I'll show this post to him this morning before he leaves for work and get back to you.

Ross thinks that going to a retinal specialist will be most helpful. The retina is definitely the site of your problem. Keep us posted.

I called the opth's office today and asked the question. The receptionist took the notes and said one of the nurses will be calling me tomorrow. She couldn't tell through the computer. I did ask if the dr. was a retina specialist. She said no, but that he has one on staff. So, we'll go from the phoncon tomorrow, forward.
Thank you and your husband so much, dotsie.
Can you ask him one more question for me? My mom has a dark spot about the size of 1/2 an English pea in both eyes. The dots are in the inside corners on the whites of her eyes, and she has to have her eyeballs just so for me to see them. They are a murky grey/brown. I'm just wondering what they could be, because they are so symmetrical in size, shape and location. Now, I'll stop bothering you with eyeball questions.
Thanks again...

Now, I'm freaking. Spoke with the nurse. They want me in their office first thing Sat. morn. The doc has surgery scheduled for tomorrow, so they had to make a special appt. for Sat.
Dotsie, I can't say thank you enough about getting me going. I was putting it off, trusting what everyone else had told me about the spots.
Even though I'm a bit worried, I'm really glad to be possibly getting some good answers.

I hope the end result will be good and normal, gimster. Whatever it takes...to get back to normal.

gimster, I read your post about your mom when Ross wasn't home and forgot to ask him. Sorry about that.

I just saw your other post about Saturday so now I'm wondering how you did. Please let me know. If you'd like, Ross can talk to you by phone.

Thank you Dots...
Here is what he said after he dilated my eyes and used a bright light to temporarily BLIND me...
"I see nothing to worry about." Guess what I did... I argued with him. He was telling me that I should consider these nagging white lights as floaters. I told him I have floaters, but they are the little brownish-grey wavy strings that seem to come and go. He said, "you're flashing lights are another kind of floater, as are the little black flashes." I still wanted to contest his knowledge, so I told him what I'd read about detached retinas. He countered with, "I had the flashing lights you describe when I was in second grade. I learned to ignore them, as you'll find your brain will do, too. I've been doing this for over twenty years, so trust me when I tell you that you have no need to worry at this time." Then he went on to say, "now, if a dark curtain or screen starts to cover your vision, or the white circles stay, call me. Otherwise, I'll see you next year."
I am so relieved that nothing is wrong, but I doubt that my brain will train itself to ignore the aliens in my eye. I'm checking to see if a neurologist will see me - maybe it IS my brain!!! OK, I know - we knew it was the whole while!!!

Gimster, I am smiling here because what we usually imagine it COULD be is normally far worse than what it actually is... I do the same exact thing...Happy your end results were okay.

thanks, gals...

anne, I didn't use a scanner. I used a graphics design software to create the images myself. Once created, I used the steps laid out in your computer question thread...
Remember, you are smarter than the equipment you are using...

gimster, glad to hear yo are okay. I will tell my husband what the doctor did and said.