Some uncalled for excitement

After squash on Monday night I came home and had a shower and sat down on the couch to watch TV. Nothing unusual there. Later on I got up and went in to the computer room and had an episode. I started to see jaggy red and blue and green lines in my vision and I couldn't focus on anything and started sweating and had extreme nausea. I was seeing flashes before my eyes, primarily in my right eye, so I feared I must have been having some further problem with the retina after the squash injury weeks ago. The flashing ws gone 15 minutes or so later but Meeks and I went off to hospital while Meeks mum minded Mitch, to get it checked out just in case. After waiting three and half hours I finally saw a doctor at 3am. He was pretty useless and said that since the symptoms had reduced (I was still feeling nauseous) and had a headache I should see the Retina specialist the next day.

To make a long story short, I saw the Retina Specialist today and he said I'd had an opthalmic migraine. I'd never had one before so it was a new and unpleasant experience for me, but still, better than a detached retina! You'd think the doctor in an emergency ward could have diagnosed a migraine!

Anyway, back to normal now, that's a relief.

In other news congratulations to our friends Catriona and Andrew on the birth of their little son Matthew. He was born today and mother and baby are doing well. Mitch is going to have a little mate to play with.