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Old 09-26-2016, 09:51 AM
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Retinal tears and detachments are very serious conditions which require immediate attention. Some optometrists may be able to diagnose them but none are qualified to treat them. I suffered a detachment in my left eye and did not seek treatment soon enough. As a result, despite surgery on the eye, I have very poor vision in that eye which cannot be corrected by eye glasses. I failed the drivers test with that eye and while my other eye has 20/20 vision, I have very poor depth perception. I can no longer play softball (can't judge a fly ball or the location of a pitch) and it doesn't help my golf game much either.