight I'm finally able to open my eye without too much pain! I guess it's good they were treated before I needed surgery.

I can't wait to see what's my next minority percentage experience!!!!