E’s Rock

Well friends…bad news. My riding is done until further notice from the Doc.

What was initially a routine eye exam…went from…well…routine…to…not-so routine.

First it was with the optometrist (O.D.) who saw a small cosmetic blemish (for lack of a better word) she didn’t like. Then it was onto an ophthalmologist (M.D) specializing in cosmetic surgery LASIK type stuff. He did his thing, then decided “ahh…what the hell…let’s just take a look and make sure everything’s ok, just in case.” Though the blemish looked benign, he didn’t like the way my retina was looking. “Detached” was the word he used. :confused:

A quick call to a contact at Mt. Sinai and a few hours later -> meeting a Retina-Vitreous specialist. (If there’s a disorder/disease/problem, you better believe there’s a specialist [B]just [/B]for it.)

At any rate, the last guy confirmed it an official Retinal Detachment. How I haven’t lost vision they don’t know.

Surgery tomorrow, Tuesday, August 21st.

Doc said no more riding. I’ll meet with him Wednesday, day-after surgery, and he’ll examine make sure all went well. In his initial meeting he said at least 6 weeks no riding after surgery. Could be longer or shorter, but he’ll tell me on Wednesday. Maybe he’ll restrict me to the trainer only. We’ll see. Not going to put the cart before the horse right? Will wait and see, hope surgery goes well.

Pretty bummed about everything, especially with the last few events coming up. Then again it’s my vision at stake not the NJ TT State Cup or anything. I like to believe everything happens for a reason - maybe this is just a forced end-of-season session, well-needed rest perhaps.

On the bright side, I did manage to snag a pair of the latest aero sunglasses. These bad-boys a vicious, watch for Hincapie next year on T-Mobile rocking these.