Kauri Museum postponed sightseeing at hospital instead
22 April 2015 | Whangarei Hospital
Penny
Last night had flashy lights in my eye and this morning a large tadpole shaped floater. As Zisca at Withybush had said I should get it checked out (not wait for return to UK) if it happened again, we postponed the Kauri Museum visit and trotted up to local hospital which has the regional eye centre. They checked my BP and to my horror it was 215/110 so that probably speeded up my visit to eye department. Eyes gave me the all clear, it was a 'posterior vitreous detachment' but had to have BP rechecked a few times. Luckily it dropped a bit but will have to go on manic diet to try and bring it down to reasonable levels. Sadly goodbye to the marvellous New Zealand fish and chips and many thanks to Whangarei Hospital. Very surprised that I should have been so stressed by a visit to A&E! I was not aware of it.