LASER MARKS in the periphery OD with heavier laser at 12 o’clock. See Dr. Brown’s OS image page 16.

Double open triangles = the retinal tear and laser retinopexy at 10:30 o’clock Single solid triangle = gas bubble at 12 o’clock Open arrow = the demarcation line showing the full extent of the detachment from 9-1 o’clock with extension into the macula (In the unmarked image on the cover, the area of detachment is a slightly different color from the normal retina inferiorly, and there is a visible demarcation line in the inferior macula) Bent arrow = the scleral buckle

The author and his wife Sandy during their “medical destination vacation” to Southern California. The vacation didn’t turn out as planned, but Dr. Brown came through the experience with a new understanding and better able to offer words of comfort to his own patients.