While the bubble is becoming smaller and smaller, its movement changes and it hides every now and then. The light bouncing off of it isn't as dramatic, and it's become more of a nuisance that anything else. At this point it's so small that it is doing nothing to help hold my retina in place. Meaning that it's holding on its own.
When the bubble was larger, it would move smoothly, and more like fluid. Since it has become very small, it moves more abruptly. The slightest eye movement causes a quick jump in its position, rather than a slow shift when it was larger. Rattling around quickly and frequently with every movement. Sometimes it would disappear for a couple minutes, and would fool me thinking it had gone away for good. Where it was is a mystery to me, but it kept coming back. The picture below is how it looks as a very small bubble.
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| The bubble bounced around all the time. The dark spot has become smaller but is still there. |
The dark spot has become smaller since the day after surgery when I first saw it. I have been having OCT scans done, and that helps the doctor monitor the swelling, which he believes is the culprit for the spot in my vision. I am on an NSAID drop that is helping to reduce swelling and make it smaller. Eventually it should disappear and return to normal! I just have to be patient.
On Friday, March 22, 2013, after eight weeks and two days, my bubble was gone. I waited to see if it was just hiding, but no- it was officially gone!
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