My bubble finally shrank and disappeared two days ago, which was 42 days after the RD repair. The RD specialist examined me and said now I can fly next week....
Congrats Bob, I knew you would make it. You vision will be cloudy and sometimes blurry on and off until it gets stable which can take up to a year. I really...
Hi Jim, I really enjoy reading your posts. My doctor was one of those surgeons mentioned in your post. He said that there is a higher chance in developing a...
Marci, About 2 months a go I had a tear and patially detached retina in my left eye. I had laser surgery which was successful as well. My good right eye had a...
After my vitrectomy in my left eye (that left me with little vision in that eye) I was told that I had spots of lattace degeration in my "good" eye. I...
Christina, You will have light shows when you get ready to go to sleep and close your eyes. Mine where in the locations where extensive lasering was done and...
Karl- I think Bascom is the best and have gone to Dr. Harry Flynn for my second opinions.... btw, he recently had a detachment himself... Vicky from Orlando ...
Hi All: Just got back from my doc's office in Irving, Texas. I still have a small detachment, and he did more laser. He is trying to wall off the fluid, with...
you can try David Boyer MD. He is recommended to me as the best and different members of my family sees him. Cindy ... retinologist I use in California named...
Hi Wendy, Thanks for the nice words. Actually the vitrectomy itself doesn't contribute to cataracts. Any surgery on the eye can cause cataracts, including a...
Thanks Peggy, It had gotten to the point where I looked at the "properties" of the sender before opening mail if I didn't recognize the name. Best, Jim ... ...
Just wanted to write a quick thank you for all the excellent and helpful replies to my question. My husband is leaning towards 'not fixing what isn't broke'...
... away.------- More often it is not a person but an automated program that targets groups en masse. It is usually a good idea for group owners to appoint a...
Okay as some of you guys know I usually have low pressure in my eye and it just now in the last 1 1/2 have held steady around 10-12 but before then it as like...
Ssorry to hear that you have further complications. Some people who join this board have one or two surgeries, then they are fine. Then some others the...
I am okay, just eye strain. all I had to do was walk away from the cmputer, use eye drops and rest. Within a hour I was much better. I work in front of the...
Good for you. I have said this before. Some people are just in tune with their body. "If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it probably is." I...
Hello, I have posted here ocassionally because of symptoms but have not had a detachment.I am myopic,about -5.50, and have experienced light flashes,some...
Hi, I had surgery 5 years ago for multiple tears and a detached retina. The repair included cryo to repair the tears, a gas bubble and a scleral buckle. I...
I have read a number of posts about floaters being present after retina repairs and I wonder if after the repairs we are just aware much more of floaters that...
Bob, if you had the dime sized jelly fish floating 24/7 smack dab in the middle of your central vision that I have, you would know it wasn't there before. My...
Thanks for the reply Robert. I started noticing floaters in my other eye and I think I am getting paranoid, but I know that it is very important to monitor the...
