Does anyone know anything (or has anyone experienced) a detached retina?

I have an early a.m. appointment with an Opthomalogist tomorrow because my left eye is filled with floaters and there is a white arc flash on the left side when I move my eye.

I have looked it up on Google and other places. The floaters are certainly symptomatic but there is no "gray veil."


A retinal detachment is commonly preceded by a posterior vitreous detachment which gives rise to these symptoms:

(THIS ONE FITS)
* flashes of light (photopsia) - very brief in the extreme peripheral (outside of center) part of vision
* a sudden dramatic increase in the number of floaters
* a ring of floaters or hairs just to the temporal side of the central vision
* a slight feeling of heaviness in the eye


Although most posterior vitreous detachments do not progress to retinal detachments, those that do produce the following symptoms:

* a dense shadow that starts in the peripheral vision and slowly progresses towards the central vision
* the impression that a veil or curtain was drawn over the field of vision
* straight lines (scale, edge of the wall, road, etc.) that suddenly appear curved (positive Amsler grid test)
* central visual loss