The pain does go away. Mine lasted three solid weeks and went away in a snap. Vitrectomy is a removal of the vitreous fluid that is in our eye. As I had a ...
Dixie, What a wonderful post. It gives hope to all of us RDers no matter what our story is. Thank You for shareing.--- In detached- ... in a snap. ... As I had...
Do you remember how hard the dog's nose hit your eye? The reason I ask is because my cat smacked me in the eye last night with his paw and I am trying not to...
-- This buckle is inflated and usually then de-flated in 7 to 10 days. Prior to its insertion they will laser or cryo any tears. The obvious advantage is that...
LIZ, GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU AND I AM HOPING YOU WILL HAVE SOME GOOD RESULTS SOON.....BEST WISHES..........KWH Barbara Rainone <brainone@...> wrote:Liz, ...
HI PEGGY, THANKS FOR THE NOTE....YES, BUT THE CARD IS ABOUT 6 BY 8 INCHES WITH AN E LETTER IN IT....I COULD BARELY MAKE OUT THE E WHICH WAS ONLY 12 INCHES FROM...
JEAN, YOU HAVE PROBABLY READ MY OTHER POSTS, BUT THOUGH I WOULD RESPOND TO THE SILICONE OIL QUESTION....I HAD IT IN FROM AUG. 02 UNTIL SEPT. 03 AND I HAVE NOT...
THANKS ADELE, GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU AND BEST WISHES.....KWH R M & L A Palmer <adelebobpalmer@...> wrote:Ken, believe me, you're never boring! More of a...
SORRY FOR THE TYPING ERROR JANET...KWH. kenneth head <kwhkwh1@...> wrote:JAMET AMD DIXIE, GOOD TO READ YOUR POSTS.....HOPE ALL IS GOING WELL ....HAVE A...
It was a 35 pound dog and she just lunged up from a sitting position and poked me in the eye. It was a pretty good poke, but it did not bruise my eye. I just ...
Roxanne, I was bumped in the head by a toddler right before me detachment. I remember it hurt really bad also no bruising. When I asked the doctor if that...
I had the buckle and detachment surgery but the the retina was so damagedd, it couldn't be reattached. The buckle is still in. My question is, what exactly is...
I understand about the sinus thing too... it hurt really bad when I sneezed and when I blew my nose. It eased up after a couple of weeks. I used tylonol 3. I...
Kenneth, I'm 60 years old and I don't know how to type. I thought your M for N was cute. A question about the big E. When I went to get a prescription for...
What type of trauma did you have that damaged the retina so bad that it could not be attached-The buckle is to hold the retina in place...Becky Have you...
He is not quite seeing the Big E, but almost - He can tell them in which direction it is pointing - They do not seem to want to test him with a lens or...
It appears as if I might be recieving an implanted neurostimulator to help alleviate my low back injuries. Has anyone out there in RD land been through the...
I am a 51 year old woman recovering from a detached retina in my second eye. I had cataract surgeries in both eyes 1-1/2 years ago. The first surgery (the...
Roxanne, My detachment came totally out of the blue. I did have a trauma to the head in the summer but it was about 4 months before the detachment. My...
Forgot to mention the trauam. I got hit in the back of the head with a baseball that some kids were playing with at a baseball game. Got whhammed pretty...
Michelle, do the doctors know why you were stricken with these eye problems ...particulary at such a young age? --- In detached- ... other procedures did they...
I wore hard contacts from age 14 until they stopped making them and put me in gas permeable contacts. I don't think that the contacts cause the problem as...
Brain - I wore hard contacts from 1963 until 1988 - my astigmatisim was too bad to be able to see with the early soft ones. i went back to glasses when I...
Hi Debby, I hope that you are doing well now. How are you seeing? I am new to the group and I am learning from everyone each day. After double checking the day...
Roxanne, Except for some peripheral vision lose and not being able to drive at night I have good vision. I feel I am one of the lucky ones especially since I...
... Rick, did you find the answer to your questions? You might try the following website <http://www.floaters.net/infloat.html> In the table of contents you'll...
Hi, Sorry this is such a long message, I did a little research. The following information comes from the aetna intelihealth.com website (information is...
Hi Virgil. I saw a lot of big floaters and worms for 2 weeks prior to my retinal detachment. One morning I woke up and was half blind in my left eye. The...
