Thanks so much for your two eye videos. I've seen in the comments that you started working on the next part but were delayed by health & family caring issues. I hope all is going well for you on those fronts. Please, whenever you feel ready, do post your further updates. Your way of telling your story is very relatable and it is very helpful to have content such as yours. I am at day 12 post vitrectomy and feeling very fortunate as my detachment was only in the peripheral vision. The SF6 gas bubble is now just a small disc when I look down and a flat blob along the bottom when looking straight ahead. A few more days and I expect it will be gone. Above the jiggly meniscus is my normal vision (with a little flaring, alas), below it is still a fish tank. I can't tell yet how the repair has gone as the meniscus is still in the way; but, really, it seems any vision loss will be negligible. I am dismayed, of course, that I will need cataract surgery in the next year or two as a result of the operation. Listening to your story (and others) I realise it could have been so much worse. It is so important for everyone to be aware that with retinal tears and detachments the first 48 hours are critical. It is easy to dismiss the beginning of vision change as being nothing much and to not be assertive enough in pushing for attention within those critical 48 hours. I first became aware of a slightly odd sensation with my eye on a Saturday, say early afternoon, but couldn't quite place what it was. Maybe just the vague awareness of an occasional dark spot in one corner when looking a certain way. By Sunday morning I had identified the dark spot and decided that I would call the optometrist first thing Monday for an appointment. I suspected retinal detachment from something read in the distant past but still the significance of timeliness escaped me. The optometrist couldn't fit me in until 3:30 pm Monday. He did a thorough exam, identified the detachment and told me to go to eye hospital right away. He also said to take snacks and reading material as it could be a long wait. Doing a round trip home to pick up supplies and feed pets took an hour. By the time I was checking in at hospital emergency at 5:45 pm I was aware of a thin glowing crescent at the edge of the dark spot and, later while waiting, a dark brown/reddish colour in the dark spot that hadn't been there before (that you describe so well in your video). It also seemed to be growing slightly. I left the hospital at 9:45 pm with referral for examination by a surgeon at 7:30 am next day and was operated on by him at 12:30 pm. I feel very fortunate but there are also some lessons learnt. In hindsight, I should have gone directly to the eye hospital on Sunday, as soon as the dark spot became apparent. Failing that, I should have gone to any local optometrist who could fit me in immediately early on the Monday rather than wait to see my regular guy two suburbs away in the late afternoon. Failing that, I should have gone directly to the hospital without going home - and certainly not bothering to pick up any snacks. It is not a good idea to eat on the way to hospital emergency, even if hungry, as they won't then be able to operate on a person with food on board even if they want to. Had I gone for attention sooner I might have got away with simple laser work to fix a retinal tear and no vitrectomy and no resulting cataract. As I said, I feel very fortunate as I seem to be on track for a good outcome. I mention the shortfalls only to illustrate how easy it is to make a series of small decisions that can amount to something very bad indeed.
I am in the US and this video was very informative and helpful. I just had this surgery done 10 days ago. This was very similar to my experience. The doctor (surgeon) says I am making very good progress. The difference is that my surgery was done no less than 6 weeks after its initial occurrence. This was due to medical insurance coverage issues. I am 63, but not 65, so I am not eligible for Medicare. Thank you, GOP SOB Congress!! For fighting and opposing national health care so hard, thank you!! I seriously considered postponing the surgery for 2 years, so that it would be covered. As it was, I decided to have it and ended up paying the $6000 price myself. And there is more to come. I haven't regretted it so far. I hope I won't in the future. I know I'm going to need cataract surgery in the future. I'll most likely probably delay that until I am 65 and covered by Medicare. Until then, I guess I'll just be half blind, but at least I won't be broke!! Best wishes and good luck to you! Wishing you a complete recovery.
annwrog it was cheaper for me to pay cash than run it thru insurance thanks to the high deductible (thank you sob Obamacare). I found a good doctor that gave me a discount for paying cash. That said I am somewhat alarmed at the people that think healthcare should be free. News flash, nothing is free as someone has to pay for it. Too many people run to the doctor for every sniffle and abuse the system thinking there is a pill cure for everything. I will agree that insurance companies and doctors may be greedy and the so called affordable healthcare act did nothing but line the pockets of insurance companies, so don't go blaming the GOP. I've got news for you, the democrats are far worse than the worthless republicans in congress. There should be 3 levels of care. Free health care but you may not like the service and wait, then those who chose private healthcare, then a third level for those fortunate enough to pay cash. I'm sorry, but life isn't fair but that's where we are at and have to live with it
Thank you so much for your detailed, informative video’s, I’ve seen all of your video’s up to the 12 month anniversary and I really appreciate you sharing this under such stressful conditions. I wished I’d seen this when I had my problem. I had this curtain effect happen to my left eye at the age of 57 in 2020. It was a Saturday late afternoon, I phoned the local optican, who advised me to go the local hospital who tested my eye and my vision was black. I was referred to a larger hospital and had that same panic attack you had, I was asked to return three days later. Just before the operation, he checked my eye again and told me I now had a wrinkle on the retina as well as PVR so was unable to use a gas bubble and had to use silicone oil where there was only a 55/100 of success. Because of this he would have to fit a scleral buckle and had to warn me that my eye would look slightly different and to have a further operation to drain the oil, I had to face down postering for 10 days with fortnightly appointments to the hospital for 6 months however it was a success, however like your vision it was compromised and I later discovered that the macular detached as well. I again developed the cataract 6 months later and had laser surgery. He told me that the retina on my other eye was thinning and to watch out. Nearly 3 years to the day, recently I had an arch of light flashing on and off, again at midnight on a Saturday, I was driven two hours away and it wasn’t spotted immediately however he finally found a small tear in the peripheral vision at the top and lasered immediately, I’ve since been to my local optican I now visit 6 monthy, she has scanned me and the vitous gel has partically come away so I’ve now got to be careful. As I had’nt had the follow up promised, I sent the scan to the consultant. A week later I developed very bold black large spots all across both eyes, I immediately got in the car. They said that there was no problem with my eyes, had I. had a migraine, which I had ‘t. On my return, I phoned the lady I’d sent the scan to who made me an urgent appointment as I was on his clinic list. When I arrived they weren’t too concerned about my good eye, I justed needed to be aware that the same could happen. However he did another scan on the macular and explained that I had fluid in the eye which I understand is Macular Adema, I’m now on steroid drops, awaiting a steroid injection to hopefully reduce the fluid. If it doesn’t I’ll have to have a further operation to pull back the membrane. It’s certainly been a journey and living in fear that it can all wrong again. I do hope you see my message and both of your eyes are stable. Thank you again.
I’m really sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to your comment and to hear about your frightening detachment experience and treatment with a scleral buckle. Thank goodness your sight was able to be restored, albeit compromised after you went through the onerous treatment. I hope that your macular oedema has now gone along with the black spots. That must have been very scary and stressful. I found after my own experience that for several years I felt nervous about travelling in case I had another detachment and wasn’t near a hospital who could deal with it. I booked annual appointments with the retinal surgeon to check that there were no problems brewing and it did give some reassurance, although a tear can happen in a flash. I haven’t seen him since lockdown when I did have another panic and lockdown only added to the stress of trying to get an appointment. I had a sudden appearance of black floaters in my treated eye and thought here we go again. However it turned out to be debris that had escaped from the lens capsule which was there as a result of the cataract op. Over time these floaters have all disappeared and my eyes have been stable, touch wood. Thankfully your tear was found and treated before anything worse happened. Once the PVD is complete you should have less to worry about as it’s the pulling it causes on the retina that is the issue. I was told that the vitreous in my good eye is fully detached so I’m at less risk from it happening again, but it doesn’t stop me worrying. If I get a blob of mascara on an eyelash that starts to encroach on my vision it’s always a panic moment … I don’t think that’ll ever change! Thank you so much for sharing your own experience and do keep up the regular checks to head off any potential problems whilst trying to enjoy life - it’s all we can do. Take care.
Thanks for posting this, I know it is gong back some years, but never the less I found it so informative, Thanks again for sharing. I would be nice for an update on things to see how you are doing now ?
Your delay in treatment by the hospital was shocking. We have an eye hospital in my city which has a 24 hr emergency dept so any concerns we can access help asap.
I was told that if macula was detached the operation could be delayed for up to two weeks. They say there is no statistical difference between doing the surgery within this time frame. So I waited for nearly a week after the diagnosis. We both missed the deadline for getting back our full visions. I look forward to your next video. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
I can't believe the run around that you got-- you should have been seen straight away - your symptoms were as serious as it gets and should have been treated straight away. Hope your going all right now and things are looking up ( no pun intended) I'm four weeks out from having buckle- gas- and laser and things are starting to get back to normal. Best wishes from Tasmania
@@aj_aka_alanagreed. But they should know the limits of their expertise. If they cant find anything due to their lack of knowledge or equipment they should tell you to get to a specialist immediately. For them not to should be criminal
So sorry for the delay in posting the promised Parts 2 and 3. I have been dealing with a couple of personal crises since finishing part one, namely a very badly broken wrist and a seriously ill partner in hospital. For some reason I don't seem to be able to answer anyone individually. Hi Nick, to answer your question - no, the distortion hasn't improved and I don't expect it to now, although I'm sure it was worse in the early stages of recovery unless I've just got more used to seeing the distortion over the last year and a half. I hope you're doing okay since your surgery.
Glad I live in the USA, everything isn’t perfect but when I had floaters my Optometrist, after dilating my pupil, sent me to the retinal surgeon the same day. I had a Pneumatic Retinopexy on 5/4 and I have another appointment 6/1. Hoping for a good outcome. I’m 67.
I had surgery for retinal detachment for my left eye earlier this month July 2022.. I am 27 this year and had been wearing glasses since i was 6.. so what happened to me was I initially felt fatigue in my left eye one day.. specific enough to make me aware and feeling the need to rest.. then the next day i started having floaters.. and the day after it started to be cloudy on the top right edge for about 20% of my vision.. by the hours it felt like it expanded.. so i felt i need immediate care as it fits the symptom of retinal detachment.. by the time i got into my surgery within 3 days.. the cloud in my left eye has reached 50-60% of my vision.. From what i know when it has reached middle part or more of the Retina, it is considered as heavier case.. My Surgery was to put buckle in my eye and gas bubble to keep my retina attached.. I need to do Posturing exactly as yours for a week and in another two weeks the gas has completely dissolved.. Currently i am in week 4 post surgery.. My vision is distorted(wavy), especially when reading small texts.. I am going to check on how much more shortsighted i am in 3 weeks.. I hope my left eye vision will still improve as i heard acquaintances with similar experience, their vision improved from the distortion even tho it takes time (months, probably years).. Good luck for everybody recovering from retinal detachment.. Looking forward to your update as well ma'am
I’m really sorry that you had to go thru all of that. I had surgery 12 days ago with 2 tears with a glass bubble inserted. I still have no vision in that eye an d it’s really scary. Best of luck to you and no more surgeries 🙂
Hi,l have just come across your video.l am 59,female,living in uk.l had the vitrectomy for retinal detatchment almost 6 months ago,and l am developing a cateract.l hope everything is ok with you now.Thank you for your videos.
Hi Catherine, I’m sorry to hear you’ve had a retinal detachment and I do hope the result of your vitrectomy is good with your vision fully restored. Like you I developed a cataract and it was after about 6 months that I had it dealt with. I ended up choosing to have a lens that gave me distance vision in my treated eye so now I have one very short sighted eye and one long sighted eye which can be difficult for the glasses prescription but does mean that it’s easier to see without my glasses. Thankfully no more detachments, touch wood. I hope all will be well with you after your developing cataract has been dealt with. Good luck and best wishes.
Thank you I just watched your other video and I’m watching this one now in my bubble is halfway down my eye and I can see the distortions on the top and all the glare and everything just like you said I had a full detachment as well on my lifetime and I’m on my sixth day at the moment
Thank you for watching William. I hope your recovery goes well and you find your vision returns to a reasonable level once the gas bubble has gone. Good luck!
@@williamkirkland5016 Yes in my own experience it did get better over time - possibly up to a year. To start off with peoples’ faces were distorted when I was only a few feet away, but that’s improved a lot. My vision is still distorted and that’s not likely to change. I can find reading narrow text difficult as parts of it are squashed up, and recognising faces at a distance is not great. Your other unaffected eye will probably take over so you may not notice it too much.
Same happened to me. Why is ok for these optometrists to do this? Why isn't there any legal recourse? They all know the dangers of detachment and the symptoms associated with them.
I am -6.00 in one eye and 5.50 in the other. I alot of have floaters in both my eyes and see flashes at the side of my eyes. This has been going on since 7-8 years. I have seen doctors for my condition and they have checked and assured that my retina is attached but I have to be careful. I also work in an industry where I have to work on computer for full day. I am worried if detachment can happen to me in the future.
Parul any sudden decrease in vision and peripheral field loss. Immediately see ophthalmologist. Usually RD has 4Fs 1. Floaters 2. Field loss 3. Flashes of light specially in dim light 4. Fall in visual acuity . Take care .
Insatiable Soul Hi there! I have the same condition like you but my myopia is higher then yours... same symptoms. I have checked with the doctors (3 of them) and nothing it’s wrong. How are you feeling? Did the flashes go away ? Did you have any retinal tear/detachment? Thank you
@@suzanar7186 hi. I am in week 2 of recovery from retinal detachment surgery. The surgeon said it had been torn for at least 12 months. The only symptoms I had was flashing in the outer part of my vision. No vision loss.
Hello, i hope things are going a bit better for you now? I've watched both your vitrectomy videos and found both of them very useful and informative. I've had lots of problems with my eyes over recent years with the most recent problems being a huge retinal tear and detatchment followed by a retinal hole with detatchment just 5 weeks after the the tear and first vitrectomy (i am still posturing after the second vitrectomy for the retinal hole repair). i am 40 years old and am also based in the UK and a lot of what you described happened to me also. i was just wondering if you were able to post parts 2 and 3 onto youtube as i would be very interested in watching them. thank you
Hi Katherine, I'm sorry to hear of your eye issues and that you've had to go through two vitrectomies. I hope things are better for you and the treatment has been successful in repairing the retinal hole. I'm sorry that I still haven't posted my other promised parts 2 and 3 as intended. Please check in again as I will get them on line when I can. Thank you for your feedback and best wishes for your recovery.
hi i also had a vitrectomy and scleral buckle 9days ago, may i know if the distortion already disappeared? i also see distortion same with your previous video. thanks
I am wondering if there is more than the two videos that I saw about your retinal detachment. I hope you are doing well I am three weeks postoperatively. My story is so similar to yours although I did have silicon oil instead of gas. Have you had any more issues with your bad eye or your good Eye and do they keep an extra careful check on your good Eye?
Hi, I’m sorry to hear you’re going through this and hope your recovery progresses well. I do have another video I made about 4 years ago or more which I still need to finish and post - one day I’ll get round to it I hope! To answer your question ... my eye has been stable since the retinal repair, subsequent cataract surgery and YAG laser capsulotomy up till around May last year during lockdown when suddenly I noticed a number of new floaters. I panicked thinking another detachment was about to happen and tried to see a retinal surgeon for reassurance, but because of the Covid situation I was told it would be difficult. I did manage to get an urgent appointment with a good ophthalmologist who worked alongside the retinal surgeon and he checked me out quite thoroughly. He said I had quite a lot of scar tissue that had developed where I had the retinal repair work done but no sign of new tears that he could see. About a week later I managed to see the retinal surgeon who checked me out and said I had ‘Elschings pearls’ - debris that had escaped from the lens capsule resulting from the cataract surgery, but no sign of other new retinal problems. The floaters have since disappeared but my vision in my affected eye has become rather misty since then which is apparently (as was explained to me at my recent visit to the opticians for a sight test) because I have some cells which have attached themselves to the plastic intra-ocular lens and are causing this misty vision. I am now waiting for an appointment to have these cells lasered away which I hope will improve things. I’m very protective of my right eye and get it checked out once a year by the retinal surgeon although there are no guarantees from one day to the next with this situation. I wish you all the best and hope you’re fortunate to have a good return to your pre detachment vision once things have settled down.
@@sgray57 thank you so much for replying. I had a few flashes tonight, and now I can’t sleep wondering if the retina is detaching again. I did call the retina clinic but I never really got a clear answer. So.. I will probably have to try to see my surgeon for peace of mind, which Is complicated by Covid and our Canadian weather! I really wish that I could find a support group! I’ve never been an anxious person, but one little flash and I’m scared to death! I’m finding the unknown and the anxiety are consuming me:( Thank you again! It really helps to talk to someone that understands!
@@loriwegenast8190 yes I completely understand how you feel and the constant anxiety that it could happen again. I had anxious moments too and went back to get checked out at the hospital more than once. I was frightened to go away on holiday and not be able to get to an eye hospital should I need it. The worry of a no warning situation that would need urgent attention was with me for a long time. I’m better now and have felt confident enough to travel but it took a while for the fear not to rule my life. A support group would certainly be helpful as it’s a very scary experience. Best wishes and take care.
3 weeks into my operation. the gas bubble is still there. it's half way down tough. I can see it bobbing when I move my head. I see the DR next week for a follow up. is this normal? my retina was near total detachment.
Hi, thanks for sharing your experience. I’m sorry to hear that you’ve also gone through this and it sounds very similar to my own experience. Yes you will see the gas bubble bobbing around in a rather disconcerting way as it gradually gets absorbed and as each day goes by it’ll reduce in size until completely disappeared. You may have some distortion as I have, but for me it’s mainly reading text that’s difficult and some reduction of the detail I can see in darker conditions. I wish you a good follow up result and fast recovery from your op.
it started with blurry right eye. then the dreaded shadow taking up all but a sliver of vision at the top. I realized I was all but blind in that eye. they got on it pretty fast, the vitrectomy went well. though recovery is miserable and painful.the pain is less and less now that weird bubble bobbling in my eye, what I can see is there, but darker than the other eye. still early yet. it's alarming how fast this can occur. I can't think too far ahead or I'll go bananas. Thanks for replying!@@sgray57
thanks for the video my experiance is very similar to yours at the moment this is the 11th day after the op and just lying down left side watching the bubble going down. only differance had catteract op about 2 years ago had both eyes done about 6 months apart and went from short sighted to long sighted, did the distorted vision improve?
Hi Nick, sorry for the very late response. I hope you have had a good result following your vitrectomy and your vision has recovered to as near pre-RD as possible. To answer your question, no the distorted vision is still there but it may have improved a bit from the first few weeks after surgery. Either that or I'm just becoming more used to it - hard to know.
I had 3 dilated tests in the last month.I started seeing floaters when i was very little (about 6-7) and then i noticed them again when i was 18.I went to the doctor and he said dont worry about it.3 months ago i started noticing them again and i went to the doctor again.Same thing..Possible pvd and nothing to worry about.In the last month they have gotten worse than ever.I can see the floaters all the time (In both eyes),even in very low light conditions..My eyes are now FULL of them and my left eye is way worse.I got 1 huge one, one big one and about 10 smaller ones in the left eye.2 weeks ago i went to the doctor again because my eyes were worse and i felt like something is wrong.They saw my eyes for about an hour..Everything was fine again..Now its been a week and i think that my vision is darker and strange...I belive its from the anxiety because i cant stop thinking about my vision..You know...That constant fear of going blind or something bad will happen..Paranoia.
@@herodotusofhalicarnasis2394i believe i got the floaters for whatever reason but my mind is making up everything else.I dont believe i have something serious because the saw my rentina in detail and could see if i had something serious.My brain is the problem. I see the floaters yes but i belive i can see them x1000000 because my mind thinks about it all the time
@@JOHNNYwxw same here brother.i noticed floaters when i was 15.only 1or 2 .then i started to more of them when I was 17 my doctor checked my eyes and said my eyes are healthy after 2 week i get a lot of new floaters especially tiny one about 20-25 floaters i was really worried i went to my doctor again she dilated my eyes and said its healthy no problem with eyes.but i dont know why my floaters are increasing i have really bad anxiety sometimes panic attack too
Hi, sorry if the diopter comment is confusing. "Or more" in this case means a higher minus figure, which means worse myopia (short-sightedness) needing higher strength correction. So in this case -6, -6.25, -6.50, -6.75, -7 and so on.
Hello... introduce my name budiono, my age 29 years living in indonesia. some time ago I went to the hospital for my eye examination, and the results of an examination by an ophthalmologist, I have retinal detachment, and according to the doctor my eyes can not be healed again. here I want to ask if true retinal detachment disease can not be cured anymore. explanation please thank you for your attention
Hello. I had virtually the exact same experience with a macula-off detachment. I am just at 10 weeks post op. My gas bubble finally went away over the weekend. I, too, now have wavy distortion and see smaller images in the operated eye. I am also severely myopic and have lattice degeneration in my “good” eye as well. My surgeon has recommended preventative lasering, in the good eye, to help to prevent a detachment. Did you have any preventative lasering done? As you well know, the thought of doing anything to the good eye is frightening. Do you have degeneration in your good eye? Have you had any problems with it? I am consumed with anxiety and fear that something will happen to my one good eye. It is so helpful to find posts like your videos. There just isn’t a lot of information out there. I would love to talk more with you, about the years since your procedure
I have gone through similar experience had RD operated & oil filled, then 2nd operation to remove oil. I am recovered but still have some black spots and floters it was painful few months.
In may 27 2017 i had retinal detachment surgery which was fair enough as i can t see clearly from my right operated eye now in april 2018 the doctr recommend another surgery of silicone oil removal. Iam extremely worried that what happen after that surgery will the doctr after fewmonths again put oil throuhh surgery plz somone share their experience
I had rd oil filled..3 weeks ago, my doc fixed 1 hole and 4 rips. This has been the worst experience of my life!! Now the presure in my eye is up. I get headaches every day..and my face hurts. And i still have to have the oil removed in 2 months. Has this happend to anyone else????
Wendi Casella I had Rd too with silicons oil I wanna know wha happen to u? How long do u have to do the face down posistion doctor said if u had head ache probably the pressure gone up u have to be checked that what’s happen to me they gave me drops then it’s ok. Now
I had this surgery ~12 days ago. The gas line has dropped down about half way. Everything is blurry above the line at this point. My Dr has started talking about cataract surgery so I was interested when you mentioned that at the end of Part 1. I'm starting to think this surgery causes cataracts in a lot of cases. I am 43 so I don't think I should have a cataract under normal conditions. Thanks for sharing this information and I hope you get through your medical issues quickly.
Hi David, yes the treatment will bring on a premature cataract unfortunately. Mine developed over about six months which was in line with what I was told when I had my vitrectomy. I had cataract surgery 6 months later and now my sight in the affected eye is as good as it's going to be - far from perfect but much better than it could have been. I hope your surgery has given you a good result and your vision returns as close as possible to pre-detachment level. Good luck and a speedy recovery.
+sgray57 I did develop an immediate cataract. I had the lense replaced and my vision corrected in that one eye. So my current state is in one eye I wear a contact and in the other eye none. This is good for distance but not so much for near vision. Long story short my vision is much improved from where I was a year ago. How has your vision been post surgery?
I like you wear a single contact lens in my 'good' eye but have a special pair of varifocals to use to give me close vision when I need it. Otherwise I just end up wearing my old pre detachment varifocals which let me see out of one eye only. I guess I've got used to that but it's not ideal as I often misjudge positions of things because I'm no longer seeing in 3D.
After nearly a month after my surgery very similar to yours, now I find I am seeing everything smaller than its original size. Did it happen to you? I hope it did not. I wonder what will happen in the future. I also was told that my other eye would be operated as well, but it was not operated. The doctor says he will see the situation when I come back next month. Yes, we are now more savvy than some opticians who did not warn us on time. Still doctors are too busy to tell us many things. I have just learned from other people that we should take multivitamins for eyes, and that will help. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you too! Thank you for sharing your own experience which certainly was similar to mine with macula off. I hope you're doing well. I know that once the macula is off the urgency for surgery is much less as the damage by then is already done, sadly, and the outcomes are not supposed to be significantly different if a week goes by. I don't know about you but when I went into surgery I could only see a tiny slither of vision at the outer corner of my eye in what was the blackest black of blindness, and that was only about 50 hours after first signs of detachment - it was so quick. Yes my sight changed significantly in my affected left eye, both in terms of size and distortion. My right eye now has to do all the detailed work like reading text. I'm very protective of it as it would significantly affect my life if the same thing happened to the good eye. I'm sure you feel the same about your other eye. I wouldn't want to have a cataract operation on it unless I absolutely had to because of the additional risk. Have you got a problem with your other eye? Your consultant may want to give you some treatment as a precaution but I don't think this is very common unless there are some small tears or areas of weakness on the retina. I do now take special eye vitamins to give my eyes as much help as they can get - they are for macular degeneration which I haven't got, but for me looking after my eyes is now a priority. It's too easy to take our sight for granted. I wish you the best of luck with your recovery,
sgray57 thanks a lot for your quick reply and good wishes. When I got to the hospital for the first time, my left eye was half blocked. When I came to the hospital 5 days later for the surgery it was the same as yours. A tiny fringe of my left side vision was left. The doctor said he would do a preventative operation on my good eye but he changed his mind. He will see me on 18 Jan and then decide. My good eye is vulnerable to detach according to him. How about you? Was your right eye operated on? I remember you were saying the similar thing about your right eye. During my operation my good eye came out to be bloodshot as well. But it was not operated. I don't really understand the doctors. Apart from having distortion, my central vision is blurry. I am 41 and now I am doing my PhD. This has caused much depression in me as I am losing my passion for my study. As you said our good eye should be protected I much as it can be. Now we only have one eye to read. We indeed took our vision for granted. Now I know so much about eye and vision. I regret I didn't learn these things before. Otherwise I would have acted very differently. In your case the nurses made a mistake and made you wait longer. For me it was mostly because of my own negligence. I should not have slept when I had a small patch of black cloud in the corner of my eye. When I woke up in the morning it was already half way to the center of my vision. It took 6 hours for the doctors to identify my situation. I read a very new article about macula, which says waiting for a week may not good for a macula off surgery. Days not weeks matter. 2 week theory is old, but I guess our doctors are still sticking to the old studies. I hope 2017 will bring us good luck and health.
Hi, Sorry for not answering your question sooner. Yes I did get my sight back but not as it was pre-detachment. I could see a bit after the surgery but was much more short-sighted, which got worse until I had the cataract op. I was left with distortion in that eye which makes reading text difficult unless it's large print, and also recognising people at a distance can be challenging. I rely heavily on my 'good' eye for detailed vision so just hope it doesn't develop problems.
+sgray57 my dad is 14 days past his opp, and sees Street lights as fireworks going off.... where as up to the operation his symptoms literally mirrored your own... his 'head positions' were nowhere near as strict as the ones you had to follow. .. I'm concerned that they didn't care about recovery as much as your heath care may have been... I'm also concerned that his eye sight could have been saved a year ago when he reported problems with wavy vision. ... I feel that due to a lack of urgency, his eye sight could have been improved if not saved? Macula pucker, Vitreous Drained.
+sgray57 additionally, his left eye (the opp) is looking bad... the iris is fixed open.... out of sync with working right eye... the eye lid is noticeably 'drooped', as though the eye is physically smaller than previously. and everything is blurred with him...
Because I am very short-sighted. Things are blurred unless a few inches from my nose! It is a small risk for anyone that is -6 diopters. Long sighted people (+ not - correction) don't have this problem.
Yes Vijay, In India vitrectomy is available. I have got it done a 3 weeks in Bangalore. Good facilities and good doctors are around. Best part in my case by the diagnosis, which was done in 12 hours after i started seeing floaters and immediately a Laser barrage was performed to contain the retinal tear. next day vitrectomy was performed with some more Laser and a gas bubble (SF6) was inserted to supported the fixed retina. I was in head down position (pomp) for 2 weeks and afterwards bubble was absorbed. I have got 90% vision back and really happy with it. In a recent review consultation with my retina specialist one more Laser was done to further strengthen the retina. So far poer has increased a little bit from -2.5 to 3.75. What I understood in retinal detachment is the timely diagnosis and treatment.
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Thanks so much for your two eye videos. I've seen in the comments that you started working on the next part but were delayed by health & family caring issues. I hope all is going well for you on those fronts. Please, whenever you feel ready, do post your further updates. Your way of telling your story is very relatable and it is very helpful to have content such as yours.
I am at day 12 post vitrectomy and feeling very fortunate as my detachment was only in the peripheral vision. The SF6 gas bubble is now just a small disc when I look down and a flat blob along the bottom when looking straight ahead. A few more days and I expect it will be gone. Above the jiggly meniscus is my normal vision (with a little flaring, alas), below it is still a fish tank. I can't tell yet how the repair has gone as the meniscus is still in the way; but, really, it seems any vision loss will be negligible. I am dismayed, of course, that I will need cataract surgery in the next year or two as a result of the operation.
Listening to your story (and others) I realise it could have been so much worse. It is so important for everyone to be aware that with retinal tears and detachments the first 48 hours are critical.
It is easy to dismiss the beginning of vision change as being nothing much and to not be assertive enough in pushing for attention within those critical 48 hours.
I first became aware of a slightly odd sensation with my eye on a Saturday, say early afternoon, but couldn't quite place what it was. Maybe just the vague awareness of an occasional dark spot in one corner when looking a certain way. By Sunday morning I had identified the dark spot and decided that I would call the optometrist first thing Monday for an appointment. I suspected retinal detachment from something read in the distant past but still the significance of timeliness escaped me.
The optometrist couldn't fit me in until 3:30 pm Monday. He did a thorough exam, identified the detachment and told me to go to eye hospital right away. He also said to take snacks and reading material as it could be a long wait. Doing a round trip home to pick up supplies and feed pets took an hour. By the time I was checking in at hospital emergency at 5:45 pm I was aware of a thin glowing crescent at the edge of the dark spot and, later while waiting, a dark brown/reddish colour in the dark spot that hadn't been there before (that you describe so well in your video). It also seemed to be growing slightly.
I left the hospital at 9:45 pm with referral for examination by a surgeon at 7:30 am next day and was operated on by him at 12:30 pm.
I feel very fortunate but there are also some lessons learnt. In hindsight, I should have gone directly to the eye hospital on Sunday, as soon as the dark spot became apparent. Failing that, I should have gone to any local optometrist who could fit me in immediately early on the Monday rather than wait to see my regular guy two suburbs away in the late afternoon. Failing that, I should have gone directly to the hospital without going home - and certainly not bothering to pick up any snacks. It is not a good idea to eat on the way to hospital emergency, even if hungry, as they won't then be able to operate on a person with food on board even if they want to.
Had I gone for attention sooner I might have got away with simple laser work to fix a retinal tear and no vitrectomy and no resulting cataract.
As I said, I feel very fortunate as I seem to be on track for a good outcome. I mention the shortfalls only to illustrate how easy it is to make a series of small decisions that can amount to something very bad indeed.
I am in the US and this video was very informative and helpful. I just had this surgery done 10 days ago. This was very similar to my experience. The doctor (surgeon) says I am making very good progress. The difference is that my surgery was done no less than 6 weeks after its initial occurrence. This was due to medical insurance coverage issues. I am 63, but not 65, so I am not eligible for Medicare. Thank you, GOP SOB Congress!! For fighting and opposing national health care so hard, thank you!!
I seriously considered postponing the surgery for 2 years, so that it would be covered. As it was, I decided to have it and ended up paying the $6000 price myself. And there is more to come. I haven't regretted it so far. I hope I won't in the future. I know I'm going to need cataract surgery in the future. I'll most likely probably delay that until I am 65 and covered by Medicare. Until then, I guess I'll just be half blind, but at least I won't be broke!!
Best wishes and good luck to you! Wishing you a complete recovery.
annwrog it was cheaper for me to pay cash than run it thru insurance thanks to the high deductible (thank you sob Obamacare). I found a good doctor that gave me a discount for paying cash. That said I am somewhat alarmed at the people that think healthcare should be free. News flash, nothing is free as someone has to pay for it. Too many people run to the doctor for every sniffle and abuse the system thinking there is a pill cure for everything. I will agree that insurance companies and doctors may be greedy and the so called affordable healthcare act did nothing but line the pockets of insurance companies, so don't go blaming the GOP. I've got news for you, the democrats are far worse than the worthless republicans in congress.
There should be 3 levels of care. Free health care but you may not like the service and wait, then those who chose private healthcare, then a third level for those fortunate enough to pay cash. I'm sorry, but life isn't fair but that's where we are at and have to live with it
Thank you so much for your detailed, informative video’s, I’ve seen all of your video’s up to the 12 month anniversary and I really appreciate you sharing this under such stressful conditions. I wished I’d seen this when I had my problem. I had this curtain effect happen to my left eye at the age of 57 in 2020. It was a Saturday late afternoon, I phoned the local optican, who advised me to go the local hospital who tested my eye and my vision was black. I was referred to a larger hospital and had that same panic attack you had, I was asked to return three days later. Just before the operation, he checked my eye again and told me I now had a wrinkle on the retina as well as PVR so was unable to use a gas bubble and had to use silicone oil where there was only a 55/100 of success. Because of this he would have to fit a scleral buckle and had to warn me that my eye would look
slightly different and to have a further operation to drain the oil, I had to face down postering for 10 days with fortnightly appointments to the hospital for 6 months however it was a success, however like your vision it was compromised and I later discovered that the macular detached as well. I again developed the cataract 6 months later and had laser surgery. He told me that the retina on my other eye was thinning and to watch out. Nearly 3 years to the day, recently I had an arch of light flashing on and off, again at midnight on a Saturday, I was driven two hours away and it wasn’t spotted immediately however he finally found a small tear in the peripheral vision at the top and lasered immediately, I’ve since been to my local optican I now visit 6 monthy, she has scanned me and the vitous gel has partically come away so I’ve now got to be careful. As I had’nt had the follow up promised, I sent the scan to the consultant. A week later I developed very bold black large spots all across both eyes, I immediately got in the car. They said that there was no problem with my eyes, had I. had a migraine, which I had ‘t. On my return, I phoned the lady I’d sent the scan to who made me an urgent appointment as I was on his clinic list. When I arrived they weren’t too concerned about my good eye, I justed needed to be aware that the same could happen. However he did another scan on the macular and explained that I had fluid in the eye which I understand is Macular Adema, I’m now on steroid drops, awaiting a steroid injection to hopefully reduce the fluid. If it doesn’t I’ll have to have a further operation to pull back the membrane.
It’s certainly been a journey and living in fear that it can all wrong again.
I do hope you see my message and both of your eyes are stable.
Thank you again.
I’m really sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to your comment and to hear about your frightening detachment experience and treatment with a scleral buckle. Thank goodness your sight was able to be restored, albeit compromised after you went through the onerous treatment. I hope that your macular oedema has now gone along with the black spots. That must have been very scary and stressful.
I found after my own experience that for several years I felt nervous about travelling in case I had another detachment and wasn’t near a hospital who could deal with it. I booked annual appointments with the retinal surgeon to check that there were no problems brewing and it did give some reassurance, although a tear can happen in a flash. I haven’t seen him since lockdown when I did have another panic and lockdown only added to the stress of trying to get an appointment. I had a sudden appearance of black floaters in my treated eye and thought here we go again. However it turned out to be debris that had escaped from the lens capsule which was there as a result of the cataract op. Over time these floaters have all disappeared and my eyes have been stable, touch wood. Thankfully your tear was found and treated before anything worse happened. Once the PVD is complete you should have less to worry about as it’s the pulling it causes on the retina that is the issue. I was told that the vitreous in my good eye is fully detached so I’m at less risk from it happening again, but it doesn’t stop me worrying. If I get a blob of mascara on an eyelash that starts to encroach on my vision it’s always a panic moment … I don’t think that’ll ever change!
Thank you so much for sharing your own experience and do keep up the regular checks to head off any potential problems whilst trying to enjoy life - it’s all we can do.
Take care.
Thanks for posting this, I know it is gong back some years, but never the less I found it so informative, Thanks again for sharing. I would be nice for an update on things to see how you are doing now ?
Thank you for taking the time to record and post this. Very helpful to others.
your first video was not boring ng it was very informative
Your delay in treatment by the hospital was shocking. We have an eye hospital in my city which has a 24 hr emergency dept so any concerns we can access help asap.
I live in Denver. You'd tj9nk a city this size would have one too. It doesn't
I was told that if macula was detached the operation could be delayed for up to two weeks. They say there is no statistical difference between doing the surgery within this time frame. So I waited for nearly a week after the diagnosis. We both missed the deadline for getting back our full visions. I look forward to your next video. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
I can't believe the run around that you got-- you should have been seen straight away - your symptoms were as serious as it gets and should have been treated straight away. Hope your going all right now and things are looking up ( no pun intended) I'm four weeks out from having buckle- gas- and laser and things are starting to get back to normal.
Best wishes from Tasmania
Hi Mark, good luck with your recovery - I hope you're doing well and your vision is back to as near normal as possible.
Her problem was that she was dealing with an optician and not an OD or MD. They are useless in these scenarios
@@aj_aka_alanagreed. But they should know the limits of their expertise. If they cant find anything due to their lack of knowledge or equipment they should tell you to get to a specialist immediately. For them not to should be criminal
So sorry for the delay in posting the promised Parts 2 and 3. I have been dealing with a couple of personal crises since finishing part one, namely a very badly broken wrist and a seriously ill partner in hospital. For some reason I don't seem to be able to answer anyone individually.
Hi Nick, to answer your question - no, the distortion hasn't improved and I don't expect it to now, although I'm sure it was worse in the early stages of recovery unless I've just got more used to seeing the distortion over the last year and a half. I hope you're doing okay since your surgery.
Glad I live in the USA, everything isn’t perfect but when I had floaters my Optometrist, after dilating my pupil, sent me to the retinal surgeon the same day. I had a Pneumatic Retinopexy on 5/4 and I have another appointment 6/1. Hoping for a good outcome. I’m 67.
sgray57 did you ever regain your sight back? I was looking for a part 2 and 3
I had surgery for retinal detachment for my left eye earlier this month July 2022.. I am 27 this year and had been wearing glasses since i was 6.. so what happened to me was I initially felt fatigue in my left eye one day.. specific enough to make me aware and feeling the need to rest.. then the next day i started having floaters.. and the day after it started to be cloudy on the top right edge for about 20% of my vision.. by the hours it felt like it expanded.. so i felt i need immediate care as it fits the symptom of retinal detachment.. by the time i got into my surgery within 3 days.. the cloud in my left eye has reached 50-60% of my vision.. From what i know when it has reached middle part or more of the Retina, it is considered as heavier case.. My Surgery was to put buckle in my eye and gas bubble to keep my retina attached.. I need to do Posturing exactly as yours for a week and in another two weeks the gas has completely dissolved.. Currently i am in week 4 post surgery.. My vision is distorted(wavy), especially when reading small texts.. I am going to check on how much more shortsighted i am in 3 weeks.. I hope my left eye vision will still improve as i heard acquaintances with similar experience, their vision improved from the distortion even tho it takes time (months, probably years)..
Good luck for everybody recovering from retinal detachment.. Looking forward to your update as well ma'am
I’m really sorry that you had to go thru all of that. I had surgery 12 days ago with 2 tears with a glass bubble inserted. I still have no vision in that eye an d it’s really scary. Best of luck to you and no more surgeries 🙂
Any improvement in vision now?
How you doing after this time
@@leoescdero4308 I had 2 glaucoma surgeries, retina & cataract. Pressure is lower, but I have headaches & my eye is not the same. Thanks for asking.
@@fitzart6291 my vision is worse.
Hello ma'am how's your eye now? Did your vision came back to normal?
I just want to know the update thanks!
Rom GD I wanna know that too
Hi .maam did your vision came back to normal
thank you so much for the effort you bring for making this videos!
Thank you - I hope you find it helpful
Hi,l have just come across your video.l am 59,female,living in uk.l had the vitrectomy for retinal detatchment almost 6 months ago,and l am developing a cateract.l hope everything is ok with you now.Thank you for your videos.
Hi Catherine, I’m sorry to hear you’ve had a retinal detachment and I do hope the result of your vitrectomy is good with your vision fully restored. Like you I developed a cataract and it was after about 6 months that I had it dealt with. I ended up choosing to have a lens that gave me distance vision in my treated eye so now I have one very short sighted eye and one long sighted eye which can be difficult for the glasses prescription but does mean that it’s easier to see without my glasses. Thankfully no more detachments, touch wood. I hope all will be well with you after your developing cataract has been dealt with. Good luck and best wishes.
Do u still get flashes ?
@@ziadismail753 yes I do get some occasional flashes in both the treated eye and untreated but it doesn’t happen a lot now.
That's terrible! They should be sued for not attending you! So sorry!
Thank you I just watched your other video and I’m watching this one now in my bubble is halfway down my eye and I can see the distortions on the top and all the glare and everything just like you said I had a full detachment as well on my lifetime and I’m on my sixth day at the moment
Thank you for watching William. I hope your recovery goes well and you find your vision returns to a reasonable level once the gas bubble has gone. Good luck!
@@sgray57 thank you I had one question. Dost the warping image get better? Even with the bubble i can see the warping of images? Thanks again
@@williamkirkland5016 Yes in my own experience it did get better over time - possibly up to a year. To start off with peoples’ faces were distorted when I was only a few feet away, but that’s improved a lot. My vision is still distorted and that’s not likely to change. I can find reading narrow text difficult as parts of it are squashed up, and recognising faces at a distance is not great. Your other unaffected eye will probably take over so you may not notice it too much.
Same happened to me. Why is ok for these optometrists to do this? Why isn't there any legal recourse? They all know the dangers of detachment and the symptoms associated with them.
I am -6.00 in one eye and 5.50 in the other. I alot of have floaters in both my eyes and see flashes at the side of my eyes. This has been going on since 7-8 years. I have seen doctors for my condition and they have checked and assured that my retina is attached but I have to be careful. I also work in an industry where I have to work on computer for full day. I am worried if detachment can happen to me in the future.
Parul any sudden decrease in vision and peripheral field loss. Immediately see ophthalmologist.
Usually RD has 4Fs
1. Floaters 2. Field loss 3. Flashes of light specially in dim light 4. Fall in visual acuity .
Take care .
Insatiable Soul Hi there! I have the same condition like you but my myopia is higher then yours... same symptoms. I have checked with the doctors (3 of them) and nothing it’s wrong. How are you feeling? Did the flashes go away ? Did you have any retinal tear/detachment? Thank you
@@suzanar7186 hi. I am in week 2 of recovery from retinal detachment surgery. The surgeon said it had been torn for at least 12 months. The only symptoms I had was flashing in the outer part of my vision. No vision loss.
Alison Myers Thank you for your reply. Wishing you quick recovery and may God Bless you! ❤️
@@suzanar7186 how are you now ? I'm having same issues like you ... would like know your current condition
i am upset that the medical assitance wsn't listening to your concerns........
Happy new year! Hope you are doing well.
Mam can you please reply?do you have family history of retinal detachment?
You never posted Part 2?
Hello, i hope things are going a bit better for you now? I've watched both your vitrectomy videos and found both of them very useful and informative. I've had lots of problems with my eyes over recent years with the most recent problems being a huge retinal tear and detatchment followed by a retinal hole with detatchment just 5 weeks after the the tear and first vitrectomy (i am still posturing after the second vitrectomy for the retinal hole repair). i am 40 years old and am also based in the UK and a lot of what you described happened to me also. i was just wondering if you were able to post parts 2 and 3 onto youtube as i would be very interested in watching them. thank you
Hi Katherine, I'm sorry to hear of your eye issues and that you've had to go through two vitrectomies. I hope things are better for you and the treatment has been successful in repairing the retinal hole. I'm sorry that I still haven't posted my other promised parts 2 and 3 as intended. Please check in again as I will get them on line when I can. Thank you for your feedback and best wishes for your recovery.
hi i also had a vitrectomy and scleral buckle 9days ago, may i know if the distortion already disappeared? i also see distortion same with your previous video. thanks
Why did you stop making videos?
I am wondering if there is more than the two videos that I saw about your retinal detachment. I hope you are doing well I am three weeks postoperatively. My story is so similar to yours although I did have silicon oil instead of gas. Have you had any more issues with your bad eye or your good Eye and do they keep an extra careful check on your good Eye?
Hi, I’m sorry to hear you’re going through this and hope your recovery progresses well. I do have another video I made about 4 years ago or more which I still need to finish and post - one day I’ll get round to it I hope! To answer your question ... my eye has been stable since the retinal repair, subsequent cataract surgery and YAG laser capsulotomy up till around May last year during lockdown when suddenly I noticed a number of new floaters. I panicked thinking another detachment was about to happen and tried to see a retinal surgeon for reassurance, but because of the Covid situation I was told it would be difficult. I did manage to get an urgent appointment with a good ophthalmologist who worked alongside the retinal surgeon and he checked me out quite thoroughly. He said I had quite a lot of scar tissue that had developed where I had the retinal repair work done but no sign of new tears that he could see. About a week later I managed to see the retinal surgeon who checked me out and said I had ‘Elschings pearls’ - debris that had escaped from the lens capsule resulting from the cataract surgery, but no sign of other new retinal problems. The floaters have since disappeared but my vision in my affected eye has become rather misty since then which is apparently (as was explained to me at my recent visit to the opticians for a sight test) because I have some cells which have attached themselves to the plastic intra-ocular lens and are causing this misty vision. I am now waiting for an appointment to have these cells lasered away which I hope will improve things. I’m very protective of my right eye and get it checked out once a year by the retinal surgeon although there are no guarantees from one day to the next with this situation. I wish you all the best and hope you’re fortunate to have a good return to your pre detachment vision once things have settled down.
@@sgray57 thank you so much for replying. I had a few flashes tonight, and now I can’t sleep wondering if the retina is detaching again. I did call the retina clinic but I never really got a clear answer. So.. I will probably have to try to see my surgeon for peace of mind, which Is complicated by Covid and our Canadian weather! I really wish that I could find a support group! I’ve never been an anxious person, but one little flash and I’m scared to death! I’m finding the unknown and the anxiety are consuming me:(
Thank you again! It really helps to talk to someone that understands!
@@loriwegenast8190 yes I completely understand how you feel and the constant anxiety that it could happen again. I had anxious moments too and went back to get checked out at the hospital more than once. I was frightened to go away on holiday and not be able to get to an eye hospital should I need it. The worry of a no warning situation that would need urgent attention was with me for a long time. I’m better now and have felt confident enough to travel but it took a while for the fear not to rule my life. A support group would certainly be helpful as it’s a very scary experience. Best wishes and take care.
Hope you are doing very well.
3 weeks into my operation. the gas bubble is still there. it's half way down tough. I can see it bobbing when I move my head. I see the DR next week for a follow up. is this normal? my retina was near total detachment.
Hi, thanks for sharing your experience. I’m sorry to hear that you’ve also gone through this and it sounds very similar to my own experience. Yes you will see the gas bubble bobbing around in a rather disconcerting way as it gradually gets absorbed and as each day goes by it’ll reduce in size until completely disappeared. You may have some distortion as I have, but for me it’s mainly reading text that’s difficult and some reduction of the detail I can see in darker conditions. I wish you a good follow up result and fast recovery from your op.
it started with blurry right eye. then the dreaded shadow taking up all but a sliver of vision at the top. I realized I was all but blind in that eye. they got on it pretty fast, the vitrectomy went well. though recovery is miserable and painful.the pain is less and less now that weird bubble bobbling in my eye, what I can see is there, but darker than the other eye. still early yet. it's alarming how fast this can occur. I can't think too far ahead or I'll go bananas. Thanks for replying!@@sgray57
thanks for the video my experiance is very similar to yours at the moment this is the 11th day after the op and just lying down left side watching the bubble going down.
only differance had catteract op about 2 years ago had both eyes done about 6 months apart and went from short sighted to long sighted, did the distorted vision improve?
Hi Nick, sorry for the very late response. I hope you have had a good result following your vitrectomy and your vision has recovered to as near pre-RD as possible. To answer your question, no the distorted vision is still there but it may have improved a bit from the first few weeks after surgery. Either that or I'm just becoming more used to it - hard to know.
I had 3 dilated tests in the last month.I started seeing floaters when i was very little (about 6-7) and then i noticed them again when i was 18.I went to the doctor and he said dont worry about it.3 months ago i started noticing them again and i went to the doctor again.Same thing..Possible pvd and nothing to worry about.In the last month they have gotten worse than ever.I can see the floaters all the time (In both eyes),even in very low light conditions..My eyes are now FULL of them and my left eye is way worse.I got 1 huge one, one big one and about 10 smaller ones in the left eye.2 weeks ago i went to the doctor again because my eyes were worse and i felt like something is wrong.They saw my eyes for about an hour..Everything was fine again..Now its been a week and i think that my vision is darker and strange...I belive its from the anxiety because i cant stop thinking about my vision..You know...That constant fear of going blind or something bad will happen..Paranoia.
Find a different doctor. These sound like quacks.
@@herodotusofhalicarnasis2394i believe i got the floaters for whatever reason but my mind is making up everything else.I dont believe i have something serious because the saw my rentina in detail and could see if i had something serious.My brain is the problem. I see the floaters yes but i belive i can see them x1000000 because my mind thinks about it all the time
@@JOHNNYwxw I’m having the same anxiety as you described, I’m 3 weeks post op... please tell me you are not as anxious and doing better
@@loriwegenast8190 inhave the floaters but i dont care anymore :).
@@JOHNNYwxw same here brother.i noticed floaters when i was 15.only 1or 2 .then i started to more of them when I was 17 my doctor checked my eyes and said my eyes are healthy after 2 week i get a lot of new floaters especially tiny one about 20-25 floaters i was really worried i went to my doctor again she dilated my eyes and said its healthy no problem with eyes.but i dont know why my floaters are increasing i have really bad anxiety sometimes panic attack too
I don't know anything about diopters but what you mean about -6 or more means that its -6,-5,-4,-3 did you mean less than -6?
Hi, sorry if the diopter comment is confusing. "Or more" in this case means a higher minus figure, which means worse myopia (short-sightedness) needing higher strength correction. So in this case -6, -6.25, -6.50, -6.75, -7 and so on.
Hello...
introduce my name budiono, my age 29 years living in indonesia. some time ago I went to the hospital for my eye examination, and the results of an examination by an ophthalmologist, I have retinal detachment, and according to the doctor my eyes can not be healed again.
here I want to ask if true retinal detachment disease can not be cured anymore.
explanation please
thank you for your attention
yudi ragil HOW IS YOUR VISION NOW BEST WISHES
It can be cured
Hi, if you get a surgery very soon, it can be cured.
Hello. I had virtually the exact same experience with a macula-off detachment. I am just at 10 weeks post op. My gas bubble finally went away over the weekend. I, too, now have wavy distortion and see smaller images in the operated eye. I am also severely myopic and have lattice degeneration in my “good” eye as well. My surgeon has recommended preventative lasering, in the good eye, to help to prevent a detachment. Did you have any preventative lasering done? As you well know, the thought of doing anything to the good eye is frightening. Do you have degeneration in your good eye? Have you had any problems with it? I am consumed with anxiety and fear that something will happen to my one good eye. It is so helpful to find posts like your videos. There just isn’t a lot of information out there. I would love to talk more with you, about the years since your procedure
Christine Konecny do the docs think your vision will become more sharp? I know they say it can take a year
I have gone through similar experience had RD operated & oil filled, then 2nd operation to remove oil. I am recovered but still have some black spots and floters it was painful few months.
now are u ok
In may 27 2017 i had retinal detachment surgery which was fair enough as i can t see clearly from my right operated eye now in april 2018 the doctr recommend another surgery of silicone oil removal. Iam extremely worried that what happen after that surgery will the doctr after fewmonths again put oil throuhh surgery plz somone share their experience
I had rd oil filled..3 weeks ago, my doc fixed 1 hole and 4 rips. This has been the worst experience of my life!! Now the presure in my eye is up. I get headaches every day..and my face hurts. And i still have to have the oil removed in 2 months. Has this happend to anyone else????
Wendi Casella I had Rd too with silicons oil I wanna know wha happen to u? How long do u have to do the face down posistion doctor said if u had head ache probably the pressure gone up u have to be checked that what’s happen to me they gave me drops then it’s ok.
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I had this surgery ~12 days ago. The gas line has dropped down about half way. Everything is blurry above the line at this point. My Dr has started talking about cataract surgery so I was interested when you mentioned that at the end of Part 1. I'm starting to think this surgery causes cataracts in a lot of cases. I am 43 so I don't think I should have a cataract under normal conditions. Thanks for sharing this information and I hope you get through your medical issues quickly.
Hi David, yes the treatment will bring on a premature cataract unfortunately. Mine developed over about six months which was in line with what I was told when I had my vitrectomy. I had cataract surgery 6 months later and now my sight in the affected eye is as good as it's going to be - far from perfect but much better than it could have been. I hope your surgery has given you a good result and your vision returns as close as possible to pre-detachment level. Good luck and a speedy recovery.
Thank you David. It was some time ago now and I hope that you have come through your treatment well and have regained your vision without issues.
+sgray57 I did develop an immediate cataract. I had the lense replaced and my vision corrected in that one eye.
So my current state is in one eye I wear a contact and in the other eye none. This is good for distance but not so much for near vision.
Long story short my vision is much improved from where I was a year ago.
How has your vision been post surgery?
I like you wear a single contact lens in my 'good' eye but have a special pair of varifocals to use to give me close vision when I need it. Otherwise I just end up wearing my old pre detachment varifocals which let me see out of one eye only. I guess I've got used to that but it's not ideal as I often misjudge positions of things because I'm no longer seeing in 3D.
After nearly a month after my surgery very similar to yours, now I find I am seeing everything smaller than its original size. Did it happen to you? I hope it did not. I wonder what will happen in the future.
I also was told that my other eye would be operated as well, but it was not operated. The doctor says he will see the situation when I come back next month.
Yes, we are now more savvy than some opticians who did not warn us on time. Still doctors are too busy to tell us many things. I have just learned from other people that we should take multivitamins for eyes, and that will help.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you too! Thank you for sharing your own experience which certainly was similar to mine with macula off. I hope you're doing well. I know that once the macula is off the urgency for surgery is much less as the damage by then is already done, sadly, and the outcomes are not supposed to be significantly different if a week goes by. I don't know about you but when I went into surgery I could only see a tiny slither of vision at the outer corner of my eye in what was the blackest black of blindness, and that was only about 50 hours after first signs of detachment - it was so quick.
Yes my sight changed significantly in my affected left eye, both in terms of size and distortion. My right eye now has to do all the detailed work like reading text. I'm very protective of it as it would significantly affect my life if the same thing happened to the good eye. I'm sure you feel the same about your other eye. I wouldn't want to have a cataract operation on it unless I absolutely had to because of the additional risk. Have you got a problem with your other eye? Your consultant may want to give you some treatment as a precaution but I don't think this is very common unless there are some small tears or areas of weakness on the retina.
I do now take special eye vitamins to give my eyes as much help as they can get - they are for macular degeneration which I haven't got, but for me looking after my eyes is now a priority. It's too easy to take our sight for granted. I wish you the best of luck with your recovery,
sgray57 thanks a lot for your quick reply and good wishes. When I got to the hospital for the first time, my left eye was half blocked. When I came to the hospital 5 days later for the surgery it was the same as yours. A tiny fringe of my left side vision was left. The doctor said he would do a preventative operation on my good eye but he changed his mind. He will see me on 18 Jan and then decide. My good eye is vulnerable to detach according to him. How about you? Was your right eye operated on? I remember you were saying the similar thing about your right eye. During my operation my good eye came out to be bloodshot as well. But it was not operated. I don't really understand the doctors. Apart from having distortion, my central vision is blurry. I am 41 and now I am doing my PhD. This has caused much depression in me as I am losing my passion for my study. As you said our good eye should be protected I much as it can be. Now we only have one eye to read.
We indeed took our vision for granted. Now I know so much about eye and vision. I regret I didn't learn these things before. Otherwise I would have acted very differently. In your case the nurses made a mistake and made you wait longer. For me it was mostly because of my own negligence. I should not have slept when I had a small patch of black cloud in the corner of my eye. When I woke up in the morning it was already half way to the center of my vision. It took 6 hours for the doctors to identify my situation.
I read a very new article about macula, which says waiting for a week may not good for a macula off surgery. Days not weeks matter. 2 week theory is old, but I guess our doctors are still sticking to the old studies.
I hope 2017 will bring us good luck and health.
You are very brave
Hello did you get your full sight back and how long did your sight come back take ??
Hi, Sorry for not answering your question sooner. Yes I did get my sight back but not as it was pre-detachment. I could see a bit after the surgery but was much more short-sighted, which got worse until I had the cataract op. I was left with distortion in that eye which makes reading text difficult unless it's large print, and also recognising people at a distance can be challenging. I rely heavily on my 'good' eye for detailed vision so just hope it doesn't develop problems.
How is your eyes now :((
part 2 & 3????
Sorry - greatly delayed due to broken wrist and caring for very sick partner.
+sgray57 my dad is 14 days past his opp, and sees Street lights as fireworks going off....
where as up to the operation his symptoms literally mirrored your own...
his 'head positions' were nowhere near as strict as the ones you had to follow. .. I'm concerned that they didn't care about recovery as much as your heath care may have been...
I'm also concerned that his eye sight could have been saved a year ago when he reported problems with wavy vision. ...
I feel that due to a lack of urgency, his eye sight could have been improved if not saved?
Macula pucker, Vitreous Drained.
+sgray57 additionally, his left eye (the opp) is looking bad... the iris is fixed open.... out of sync with working right eye... the eye lid is noticeably 'drooped', as though the eye is physically smaller than previously.
and everything is blurred with him...
WHY DID YOU GET DRTACHMENT
Because I am very short-sighted. Things are blurred unless a few inches from my nose! It is a small risk for anyone that is -6 diopters. Long sighted people (+ not - correction) don't have this problem.
any doctor in india have done retinal detachment
Yes Vijay, In India vitrectomy is available. I have got it done a 3 weeks in Bangalore. Good facilities and good doctors are around. Best part in my case by the diagnosis, which was done in 12 hours after i started seeing floaters and immediately a Laser barrage was performed to contain the retinal tear. next day vitrectomy was performed with some more Laser and a gas bubble (SF6) was inserted to supported the fixed retina. I was in head down position (pomp) for 2 weeks and afterwards bubble was absorbed. I have got 90% vision back and really happy with it. In a recent review consultation with my retina specialist one more Laser was done to further strengthen the retina. So far poer has increased a little bit from -2.5 to 3.75. What I understood in retinal detachment is the timely diagnosis and treatment.
@@vishalgargable Aapne kis hospital se operation kraya tha sir aur aapki vision kya h sir