Straightening up from a cat-brushing session Friday afternoon - no pain, no warning but THERE IT WAS - in front of my left eye, a writhing black snake-like object. In the centre of my field of vision. My eye moved, it moved. I couldn't see anything with that eye, except around the edges. I thought I'd got something into my eye, possibly a bit of cat-fur, but couldn't see anything and bathing the eye totally failed to move it. After an hour or two it seemed to coagulate to a smaller black blob surrounded by a grey haze - like looking at the world through grey net curtains. The other eye was unaffectd.

Saturday morning, off to the local hospital where the opthalmologist said that a bit of my retina had become detached. She nailed it back with the laser and I have got to see the specialist on Monday. She said the black object and the haze were due to matter released into the vitreous part of the eye by a damaged blood vessel and they should resolve away given time. I sure hope so. Although I have got more used to it now, it is still a big problem.

Has anyone else on the 'cat had anything like this happen to them? And did it resolve at all? Any help on this would be most welcome.

Thanks all, Fossil.