Has anyone had eye surgery?

[Howard_Casto]

I'm still bearing the effects of my hypertension that started a couple years back apparently.  I went to the retinal specialist today and he said that a ruptured and blocked blood vessel caused scarring to build up over time, eventually leading to a macular pucker.  I've got to get a vitrectomy to correct it.  Supposedly it shouldn't be too bad in terms of recovery, but I was wondering if anyone had gotten it done and how big a pain in the butt it is. 

Oh and yesterday my father in law's retinas detached and he had to have emergency surgery.  So we are eye buddies now I guess.... all are appointments and follow ups, ect are the same time.

My surgery could wait, so it isn't until the 26th of next month in case mom needs me.  He's got to stay upright for at least a week so he has to sleep standing up.  Understandably, he's extremely annoyed, but I'm just glad that the surgery went well and they could save his eyes. 

I try to compartmentalize stuff as much as I can and leave the serious stuff away from the forums, but man it's been a tough couple of years.... I just feel stretched thin.

[Slippyblade]

My G-ma had a retina detach, she got smacked in the eye by a bush branch when she was working in the garden.  Moved a branch, it snapped her in the face...  POOF!  blind.  They basically used a laser and spot-welded the retina back into place.  She had full normal vision within a week afterwards.

Modern medical tech...  nuts!

[Howard_Casto]

Yeah, I'm hoping he'll return to a fairly normal state.  One eye is already 20/25, so no problems there.  The other one is 20/100 WITH glasses, so that's the one they are worried about.  Of course it's only been 24 hrs.  His was just some odd thing that just happens to certain people.... they just detached on their own... no shock or anything. 

One of mine is perfect and the other is 20/70 with extremely slow focus adjustment and moderate distortion.  It's been scaring the crap out of me and I've been on edge and then that happened.  Nothing I could do, so I just trolled around the forum yesterday waiting.  Tom Petty's right... the waiting is the hardest part.  He's doing fine and my prognosis is good thus far, so hopefully we'll both get through it without issue. 

I know it's driving me nuts.  I have to sit with my head tilted away from the screen to read things without getting a headache.  The headache still comes eventually though. 

[Slippyblade]

Losing my vision is one of my major fears.  I just can't imagine losing the ability to make stuff, visually or whatever. I wish you the best of luck!

[pbj]

.... You're married?

[Howard_Casto]

The other kind of father in law.  My mother re-married. 

[CCM]

Supposedly it shouldn't be too bad in terms of recovery, but I was wondering if anyone had gotten it done and how big a pain in the butt it is. 

If it is a pain in the butt, they definitely botched the surgery!

The other kind of father in law.  My mother re-married. 

There is no 'other kind of father in law'.... if your mother got re-married, then he is your step-father.



Back on topic... eye surgeries really aren't a big deal these days... you'll be fine.   I've had lasik and recovery was a piece of cake.   My aunt has had retina surgery and healed up with no issues, and she is 78.

[Nephasth]

LASIK a year and a half ago. 20/10 now.

[Cakemeister]

I had lasik back in 1999 which worked well until I hit my late forties when I started needing the bifocals. I was awake for the procedure. It wasn't too too scary as they doped me up on Valium beforehand.

I had to look up what a vitrectomy was but it doesn't seem too major. Good luck with your procedure.

[Slippyblade]

A Vitrectomy?  How do they get to your testicles through your eye?  With a laser even!!

[Howard_Casto]

somebody get the hook!

[Titchgamer]

My friend had eye surgery.
His eyes were bad from birth and used to have to wear thick glasses to see.
Anyway for his 30th birthday he decided to treat himself to laser surgery.

He said it was fairly painless and the results were fantastic.

The procedure was done when he was awake strapped into a chair clock work orange style, and didnt take very long at all.

Think he said the only downside was that it was not a permanent fix as such as his eyes would degrade again with age but that happens to us all anyway so no biggy really.

I looked into myself but my eyes were not considered to be bad enough to bother doing it.

[thomas_surles]