Eye Floater
I am on a day trip this week to remove a vitreous floater from my left eye, which appeared one day last May. Floaters are spots in one’s eye that don’t go away. People who don’t have them have no idea what this means. People who have them know them well. My floater is in the shape of two, overlapping capital Y’s in the dead center of my left eye vision. As a painter this is difficult to negotiate. When I am looking at a blank wall the floater moves with my eyes, distracts intensely and I argue weakens both eyes. When I am painting from life I am rapidly moving my eye from subject to canvas, and the floater is large and follows me around. The energy my body requires to eliminate this factor is draining and frustrating. When the floater appeared I went into a depression for a couple weeks. I’m not a depressive type; when I get some tough news I always find someone with a tougher story and remind myself that I have it easy. But as a painter you want your eyes to work.
There is a doctor who lasers floaters, which are a grouping of cells that form a dark shadow in the eye vitreous. There are very few doctors who perform this surgery, and this doctor has done thousands successfully. I am cautiously optimistic. I’ll report when I return.
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