Detached vitreous?

Eww. So last night I noticed a spot in my eye, which I assumed was a "floater", which I have always had and had gotten more noticeable in recent years. Then I was driving after dark and noticed a flashing in the corner of my eye when I would move it rapidly from one side to the other. Well this seemed to be something my eye doctors were always asking me about but something I had not noticed before.

We looked up the symptoms on the web and, once I realized the "floater" was stationary, I decided to call the eye doctor and go in. He put a bunch of drops in my eyes and looked around with a very bright light, then said it was a detached vitreous, which may not be a problem, but he wants to make sure it does not tear the retina. I have to go see a retina specialist in two weeks.

Hilariously, we ran into the doctor again a couple hours later in Stew Leonards. You see everybody there.

I'm Back in the USSA!

Ok, so few knew we were gone but Ellyn and I had a wonderful 12 day trip to Israel with the Shir Tikva congregation of Waltham, MA (Rabbi Gold). It was a very intensive tour of Israel and it was great. Over 2000 digital photos were recorded by Ellyn and I on two cameras and they are still smoking! Some have been posted on Flickr but I have yet to create a complete record of our trip.

The bad news from the trip: Ellyn hurt her leg when she fell in a Bedouin tent and is recovering. No broken bones but a sever bruise to the lower leg (same one she had knee surgery on, that she whacked in the firey smash-up, and that she broke the ankle on when she was 3). Also, I came down with a cold just before the trip, which I gladly passed around, and it came back like gangbusters. Also, I lost my wallet at the Frankfurt Airport, but got the news this morning that it was found, they have it, and will ship it to me. Hopefully I will have it back by the end of the week.

A New Year, back in the E.R.

Nuts. 2007 is starting as did 2006. Ellyn is a DHS in the ER with a pain in her leg. This was caused by a fall at a Bedouin camp on 12/25 in Israel and her leg is all bruised up. It is still hurting and the bruised area is noticeably more warm than the rest of her leg. She looked up info on line about it this morning and decided it could be serious enough to warrant a look by a Dr. So, off tho the ER. I am sitting here with her, entering this blog post. Gotta cough myself but not interested in getting poked or prodded, so I will keep it to myself.

Happy New Year.

P.S. Ellyn had an x-ray and nothing is broken. Compression and warmth for the next two days to reduce the swelling.