I had a sudden onset of floaters and flashing lights in my right eye around Hallowe'en 2001. Two retinal tears were diagnosed and I had laser treatment. Iit...
I just found out 2 days ago that ai have detached retina in my left eye. All was doing was going in to get checked last week for contacts and the next thing i...
Welcome! We are relatively close in age (29). Are you extremely near-sighted? I am also fairly new to this. I have had both procedures (laser (4/23/03) and ...
Thank you to everybody who replied. This is a great source of information. I understand that laser surgery is no longer recommended as a preventative...
... the doctor was booked for the rest of the week and away for the following week. He thinks i have had the detachement for a while and since i had no...
60 year old female had buckle and laser detached retnia surgery Tuesday night. This is midday Thursday and I feel bad, pain and nausea. My affected eye is...
Everybody is different but my son (age 36) had only minimal swelling on the first day. Don't think it should be that swollen or painful. You should call your...
KK, No worries....you are doing fine. I had symptoms (spots and flashes) for three weeks before I went to see my eye doctor. I had surgery on halloween. I go ...
I saw my doctor late Wednesday after Tuesday night emergency surgery and he said my eye was normal but since I don't personnally know anyone who has had the...
Hi, I had buckle surgery not gas so am not an expert on the limitations placed on those who have gas bubble placed in there eye. I do know with any retinal...
My son had 2 months restriction on traveling by car and 6 months for flying. His vision was very blurred for some time. He had to sleep with his head down...
I have been so afraid for the past 24 hours. My doctor told me everything that you all have said but I wanted to hear a regular person say the same thing. I...
I'd never heard of this either before my Son's experience. The weird thing is that the Dr.'s have no idea what causes it. Sounds like you are going to do...
No worries, mate. I had the scleral buckle surgery in January and am doing fine. The surgery lasted about 3 hours and included the buckle, SF6 gas bubble and...
... a scleral buckle), I only had one course of the laser treatment. You seem to indicate that they did it several times. Did you have lattice in several...
... After my buckle surgery (full 360 degree one) my eye was very swollen. My husband nagged me to keep using the soft ice packs. When I saw my doctor that...
HI, so sorry to hear about your eye problems. I have had surgery 4 times now in 1 year. It is not too bad. You will be awake for it, but you will be put...
Hello: Has any one had any seccess having a macular pucker fixed following numerous retinal surgeries? ken STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months...
First of all - no questions that you don't know the answer to is stupid. Now, on to your questions. Blurry Vision: Yes, your vision will be blurry for...
I've had 2 buckles now - one on each eye. And each was different. The first buckle a year ago on my left eye was so swollen I couldn't open it for days. I...
Hey Everybody, I just caught up on some of the great information traveling around on our site. Its of great help to me. I have had my oil removed from my RD...
Angela, I really think recalcitrance must be a common trait among retinal specialist. They never take the time to tell you anything. And anyone that says...
pat356res@...
May 2, 2003 2:54 am
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Afraid it is, it takes quite a while to recover from this. And dont try to rush it. You need the time to heal....
pat356res@...
May 2, 2003 2:58 am
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I had the same surgery last year and just looked at my notes from that time. My eye opened (partially) on the 4th day and on the 8th day I began to feel a...
My Dear friend Bob We are with you every step of the way. And I`m afraid they don`t really know what we are going through. The other day, I phoned a Swedish...
We had Dr. Flynn, and would go to no one else. While we were there, an employee of the facility had her husband also in having his retina repaired. We spoke...
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May 2, 2003 10:51 am
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Thank you for the information. My swelling has gone down a lot in 24 hours. The pain is half what it was when I got out of the hospital Tuesday before noon. I...
I cannot believe that I didn't know what a detached retina was a week ago. I had a buckle, a bubble, and some lazer. I wasn't at the surgeon's offic over 10 ...
