I went to my optometrist, who diagnosed the issue, the day it happened. He had already made the appointment with the vitreous Doctors, and I drove myself later that day. The Doctor who saw me there, scheduled the surgery for the following morning. He noted retina re-attachment surgery was not emergency surgery, but, it was really close. You need to get in before the blood supply to the retina and/or optic nerve has been interrupted for too long. There is no way to tell if either has happened in any given injury.
From what I have learned from others who have been down this path, is, my outcome was better than average. I have vision in the injured eye, which, as Hal has pointed out, doesn’t always happen.
Best,
Ted
