When I called the office the very first thing yesterday morning, the initial response was that the doctor would see me on Monday. I wasn’t having any of that, based on what I had learned from my first doctor: the darkness at the fringe of the field of vision required immediate attention—and indeed when I later was reading about this, I saw that it was formally termed “a medical emergency”.
I just got up to pee (it’s 3:20 here) and I note now that my left eye’s field of vision is now a small irregular patch in the middle of a cluster of dark clouds all around the sides—as if the retina was closing in on itself. But at least now we’re taking care of things as soon as we can. I would sure be kicking myself if I had been thinking I would see the doctor Monday sometime.