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Anybody ever have a detached retina?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:29 am
Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:29 am
I have surgery tomorrow. What should I expect in regards to recovery and restoration of vision? I googled it and it was kind of all over the place. I just wanted to see what some personal experiences were.
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:30 am to HinesvilleThrill
Nope...you're the first persons to have that. Congrats!!!
Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:30 am to HinesvilleThrill
You are going to be blind
Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:32 am to HinesvilleThrill
Co-workers dad had this. doctor said vision may never come back. good luck 
Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:33 am to HinesvilleThrill
Bro enjoy your last day of vision. Make sure to see the ones you love one last time.
- Detached retina survivor
- Detached retina survivor
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 9:34 am
Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:39 am to HinesvilleThrill
Youll be fine
Just be prepared to sleep face down for a while, and keep youre head faced down throughout the day. The gas bubble created during the surgery needs to stay in a certain position. And when you look straight, it floats up.
Just be prepared to sleep face down for a while, and keep youre head faced down throughout the day. The gas bubble created during the surgery needs to stay in a certain position. And when you look straight, it floats up.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:54 am to Danny Woodhead
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Youll be fine Just be prepared to sleep face down for a while, and keep youre head faced down throughout the day. The gas bubble created during the surgery needs to stay in a certain position. And when you look straight, it floats up.
Thanks. How long did you have to do that?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:57 am to Danny Woodhead
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Just be prepared to sleep face down for a while, and keep youre head faced down throughout the day. The gas bubble created during the surgery needs to stay in a certain position. And when you look straight, it floats up.
That's what my friend experienced when he had his surgery. His eyesight is fine now. Good luck.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:58 am to HinesvilleThrill
When I was 17 I took a nail to the eyeball. It wasn't nearly as painful as it sounds, which surprised no one more than me. So I had a puncture wound and detached retina. The worst part was the follow up appointments I had for several months after my surgery. They would lay me flat on my back and look into my eye with a light that seemed to be composed of a small, dislodged part of the sun. And just to be sure, they put some kind of unearthly magnifying lens in front of it. It was incredibly painful.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:06 am to PPL
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:06 am to PPL
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They would lay me flat on my back and look into my eye with a light that seemed to be composed of a small, dislodged part of the sun. And just to be sure, they put some kind of unearthly magnifying lens in front of it. It was incredibly painful.
They did this to me on Monday. Pretty sure I had been abducted by aliens.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:06 am to iAmBatman
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Nope...you're the first persons to have that. Congrats!!!
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iAmBatman
Douche.
He was asking what to expect.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:11 am to HinesvilleThrill
too much masterbation???
Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:11 am to HinesvilleThrill
A buddy mine had the surgery a few years ago. He said pretty much the same things. He had to sit in a dark room for weeks just looking down mostly. His vision is back to where it was before the surgery.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:16 am to AmericusDawg
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too much masterbation???
No, I got hairy palms because of that.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:26 am to HinesvilleThrill
ask John Gruber
Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:41 am to Porter Osborne Jr
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He had to sit in a dark room for weeks just looking down mostly.
Thats sounds fricking miserable. How the hell are you supposed to work and function?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:56 am to HinesvilleThrill
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:15 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Douche.
He was asking what to expect.
To be fair, he gave an appropriate answer to the question in the topic.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 1:00 pm to HinesvilleThrill
I know someone who had a 16p nail bounce back it stick in his iris.
Said it didnt really hurt.
Said it didnt really hurt.
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