Hi all I had an operation late December 2005 to repair my detached retina (by using a sceral buckle). It all happened in such a rush I felt at the time I had...
Welcome Charolotte. Glad you have found us and also glad you are recovering with no lingering problems. COme visit when you can and help reassure the newbies...
Debbie, Dan may have everything dismissed when he goes to to court and explains and has a doctor's note. However, I do not think I would chance that without a...
Debbie - do a couple google searches and you might find more information. AT this site - it says in Wsshington State "Failure to obey an officer" is a...
I would contact a lawyer about defending him from the charge. Make sure when he goes to court he takes letters from his doctors detailing his disability. You...
What kind of monitor do you have? Is it possible that you eye is responding to the refresh rate? Is it only when you use the computer? Try changing the...
Hi Charlotte, I too had a spontaneous detachment, and only found out, after the fact, that I was high risk due to cataract surgery, being over 50 and highly...
He was not issued a traffic ticket otherwise we would have paid it that day. He was walking, not driving. And he was walking on a cross walk. I am not...
My fluttering comes on with the change of light, I can live with but it is so annoying. I don't have it in my RD eye it is in my other eye. My doctor told me...
Hi Charlotte, We have a number of members who are under 30 with detachments. I think Derek and Roger among them. I detached at 38 and didn't know for 3 days...
We do have at least one lawyer on the community. So maybe he can give you some referral lawyers in Seattle. So far I think all the advice has been pretty sound...
I looked up the drugs at healthsquare.com. Vigamox's generic name is Moxifloxacin and pred forte is 2 words, so when you go there remember that. I am light...
Hi Joanne.. No it is not the monitors refresh rate, but I am glad your thinking. It is the light /dark thing... going from dark to light and back to dark. It...
Charlotte, There was a reason, albeit an unknown reason. It could be genetic. Good luck for no future complications, and watch the floaters for a sudden...
ZZZZBob, How is your blood pressure? Jim ... From: "zzzz bob" <zzzzbob@...> To: <detached-retina@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:35...
just wondering how things are going for you??? it is almost 9 weeks post op and finally the bubble is so tiny it should be gone by Friday. My doctor put the...
Hi Esther, Things are slowly moving in a positive direction for me. I still have some of the bubble and it seems very slow to leave. 46 days and counting.I...
Hi Jim, it is Jenny here, I was reading about your bubble. I had a slooooowwwww one in one eye, then later a fast one, in the same eye. I thought something...
I loved your post to Jim about the Hello Kitty contact case. At this point in our lives we need the "fun touches". I just found a new pair of the solar...
I wanted to touch base with the group. I had my second visit to the eye doctor about my "condition". He said the vitreous is torn, and I am at high risk for...
Oh Jenny, thanks :-) Don't get me wrong, worry and the "what ifs" try to enter my thoughts but that is when I realize I have way too much time on my hands...
Hi Jim, Sorry your bubble is going so slow, but my doc told me that the longer it lasts the greater the chance it won't redetach ... so take your time and it...
... wrote: Peggy, Sorry to hear about your tear. Can't he laser it before it detaches? Do you watch the cooking channel? That would be a great loss not to...
Peggy hang in their. You may not get a retina detachment. PVD is very common and does not cause retina detachments the majority of the time. Wait until your...
Sorry Deb - I did read your post - just the walking in the crosswalk - didn't stay in my teeney weeney brain I guess. I'm hoping the public defender can give...
Hi Charlotte & Marg, Oh I hope not Marg.. I have not suffered a detachment and I am definitely trying my best to avoid one. I had tears and lattice which was...
Hello Peggy Duffy, From your description, it sounds as if you suffered a posterior vitreous detachment. If so, this would put you at risk for a torn retina....
Hey Jim... Last time I was at the medical Dr. my blood pressure was normal and they also did an electrocardial gram which they told me my heart was in good...
Ester... that's me... you put it simple... happens with change of light... but your doctor didn't tell you why either??? I don't have a problem living...
