Steven Russell Living with Ocular Melanoma

The Eye Believe Podcast · Aug 8, 2021 · 1h 5m

I was diagnosed with Choroidal Melanoma in March of 2008.

My optometrist found a freckle in my eye at a routine exam. I wasn’t going to say anything, but I eventually told her that I had been seeing a flash of light in my right eye for several months.

She sat me back down in the chair and took a much longer, more careful look. She said that she wasn’t qualified to diagnose anything, but that I had better have someone else take a look. She sent me to a retina specialist the next day. She actually called and made the appointment right there.

The retina specialist said the freckle was small, but…