dear all thank you very much for your kind words and encouragement... i really like to say i wish God give me an easier way to learn the lesson of strength and...
Please don't think of your pain and emotions as trivial compared to others. We are each in our "own place" thru these experiences and these experiences are on...
Two days before my detachment I stumbled on my basement stairs near the bottom and basically flew across the basement floor landing on my outstretched hands....
what i read in a magazine a while back told of how those who do the paint ball games have a high rate of detachments..they get hit in the face and head with...
Hi Jenny! It's great to read you back on here. I've kept a look out for you as you didn't know how long you'd be away from the board after your surgery. I'm...
Rose........so sorry to hear of your eye difficulties....I have 5% vision in one eye that had a detachment 4 years ago, but my other eye is good.....I know...
Christina: That is why a lot of us stick around here - to answer questions and hopefully help others get get through these nightmares. Most of us were where...
Hi Rose, thank you for your note. Will you be having an implant and prothesis like I am in your enucleation? We will have to "compare notes" on how things...
Bob, I will be moving to the Greenville SC area in August. Does the doctor you now see in Spartanburg also practice there? Debby rd both eyes buckles both...
I had a retina detachment in my right eye on 1/29/06, and then in my left eye 2 weeks ago. The floaters in both eyes are massive and are causing vision...
Debby, my first RD (right eye) was done in Greenville SC (2004) while I was visiting my son and his family in Spartanburg. The retina surgeon was Dr. Michael...
Hi Jenny, i'm not too sure on the details of what im having done. I'm seeing my specialist on the 27th of June and then i'll know more. They've been trying a...
Kwh, thank you for your prayers wishes. You know, I don't think that it's the number of detachments or the loss of vision that turns these things into a more...
Bob, A very interesting article. I have worn glasses/contacts for myopia since second grade and through 40 years of annual optician visits as i worsened to a...
Well Rose, I think you are a true blessing ot the group. Someone new to the group or even an old member and look at you and see the positive out of something...
Thanks for you message! I hope that we do help people get through those difficult days when everything seems so bleak. I know that there are times when it...
Christine Your suffering is not trivial at all. A detachment is serious and you have every right to feel the way you do. As time goes by you will cope...
Wow! What a story and you know, it hit close to home! In general, I had a very similar experience. I am sure that most of you on this site can relate to some...
Rose you are just amazing. Congratulations. You have such a poise and determination. I will be interested to hear what you find out. I have a "bio-eye"....
Rose thank you so much for joining the group. We really needed someone like you that has faced the worse case but life still goes on and is complete. I think...
Thanks for the reply Erik. I thought it would be of interest to the group to read that story I found on a Google search. I agree that none of us myopes were...
Bob, You were smart to do the research right away. Unfortunately, I had some major physical work to get accomplished and this eye illusion, like spider legs...
Greetings, Everyone! Here I am again. My ds retina remains detached after five surgeries <sigh>. At last check the pressure was "somewhere between zero and...
Hi, If after five surgeries the doctor can not correct the retina, I would definitely be looking for a more qualified retina specialist, who is outside the...
Unfortunatly sometimes retinas cannot be repaired. My son was one whose could not and is now blind in his left eye. He went to different retina Dr's and we...
hello all went to the photos section today and check out some of the members'photos.just wondering the faces of kind and big hearts....=) just wanna say all of...
Hi Gang, I had my surgery on April 13th and today I am bubble free. I have to see my retinal specialist for a check up at the end of the month and I will ask...
Thanks We have found a lot of comfort on this board and I try reading it daily. I read it to get advise and hopefully help other Moms or young ones like you...
