Jun 9, 2026 · 31 min · 11 segments
On December 5, 2025 Bay Area artist Vincent Serritella's life changed forever with the diagnosis of a glioblastoma, a rare and random brain tumor. As a response, he turned to his art and began…
Vincent SerritellaGuest
Karen DufilhoHost
You know, never experienced that, so I was like, "Well, let me call my, um, uh, optometrist," and, uh, just men- mentioned this, and she was immediately, "Come right in.
You know, if this is retinal detachment, then this is very time sensitive." So I did.
I, I jumped in the car, went straight over to her, um, and she brought me right in.
Uh, she confirmed that I was not having retinal detachment in, in either eye, uh, but she did confirm that, um, I was missing a large, a large portion of my, of my vision in my lower left quadrant.
Um, her concern at that point was, uh, this is, this is a serious issue, but above her, uh, um, above her area of expertise, so she felt it was, uh, important to get me into a neuro-ophthalmologist and specialist, uh, within the next two hours.
But she's adamant, persistent, and she finds one, a neuro-ophthalmologist in San Francisco.
You know, never experienced that, so I was like, "Well, let me call my, um, uh, optometrist," and, uh, just men- mentioned this, and she was immediately, "Come right in.
You know, if this is retinal detachment, then this is very time sensitive." So I did.
I, I jumped in the car, went straight over to her, um, and she brought me right in.
Uh, she confirmed that I was not having retinal detachment in, in either eye, uh, but she did confirm that, um, I was missing a large, a large portion of my, of my vision in my lower left quadrant.
Um, her concern at that point was, uh, this is, this is a serious issue, but above her, uh, um, above her area of expertise, so she felt it was, uh, important to get me into a neuro-ophthalmologist and specialist, uh, within the next two hours.
But she's adamant, persistent, and she finds one, a neuro-ophthalmologist in San Francisco.
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