My Retinal Detachment and Health Anxiety
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- The story of how I almost lost my vision, the surgery I underwent, and my recovery afterward.
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thanks for this video.. i don't feel alone anymore.. well somehow.. to those who underwent the surgery.. and the situation that we miss having a complete okay vision.. I will tell to everyone that we can all get through this... I will pray that everyone here will be fine and be okay soon..
It happens very fast
I had it done too.
How is your recovery? Do you have any pain? Is your vision better now?
I had a scleral buckle surgery 2 weeks ago. I only had to keep my head down half a day but i did it for 2 days to be safe. My eye reattached and vision is coming back slowly.
Hey what ABT now ?has your vision come back completely ?
How's it now? I had the surgery 15 days ago. Nd even the slightest of blur in my other eye terrifies me thinking what if the retina of the other eye also detaches! What if I'm never able to see normal again. I'm scared
@@keyaapathak its pretty good now. I drive a forklift at my job and I'm very comfortable now. Its only difficult to see very small things.
@@keyaapathak my tear was severe which is why I needed the scleral buckle. With your surgeon now monitoring your vision a smaller tear wld be easier to repair and not require the same type of surgery. I wldnt worry. All we can do is stay positive and keep going no matter the situation.
@@KingSausage74bro did it happened cause of high myopia cause I am depressed from few weeks because I have high myopia -6 both eyes im 18 last time it was stable I am very much feared pls motivate me I can't scare my family by telling this
Glad you’re okay man 🙏
I had my right eye detach partially and surgery was like you, the next day which I was a nervous wreck. It has been 10 years and I see but smaller and have severe dry eyes. I know drops can be addicting but very warm compresses help alot! It's my life. Thankful to see at all. Your video was perfect. Good for all of us!
Anxiety is perfectly ok after an eye problem, hope your feeling better
I just got diagnosed of having retinal detachment yesterday. But due to the COVID pandemic, there are no available doctors/facilities that could accommodate me despite its urgency. I am panicking and paranoid about being told to undergo Vitrectomy. But THANK YOU for your encouraging words. I am really scared but looking forward to have this procedure done in order for my vision to go back to normal.
go to doctors as soon s you can.I had retinal detachment when I was a kid byt I went to doctor late and now I lost my right eye vision
@@masterchiller807 really good comment. They said they're panicking and can't get into a doctor and you just made it worse I'm sure.
@Big Man No....its not. They said they CANT get into a doctor. They know its urgent. They CANT get in so saying get in ASAP or you'll go blind is just gonna cause more Panic cause they CANT. Hopefully this person is okay and I hate to argue under such a serious post. Easy to throw salt on a wound thinking that youre helping.
@Big Man Tell it to the person that made the comment. Tell them if they cant get treatment its cause they don't care about their vision enough. Were in the middle of a phony pandemic over politics fucking up healthcare for everybody and youre gonna trash somebody thats saying they can't get treatment cause they dont care enough. Stfu dude. We know how serious it is, youre just insensitve.
@Big Man were both right . idk why were arguing about this. We both look like fucking ass holes
I've got flashing lights right now, but they say I don't have any tears or holes or detachment (yet), so we'll see... evidently lots of people go through this process of potentially damaging their retina as they age.
Thank you so much for your video. I’m currently recovering, I experienced a partial retinal detachment in my right eye. I had a lot of anxiety and still struggle sometimes with it, but I realized how God is in control and it helped me greatly. It caused my relationship with Him to strengthen. How’s your vision today? Any distortion?
And are you experiencing any cataracts forming, I’m 26 and you seem young as well, so i was wondering how our age group would be affected by the risk of developing a cataract
@@acesylvester7024 I didn't have any distortion in vision. I finally have cataract surgery scheduled for two weeks from now. It's really cloudy in that eye and didn't form until 13 months after my vitrectomy. I'm not as anxious about it primarily because it's a very common and quick procedure.
@@prismcounseling before you had the surgery was the cloudy eye like a mist form on the blacks of the eye when you blinked - also before the RD did u hav flashes or floaters
@@bliessedgiwa9085 I primarily had flashes (like someone taking a photo with a flash camera near my face). Everyone's symptoms are different, so if you are having any, you'll want to see an ophthalmologist, or at least an optometrist.
@@prismcounseling do you still get flashes now and if so how often? What's your schedule for check ups with the doctor now?
Thanks for sharing. Currently on day 1. Difficult to stay down but doing it. Will look for the mirror.
Glad to see you healed up man. Im going through this now and yea! Anxiety? OMG. Ive never had anxiety until this year and its so bad. Panic attacks, anxiety. Im on forced vacation and out of time now too. My detachment happened the day before Thanksgiving 2022. Rushed to surgery right then and there. Pneumatic Retinopexy. Gas bubble. Cryo. Laser. So today is day 11 and my eyesght in my right eye looking thru the bubble is awful bt Dr says everything is going along perfectly.
Please believe in healing and know the anxiety will be less as you decide it is a new lifestyle. I felt sorry for myself and my family brought my courage for doing more things and not being a miserable person. Our doctors are miracle healers in a sense. Mine stayed past 8 pm when he worked on my first visit!! Yippee
I currently have this going on in both eyes. Two months apart from one another. I have anxiety that I will be winding up blind. You really should have gone to a retina surgeon right away.
Thank you for this video. Hope youre still well!
Thanks for the description and the mirror suggestion.
Thank you, dealing with this now.
3 weeks out from buckle - health anxiety is real and scary. I lift weights, ski and do Pilates - not sure how I’ll go back on that with a level of confidence
I feel the same. Very active outdoor lifestyle. Dealing with detached retina right now. I feel like my life is over
Hi i know this comment was from 5 months ago but how is your vision now? Are you back to usual activities in terms of fitness?
@@Aztecinexile Hi are you doing ok now? i hope ur recovery went well
Hey, are u doing ok now?
Great information thank you for making the video (four years ago?) I’m using text to speech right now-that unscheduled vacation. Yeah that’s no fun! On day, 20! I certainly have even more empathy for people with challenges with vision after this experience. Louise Hay has been helpful with positive thinking affirmations thank you for bringing that up! Take care! You created a gift that keeps on giving!
September 28, 2023. I'm having this done,,, NEVER lost my vision 👀 though.... I DON'T have t to keep my head down, even with a gas bubble.... I asked.... PLEASE pray 4 me. Little scared 😨
just had my surgery yesterday......I share your fear big time
@@fatpatridesagain how was the surgery and your recovery? Did you experience any pain? Scleral buckle or vitrectomy?
Really appreciate your story.
I am potentially Having this surgery. I am in the middle of a huge family crisis and have never had panic attacks: roll and hit to the point of not leaving my bedroom as everything spins and I shake. Lying on a table for 2 hours while they operate on my eye?! I’m honestly not seeing it!
Prayers of healing sent your way. Hope the procedure is a success.
They just put you to sleep.
I've had mine for 4 years now-- and I've NEVER seen any "dark spots" or anything like that--- I'm blind in my detachment eye- but it's because of a VERY bad- old hard cataract... having the cataract removed and a vitrectomy same day this wED.. if I can see afterward-- fine.. they can do another if they wish ( he said may take multiple surgeries) but if i can't-- there will BE NO MULTIPLE surgeries.. I'll wear a patch and have a panoptix lens put in the good one and forget about it. I can't see out of it NOW_ so if after one surgery there is no improvement-- that's IT- NO MO!!! If I do WITHOUT-- big deal- I've done that 4 years now and am use to it. OH- and doc said mine on a scale of 1-10, mine is a 15 min. and will take over an hour instead of the usual 10 min. to remove-- PLUS the vitrectomy. He is NOT using gas bubble on me- using SILICON OIL instead- because it's stronger to hold it in place longer- and can be left in indefinitely!!
Read Bible and pray also helps to overcome anxiety.
Just had a Pneumatic Retinopexy procedure on the 18 of Jan ( was injected gas bubble ) and returned Jan 22 to have the laser part of procedure. Was in the side sleep position for over 10 days. Wearing patches on and off. But seeing the gas.bubble take up about 75% of my right eye vision. And today started to see black cobwebs. Kinda getting anxiety, do not want to repeat this procedure . Especially the laser part , worst pain ever and awake the whole time.
At first I was told that I had detachment but it somehow healed it self , which I heard is rare. But then they saw a Macular hole and I think this more the reason why they immediately wanted to perform this procedure.
the gases they use have no healing ability...why don't they use Oxygen that has wonderful healing for all wounds. Are the Gases they use healthy for your eyes or brain?
Going through my procedures. I got my detachment in the early stages. My issues is the laser. I am not doing well with the laser. I am given anaesthetic before the laser but I am not tolerating the pain. Then I am also anxious so before we begin, I am in flight or fight mode (fight mainly). I feel like I am being a difficult for my doctor to deal with. Thank you for the story.
How are you now, hope u recover soon
Hey thank you for this video. I started to have signs of detachment and i’m so stress and anxiety about it. How is your vision now? Does it get worse
Great clip !!
Thanks for those who had it done, how many days, weeks or months until you stop seeing a blur?
How long after your surgery were you able to wear contacts again? I'm almost 2 months from my retinal detachment surgery.
@Tres Adams, thanks for making this video
Hope your eye fully recovered
Have 2 questions
1. I have undergone a surgery to fix retina from bad detachment in my right eye - almost 4 weeks after surgery, I do have still blood or whatsoever in my right eye, no vision except light perception, since my left eye vision is normal but right vision is blurry- combined or overlapping vision is a bit blurry- what does that imply?
2. How important sleep & mental health in contribution to healing?
Did you have a haze over your eye afterwards with millions of dots, how long did it go away? thanks.
5 minutes? i had to look down like for 3 months dude, that was freaking terrible... I already had this operation, and now i again i see the black dots again.. Im thinking of not doing anything. just go blind
No bro go for it
@@amankalra5949 had it checked yesterday actually. Seems there is no detachment thank god. But since my eye ball is full of scars and stuff they saw something im nkt even sure what but im gonna get it checked out next week by renital specialists. They said they will probably fix it with lazer. Thank god nothing major
Good then and definitely check with an ophthalmologist ( retina specialist )
How is your eyesight now ? Did you try peptides like Visoluten and Retinalamin ?
Are you wearing contact lens now ?
You only had to lay face for
a week?!
I have eye surgery this Thursday.
And my doctor said I would
have to lay face down for at
least a month or two.
Why did you only have to do
that for a week with a gas
bubble in your eye?
I'm so sorry. I know a friend who had to lay down for 8 weeks straight, two times (each stint for each eye)! I think mine was shorter because of the specifics around my detachment (they were smaller groups of tears, rather than a large detachment), but I can't say for sure. Try to get ready by making yourself as comfortable as possible. Get one of those massage chairs with a hole in the face rest so you can still read and watch tv. Get some shows ready to binge watch. I hope it goes well!
@@prismcounseling I'm
actually trying to get
insurance. Then hopefully
I can rent that bed for a
couple months.
I'm about 95% blind in
my left eye. I was
wondering how blind
were You?
How much time gas bubble seen in your eyes
Did you cure your retina?
is straight line still straight after the surgery?
For me it was, but everyone is not the same.
@@prismcounseling for me it is not but i had surgery 2 times and now i see wavy lines and disorted vision.
@@stefanburczymucha3352 me too do u still see
@@shashankgm9556 yes i see everything but not straight lines.
@@stefanburczymucha3352 its 6months still u see things wavy 😑
You mentioned that you noticed after working out. Can you still work out like before?
I’ve just had this done, but with very little posturing (2 hours 3 times a day for 2 days) and I lift frequently. Doctor says I’ll be able to lift again but I’m naturally cautious.
Have you begun lifting, and if so, what kind of lifts do you partake in? I have high myopia and am cautious, too. Now I'm torn between lifting moderately vs. not lifting at all.
I’m at 6 weeks today. Doctor says I can re-start but I haven’t yet. I’m planning to next month though. Probably pull ups, dips, machine bench. Nothing too heavy, no deadlifts, no bending. I’ll work it out.
My doctor gave me the green light to lift again after one month. I still took it easy for the first six months, but started going hard again after that. I haven't had any issues since. But don't take my word for it-every case is different. Always trust your doctor's recommendations rather than what you read online. I learned that the hard way and made myself sick with anxiety for months when I didn't really need to.
Tres Adames Gotcha. Thanks for the tip! Do you think your RD was caused by lifting to begin with or was it coincidental?
@@tomyduong9835 My doctor said it was likely due to to the fact that I am very near sighted.
Now are u allowed to lift weights ?
thanks for sharing, by curiosity, are you myopic?
Yes I am.
Jesus is the perfect cure for anxiety ❤✝️❤
Hi so I had the surgery but I feel like my right eye is significantly smaller post vitorectomy do you face that for a while and if yes when did the physicals appearance of the eye change
I had surgery over 3 weeks ag and I also feel my eye is smaller after the surgery and am wondering if this is normal.
What fluid did they fill your eye with?
It was gas.
Hello Christian, how was your vision after surgeon ?
How long took your vision recovery ?
My vision returned after several weeks. Apparently, it takes an entire year for the eye to heal completely.
@@prismcounseling Nice to hear that.
It's not the case for me, now 6 months passed and no vision improvment, my doctor told me I should wait at least two years.
@@rafikbenslimani5700 hi rafik, i hope you are doing well. How is your vision now? Could you recover your vision?
@@agustinvasquez8827 Hi Augustin, There is no improvement, my vision still 1/10.
@@rafikbenslimani5700 sorry to hear that. I really hope it get better soon
What is your age man ?
38