I had my vitrectomy surgery 3 weeks ago and I'm honestly just so thankful to be living in this day and age with amazing doctors. The first week was tough, but things are only gonna get better from here on out. I'm scheduled to have cataract surgery in about 6 months, so I'm excited to see clear again. ❤❤ Speedy recovery and good luck to anyone going through the same thing. You got this.
How are you recovering from vitrectomy ? Have you experienced any complications since your surgery? My both eyes have PVD and full of floaters and considering vitrectomy is it recommended?
It is because you are very near sighted, you are at a higher risk for a detachment. Instead of a sphere, your eye is shaped more like a football and the eye tissue has to kind of stretch more to get across the area. The same thing happened to me and for the same reason. Wishing you all the best!
My husband is 68 and had a gas bubble procedure for retinal detachment, 3 days ago (March 9th 2024). He has to lie on his left side for 45 mins per hour for a week, to keep the gas bubble in the right place. His eye is very red and he has 3 different eye drops at intervals throughout the day. He is short sighted, has congenital nystagmus with associated poor vision. Thank you for this video and I will be watching the follow-up which I see is uploaded. All the best to you!
You are so young for this and such a great attitude about it. I am noticing so many young people having retinal detachment, so maybe I am lucky that I didn’t have detachment until age 66. I am extremely nearsighted (-8.5 in both eyes) and my right eye had detachment on March 8. A pnuematic retinopexy was done march 10 but failed and was repeated on March 30. But almost immediately after that I developed macular pucker which turned central vision into a dust storm, and within another week my retina detached again (same eye) but different location, so vitrectomy done on April 24 to remove the membrane and reattach the retina. The membrane removal partially restored my central vision but left me with metamorphosia (size distortion and wavy lines), plus as soon as the Hubble got small I saw signs of what seemed to be the same detachment, but it’s possible it was a 3rd detachment (scary thought). My retina specialist said he saw fluid but no tears or holes and might have to put in a gas bubble the following week. But I got scared and went to a different specialist the next day. He had an ultra widefield imaging system and immediately saw the fluid under my retina and a hole that was the cause. He injected a bubble to protect my macula and then did vitrectomy on May 16. That was my second vitrectomy in 22 days. I am still recovering at this point, and though I see no signs of detachment currently, I have many scary light flashes all the time. I hope that is normal. Note that neither vitrectomy used a scleral buckle, and both surgeries used a gas bubble, not silicon oil. But the doctor said if I detach again in sane eye, the oil would likely be used. I pray you are still doing well.
Hope your recovery is still going well. Had my vitrectomy 4 weeks ago, now just waiting for this bubble to go away. My experience was a lot different than yours, I haven’t suffered any pain due to the detachment or surgery. Recovery has been a mental struggle for me.
I've had 3 surgeries. 1st was the buckle & gas. 2nd was Laser & gas again. And 3rd was Laser & silicone oil. Each surgery was 6 weeks apart. What a journey! Still recovering from my 3rd surgery. Week 1. I go back in 3 months to remove the oil. I've had every single retina detachment surgery that you can have. My life has changed quickly. And my vision really sucks now. Worse than it was before all this. 😢 I can relate to you and many now.
All the best to you, and I hope your last 3 months have been an improvement. I had nearly no vision in my eye due to cataract PRIOR to my retina detachment happening, BUT I was able to still see quite well. After buckle and silicone surgery 3 weeks ago, my eyesight has been worse than before, because my other eye is struggling to "counteract" and help with the vision. But now, it's slowly coming along, so I hope it does for you, too. I am mentioning this, because I was totally surprised that vision could get even worse with the surgery, but understand that the eyes need time to heal, to adapt and accomodate and really calmness. My fingers are crossed that things have become better for you.
@Hippabellita1 Thank you so much. I'm so sorry you are battling this as well. I'm recovering now from the silicone oil removal. Coming up on 3 weeks. But now I need cataract surgery once it's healed. My vision is also not so good. Very blurry and center vision is distorted. Using 100% of my good eye. I really really pray your vision improves. It's a real life changing event to get use to. Each day is something different. I haven't been able to work since July 2023. Hoping my future is much better than what I've been facing these past 8 months. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Whats your name?
I'm 18 and I just had scleral buckle surgery last thursday on my right eye. My symptoms were flashes and a blind spot on the top left corner of my peripheral vision. Im glad your doing very well now it was a huge surprise to me as well when my dr told me lol. Best of luck to you
@@keyaapathak I am only able to nearly fully oopen my eye and keep it open since a few days thus - somthing like 2,5 weeks post-surgery, so probably quite normal, but talk to your doctor, also to help you not to be too worried. I hope you have had post-surgery check ups. All the best to you!
42 here, severe myopia then cataract in right eye a year ago, had a tear then full detachment last week. I’m halfway through the 14 days of facedown: definitely weird and with the anxiety about vision loss, a special kind of torture.
I am glad you are recovering and have regained your eyesight. I went through similar experience. On Black Friday of 2022 I woke up with floaters on my right eye; a co-worker had had floaters and was treated with steroids and eye drops. That Sunday I woke up, and could not see out of my right eye. On December 22, 2022 I had eye surgery and had to sleep face down and keep my face down for a week. I had a gas bubble to maintain pressure on retina and it took roughly 3 weeks for it to go away. I immediately development a cataract and had corrective surgery in October of 2023. I currently can see out of my right eye but the vision is a soft focus. I will need some further procedures to try and improve vision; I hope to regain clear vision but I can see. Good luck to you and everyone out there that goes through this experience.
I hope your healed well and everything is fine❤ I’m 18 years old and have a retina detachment. I got the surgery last Monday and am hopeful that this surgery is successful. God bless you❤
I’m so happy that things worked out for you. I’m going to check your channel to see if there’s an update on how your vision turned out in the end. My eye doctor missed my retinal detachment for three months, so I was a worst case scenario by the time I was diagnosed. My surgeon’s office actually told me that I’d never have sight in that eye again. They were wrong. 💪🏼 Best wishes for a most complete recovery! ❤
Nicole, this is so motivating to read. My eye doctor's office missed my retinal detachment, too . I called them and they said that it was the effect of my cataract problem, which it wasn't. Thus, I got finally diagnosed 2 months after the retina detachment had happened and had to wait 10 days for surgery, and nobody wanted and wants to give me a prognosis ...... I am 3 weeks post-op and very afraid to get my hopes up, but your comment gives me some hope. THANKS and I hope, all is good with you now.
Just coming over this video now as I am due to have a vitrectomy surgery in 3 months time due to diabetic complications I was given the option of knocked out to sleep or just a local anaeshetic I choose the local as I hate being put to sleep, I also made the biggest mistake by watching a RUclips video of how they do the procedure 😂 I'm so nervous yet I know I have no choice but seeing how upbeat you where has gave me some hope 😊
Thanks for sharing your journey. This is super helpful for anyone going through the same procedure. I’m day three post op and my experience thus far has been identical including initially not being able to open my “good eye”. This is not a fun surgery but knowing what to expect from your experience has definitely helped reduce the stress of recovery. Thank you!
I wish you a fast recovery! Is your other eye having problems with vitreous or retina detachment? I am 37 suffering from vitreous detachment. I woke up with a huge black eye floater and flashing. So i went to the ER they had an ophthalmologist look at my eye and said that I have vitreous detachment. It is scary because when it detaches it can lead to a retinal detachment. I have -7 myopia and high astigmatism as well. Thanks for making this video, i was afraid I was the only person under 60 dealing with this. Most people are elderly that have this happen.
I’ve just had the sclera buckle surgery 5 days ago. Vision is so blurry 😓 which is v upsetting especially that i was seeing prrfectly before the op.only had the very top of my visual field affected so my central vision was absolutely perfect. I got so anxious but thanks for sharing your experience.
Im on my 2nd week after vitrectomy surgery. Im 52 had no previous health problems other than nearsightedness with glasses for driving. I also only had blurred vision, no floaters no sparks or silver flecks.
I'm near sighted and, after a car crash in 2014, I had a retinal tear that, after many years, finally developed into a full blown retinal detachment last week. I've done a vitrectomy with silicon oil instead of gas. Currently I'm able to see a very blurry image with a yellow tint. The doctor is optmistic and told me he will remove the oil in the near future and fix the cataract that usually develops after vitrectomy. Hope you have a good recovery. God bless you and sorry aboit my English.
Hi Lauren!! I just want to thank you for sharing your experience with your retinal detachment, I’ll be heading into my scleral buckle surgery tomorrow at St Mikes in TO! Your video has really helped provide a guide of what to expect and feel less alone in this as a 27 year old going through it. Sending you the best and all the good vibes as you continue your healing journey ❤
Ive had my retinal detachment for about 2 months now with no surgery I just got diagnosed 2 days ago by my doctor because he was fully booked (I scheduled an appointment August.22nd and barely got diagnosed October.20th) Im scared that I wont be able to recover my vision back now sadly but thanks for showing me how the surgery went for you im 23 and this happened to me as well.
Thank you so much for sharing. Used to be very nearsighted, has lasik, and then now have some floaters..and arcs of light…I am waiting to see a retina specialist at the moment. You are so brave! Thank you for being so brave about it!! How are you doing now?
I'm in the EXACT same boat as you! My retina detached on Jan 7 this year and I go for surgery on, hopefully, Feb 22. What worries me the most is that my OTHER EYE has recently started PVD too and I am TERRIFIED that it may go out before my left eye has had a chance to heal, leaving me COMPLETELY BLIND and helpless!!!
Yes that is definitely still a big fear of mine! I’m hoping it holds on for a while longer for you!! Luckily I’m heading to get my other eye (the one not operated on) lasered tomorrow but I can’t see too much out my operated eye so I’m a bit worried about being able to see!
@@LaurenBoyne Thank you, Lauren! I will keep you in my prayers as well! It is TERRIFYING as HELL to think you can go completely blind at any moment, I know!
Great video! Well done, you are so brave at such a young age. I went through the whole thing ( not a pleasant experience) a few monhs ago and it went very well due to a great surgeon in Edinburgh. You are so right that never take your eyesight for granted and really carefully think about wearing contact lenses. Mine was due to old age but you are so yound and I wish you well for the future. Best wishes
Hi. First of all I wanted to thank you for your video. I think it helped a lot of people to go through this process. I have several questions. Please if you can answer i know that everyone is different but it’s important for me. 1. When did you start noticing improvements in your vision after the surgery? As you said you saw things smaller than they supposed to be before surgery, when you started noticing the difference because I have the same problem. 🙏🏻Things are squeezed right now, but I am only three days after surgery. 2. I wanted to ask you how long did it take for you to be able to drive? Thank you for everything if you can make a video a year after surgery I think it would help a lot of people ❤️🥹🙏🏻
Hi! Vision after the surgery is definitely a long road - being about a 1 year later i still am not back to 20/20 but i would say my vision definitely had improved a lot about 6/7 months post surgery. From what I've been told by my surgeon, the vision you get back is really dependant on each person and that most of time they're not sure how much vision you get back whether its 70% or 100% restored. I had a few pockets of fluid that still needed to be absorbed which had settled into my central vision and slightly distorted things (bc its like you're looking through water essentially) and i still have a bit of that distortion today but it has gotten a ton better over the past year and I'm still hoping it will keep improving!
@@LaurenBoyne Thank you 🥹🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻so much for the response. I know I’m in a beginning of the road and nobody will be able to tell what will be in future. My retina was detached 50% and stopped in the center of my macula so I understand everything about distortion I see everything little bit squeezed in the center. Can I ask you about driving? Are you driving?
This is the best video I've seen on the post-op experience with the scleral buckle. I had surgery about 8 days ago and I have referred back to this video multiple times. So far my post op experience has been very similar. Thanks so much for making and sharing this video!
I'm so nervous, and I don't know what to expect. My Surgery is on June 3rd...I have a 38-year-old daughter looking at a RUclips video and will need help. Well, pray for me, and I hope I get my eyesight back. I would also like to say thanks for the video...
Whew- I guess so far I've been lucky. Surgery yesterday with the buckle and the gas bubble. Today after the surgery, the patch came off and there's very little to no pain at all. Not taking anything for pain either. I was half blind in my left eye from the sudden detachment. It's very blurry today and can only make out some fuzzy shapes kinda like when you open your eyes under water without goggles. PS- I love your long full blond hair.
I am recovering from this just now. I am 3 weeks post-op.. I hated the first week as i had to sit and sleep in that weird position because the surgeon had to place a gas bubble in it the following day.. I still have a wonky eyelid, you did not have that 2 weeks post op..so cool. I am 36 and I stilll do not know what caused it because i never had any eye injury or there was no trauma to my eye. I will only stick to my being near sightedness as the cause of it because that is the only one that makes sense.
If something is going on with your eye DO NOT TRUST AN OPTOMETRIST. I had all the signs of a tear and was blown off told it was probably neurological and was told it was nothing. My eye proceedes to detach over the weekedn and loat vision on Sunday. Im 2 surgwries in as of now. Go see a retina specialist if something seems off
Your sharing is so very kind! My friend is near 3 months on her silicone oil buckle, and is concerned how to know best the retina is healed so the silicone should be removed. (And there’s a danger of leaving it in too long?). That surgery is hundreds of miles away, and she doesn’t want to go the distance only to hear she’s not ready. Can you help? How do we learn up, on that?
I had a retina detachment in July. Just had my 3rd surgery yesterday. It's been a horrifying journey and I still can't see properly. I do remember that surreal feeling of being told, yeah you'll need probably need surgery tomorrow. 😮. Mine was on the top so I was able to have an in office procedure to fix the retinal detachment with the gas bubble. But complications have led to 3 surgeries since 😢
Thank you for sharing this experience. I have lattice degeneration in both of my eyes because I'm also highly myopic and thankfully I went to the ophthalmologist and they caught it so I got laser on both of my eyes to keep the retina from detaching. But I feel like I'm always going to be afraid of it snapping or something
I had detachment last year and had silicone oil in my eye for 10months then I had the oil removed and a cataract removed my vision is not the same as it was but I can see out of it but blurred hope u are ok so young for u I am 53 but so scary wen it happens my pupil is scard so not good this was my right eye good look
Thanks so much it was definitely are hard thing to go through! Unfortunately I haven't quite gotten my 20/20 vision back and I'm not sure that I ever will. The doctor said that with this type of surgery they are never entirely sure how much vision you will get back!
Had two failed vitrectomy's with silicon oil, and now did scleral buckling with vitrectomy, first week was very difficult, sleep face down, sit face down, severe swelling and redness, watering, pain etc,.. Now am in 2nd week, hopefully can see some blurred images but out of alignment, eyelid still drooping,
Hi. I just had Buckle Surgery. Post 2 weeks op now. Doctor has given me the all clear to resume normal activities. Which include running. How long did you wait to start exercising again and have you had any problems since your op?
Hi good to see your video. I also had sclera buckle surgery, and I’m post op day 10, the operated eye is still looking smaller than the other, just wondering if you can share some experience, how long does it take the eye to return to normal size?
It does definitely return to normal size! You will notice though that the pupil looks slightly different then the other eye just due to it being a slightly different shape after the buckle surgery.
@@LaurenBoyne this is really helpful information, because I was wondering about that (3 weeks post surgery) and couldn't understand why this is the case, but forgot to ask my doctor about it.
The doctor said it was because I have lattice degeneration so the tissue that lines the back of my eye is really thin! Likely had a small tear that eventually resulted in detachment
@@LaurenBoyne gotcha I'm sorry to hear that! Do they know if that lattice degeneration (LD) is genetic or caused by some lifestyle factor? Is it only in that one eye or is it also in the other eye? I googled and it mentioned how LD may be linked to "low blood flow or problems with inadequate blood flow to the eyes", which Google also says may be caused by high blood pressure. So I wonder if there is a gene therapy or lifestyle change that you can make to help. Do you know?
@@TexasFightTexas I’m fairly certain it was genetic! My grandfather had a retina detachment so likely was passed down from him! The doctors said it would not have been cause by anything I did (unless I had a serious fall which sometimes causes them but I hadn’t had a bad fall!)
I’m 6 days post op n my eye looks so much worse than yours…I’m still in the scared I won’t be able to see or have my peripheral vision bc as of now I can’t see anything on my right side (had the surgery on the right eye) n I have constant headaches…this is the worse smh
i had my right eye also when im 15 years old, now im 34 next month, just visit your optha regularly, coz after my surgery i had focal laser every 2 years
I thought you had to recover face down for retinal surgery. literally having to lie face down for a week or two. Seems like you didn’t have to for this
@@LaurenBoyne That’s one positive at least. The gas bubble surgery seems frustrating, and your scleral surgery must have been frustrating enough. I hope if it ever happens to me, i have the same surgery as you. i have a -5.50 myopic in both eyes so will be more prone to it. it’s my worst fear.
I wish you the best! I am 37 and went to the ER because I had a huge black floater appear when I woke up along with flashing in the corner of my eye. Ophthalmologist says I have vitreous detachment going on. It's scary because it can lead to retinal detachment if the vitreous pulls on the retina when it separates. I have a high perscription of myopia -7 . People make sure to have your eyes looked at if you have any of those symptoms. Ophthalmologist are available at all hours to fix your retinal detachments because they are urgent.
@@user-ms3ko5gn8e Thankfully my eyes are fine. i look after my eyes religiously. Everything i eat is great for the retina. i take supplements that hit the retina nicely.
I had my vitrectomy surgery 3 weeks ago and I'm honestly just so thankful to be living in this day and age with amazing doctors. The first week was tough, but things are only gonna get better from here on out. I'm scheduled to have cataract surgery in about 6 months, so I'm excited to see clear again. ❤❤ Speedy recovery and good luck to anyone going through the same thing. You got this.
How are you recovering from vitrectomy ? Have you experienced any complications since your surgery? My both eyes have PVD and full of floaters and considering vitrectomy is it recommended?
How old are you and how is your vision
Had vitrectomy and cataract done at the same time 15 months ago. Took s good 12 months to properly heal but vision is not 100% prob never will be
@@suzyloader8157Can you see with well with corrective lenses? Also, did you ever have double vision intermittently post surgery?
It is because you are very near sighted, you are at a higher risk for a detachment. Instead of a sphere, your eye is shaped more like a football and the eye tissue has to kind of stretch more to get across the area. The same thing happened to me and for the same reason. Wishing you all the best!
My husband is 68 and had a gas bubble procedure for retinal detachment, 3 days ago (March 9th 2024). He has to lie on his left side for 45 mins per hour for a week, to keep the gas bubble in the right place. His eye is very red and he has 3 different eye drops at intervals throughout the day. He is short sighted, has congenital nystagmus with associated poor vision. Thank you for this video and I will be watching the follow-up which I see is uploaded. All the best to you!
You are so young for this and such a great attitude about it. I am noticing so many young people having retinal detachment, so maybe I am lucky that I didn’t have detachment until age 66. I am extremely nearsighted (-8.5 in both eyes) and my right eye had detachment on March 8. A pnuematic retinopexy was done march 10 but failed and was repeated on March 30. But almost immediately after that I developed macular pucker which turned central vision into a dust storm, and within another week my retina detached again (same eye) but different location, so vitrectomy done on April 24 to remove the membrane and reattach the retina. The membrane removal partially restored my central vision but left me with metamorphosia (size distortion and wavy lines), plus as soon as the Hubble got small I saw signs of what seemed to be the same detachment, but it’s possible it was a 3rd detachment (scary thought). My retina specialist said he saw fluid but no tears or holes and might have to put in a gas bubble the following week. But I got scared and went to a different specialist the next day. He had an ultra widefield imaging system and immediately saw the fluid under my retina and a hole that was the cause. He injected a bubble to protect my macula and then did vitrectomy on May 16. That was my second vitrectomy in 22 days. I am still recovering at this point, and though I see no signs of detachment currently, I have many scary light flashes all the time. I hope that is normal. Note that neither vitrectomy used a scleral buckle, and both surgeries used a gas bubble, not silicon oil. But the doctor said if I detach again in sane eye, the oil would likely be used. I pray you are still doing well.
Hope your recovery is still going well. Had my vitrectomy 4 weeks ago, now just waiting for this bubble to go away. My experience was a lot different than yours, I haven’t suffered any pain due to the detachment or surgery. Recovery has been a mental struggle for me.
I've had 3 surgeries. 1st was the buckle & gas. 2nd was Laser & gas again. And 3rd was Laser & silicone oil. Each surgery was 6 weeks apart. What a journey! Still recovering from my 3rd surgery. Week 1. I go back in 3 months to remove the oil. I've had every single retina detachment surgery that you can have. My life has changed quickly. And my vision really sucks now. Worse than it was before all this. 😢 I can relate to you and many now.
All the best to you, and I hope your last 3 months have been an improvement.
I had nearly no vision in my eye due to cataract PRIOR to my retina detachment happening, BUT I was able to still see quite well. After buckle and silicone surgery 3 weeks ago, my eyesight has been worse than before, because my other eye is struggling to "counteract" and help with the vision. But now, it's slowly coming along, so I hope it does for you, too. I am mentioning this, because I was totally surprised that vision could get even worse with the surgery, but understand that the eyes need time to heal, to adapt and accomodate and really calmness.
My fingers are crossed that things have become better for you.
@Hippabellita1 Thank you so much. I'm so sorry you are battling this as well. I'm recovering now from the silicone oil removal. Coming up on 3 weeks. But now I need cataract surgery once it's healed. My vision is also not so good. Very blurry and center vision is distorted. Using 100% of my good eye. I really really pray your vision improves. It's a real life changing event to get use to. Each day is something different. I haven't been able to work since July 2023. Hoping my future is much better than what I've been facing these past 8 months. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Whats your name?
I'm 18 and I just had scleral buckle surgery last thursday on my right eye. My symptoms were flashes and a blind spot on the top left corner of my peripheral vision. Im glad your doing very well now it was a huge surprise to me as well when my dr told me lol. Best of luck to you
What were the flashes like
@@dizzypancreaspump it looked like perfect black circles that would just flash intermittently when I moved my eye around
I had it 2 weeks ago but idky I'm still not able to open my eye fully. Is it normal?
@@keyaapathak It took me almost a month to comfortably open my eye again, so I would assume it's normal
@@keyaapathak I am only able to nearly fully oopen my eye and keep it open since a few days thus - somthing like 2,5 weeks post-surgery, so probably quite normal, but talk to your doctor, also to help you not to be too worried. I hope you have had post-surgery check ups.
All the best to you!
42 here, severe myopia then cataract in right eye a year ago, had a tear then full detachment last week. I’m halfway through the 14 days of facedown: definitely weird and with the anxiety about vision loss, a special kind of torture.
I am glad you are recovering and have regained your eyesight. I went through similar experience. On Black Friday of 2022 I woke up with floaters on my right eye; a co-worker had had floaters and was treated with steroids and eye drops. That Sunday I woke up, and could not see out of my right eye. On December 22, 2022 I had eye surgery and had to sleep face down and keep my face down for a week. I had a gas bubble to maintain pressure on retina and it took roughly 3 weeks for it to go away. I immediately development a cataract and had corrective surgery in October of 2023. I currently can see out of my right eye but the vision is a soft focus. I will need some further procedures to try and improve vision; I hope to regain clear vision but I can see. Good luck to you and everyone out there that goes through this experience.
I hope your healed well and everything is fine❤ I’m 18 years old and have a retina detachment. I got the surgery last Monday and am hopeful that this surgery is successful. God bless you❤
I am 15 and retina detachment and cataract I have
Speedy recovery! Had the exact same surgery as you on my right eye on Christmas Eve 2022. You will be fine, that’s for sure!
Thanks so much! I’m 5 weeks post op now and definitely doing a ton better 😊
@@LaurenBoyne Question: Did your eye ever feel a little strained or tired when you went back to do normal things and returning to work?
Great video just had this surgery Wednesday it Saturday today. How is your vision now.
@@cycloneyou how you doing after it??
Christmas Eve? Me too!
I’m so happy that things worked out for you. I’m going to check your channel to see if there’s an update on how your vision turned out in the end.
My eye doctor missed my retinal detachment for three months, so I was a worst case scenario by the time I was diagnosed. My surgeon’s office actually told me that I’d never have sight in that eye again. They were wrong. 💪🏼
Best wishes for a most complete recovery! ❤
Nicole, this is so motivating to read.
My eye doctor's office missed my retinal detachment, too . I called them and they said that it was the effect of my cataract problem, which it wasn't. Thus, I got finally diagnosed 2 months after the retina detachment had happened and had to wait 10 days for surgery, and nobody wanted and wants to give me a prognosis ......
I am 3 weeks post-op and very afraid to get my hopes up, but your comment gives me some hope. THANKS and I hope, all is good with you now.
@@Hippabellita1 Yes, my husband's optician missed his detachment too. Pls see my other post.
I applaud you for being in such good spirits during this experience. 😟
How are u Lauren today ? And by the way that’s my daughters name too ❤️
Just coming over this video now as I am due to have a vitrectomy surgery in 3 months time due to diabetic complications I was given the option of knocked out to sleep or just a local anaeshetic I choose the local as I hate being put to sleep, I also made the biggest mistake by watching a RUclips video of how they do the procedure 😂 I'm so nervous yet I know I have no choice but seeing how upbeat you where has gave me some hope 😊
Thanks for sharing your journey. This is super helpful for anyone going through the same procedure. I’m day three post op and my experience thus far has been identical including initially not being able to open my “good eye”. This is not a fun surgery but knowing what to expect from your experience has definitely helped reduce the stress of recovery. Thank you!
How’s your vision now?
Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been following along with this timeline due to my surgery, and this helped so much. I’m post op day 10.
OMG thank you for this. I just had surgery 5 days ago and sitting here with the bloodshot eye. Thank you for all this positive feedback. ❤❤
I wish you a fast recovery! Is your other eye having problems with vitreous or retina detachment? I am 37 suffering from vitreous detachment. I woke up with a huge black eye floater and flashing. So i went to the ER they had an ophthalmologist look at my eye and said that I have vitreous detachment. It is scary because when it detaches it can lead to a retinal detachment. I have -7 myopia and high astigmatism as well. Thanks for making this video, i was afraid I was the only person under 60 dealing with this. Most people are elderly that have this happen.
My other eye has actually been doing really well! The doctors been monitoring but it’s been all good so far. Hope you have a fast recovery as well!
@@LaurenBoyne Thank you!
GOD bless you. He healed you. Praise Jesus Christ.
You are so brave. I had complications on my keratitis and I freaked out completely. I went through hell for two months.
I’ve just had the sclera buckle surgery 5 days ago. Vision is so blurry 😓 which is v upsetting especially that i was seeing prrfectly before the op.only had the very top of my visual field affected so my central vision was absolutely perfect.
I got so anxious but thanks for sharing your experience.
how about you now ?
This is my exact experience too. Hope you are doing well now
Im on my 2nd week after vitrectomy surgery. Im 52 had no previous health problems other than nearsightedness with glasses for driving. I also only had blurred vision, no floaters no sparks or silver flecks.
I'm near sighted and, after a car crash in 2014, I had a retinal tear that, after many years, finally developed into a full blown retinal detachment last week. I've done a vitrectomy with silicon oil instead of gas. Currently I'm able to see a very blurry image with a yellow tint. The doctor is optmistic and told me he will remove the oil in the near future and fix the cataract that usually develops after vitrectomy. Hope you have a good recovery. God bless you and sorry aboit my English.
Sir ,after retina tear You have not received any treatment ? Like barrage leser?
Hi Lauren!! I just want to thank you for sharing your experience with your retinal detachment, I’ll be heading into my scleral buckle surgery tomorrow at St Mikes in TO! Your video has really helped provide a guide of what to expect and feel less alone in this as a 27 year old going through it. Sending you the best and all the good vibes as you continue your healing journey ❤
Ive had my retinal detachment for about 2 months now with no surgery I just got diagnosed 2 days ago by my doctor because he was fully booked (I scheduled an appointment August.22nd and barely got diagnosed October.20th) Im scared that I wont be able to recover my vision back now sadly but thanks for showing me how the surgery went for you im 23 and this happened to me as well.
How are you now please?
Thank you so much for sharing. Used to be very nearsighted, has lasik, and then now have some floaters..and arcs of light…I am waiting to see a retina specialist at the moment. You are so brave! Thank you for being so brave about it!!
How are you doing now?
I'm in the EXACT same boat as you! My retina detached on Jan 7 this year and I go for surgery on, hopefully, Feb 22. What worries me the most is that my OTHER EYE has recently started PVD too and I am TERRIFIED that it may go out before my left eye has had a chance to heal, leaving me COMPLETELY BLIND and helpless!!!
Yes that is definitely still a big fear of mine! I’m hoping it holds on for a while longer for you!!
Luckily I’m heading to get my other eye (the one not operated on) lasered tomorrow but I can’t see too much out my operated eye so I’m a bit worried about being able to see!
@@LaurenBoyne Thank you, Lauren! I will keep you in my prayers as well! It is TERRIFYING as HELL to think you can go completely blind at any moment, I know!
Great video! Well done, you are so brave at such a young age. I went through the whole thing ( not a pleasant experience) a few monhs ago and it went very well due to a great surgeon in Edinburgh. You are so right that never take your eyesight for granted and really carefully think about wearing contact lenses. Mine was due to old age but you are so yound and I wish you well for the future. Best wishes
wishing you a speedy recovery queen!
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Hi. First of all I wanted to thank you for your video. I think it helped a lot of people to go through this process. I have several questions. Please if you can answer i know that everyone is different but it’s important for me. 1. When did you start noticing improvements in your vision after the surgery? As you said you saw things smaller than they supposed to be before surgery, when you started noticing the difference because I have the same problem. 🙏🏻Things are squeezed right now, but I am only three days after surgery. 2. I wanted to ask you how long did it take for you to be able to drive? Thank you for everything if you can make a video a year after surgery I think it would help a lot of people ❤️🥹🙏🏻
Hi! Vision after the surgery is definitely a long road - being about a 1 year later i still am not back to 20/20 but i would say my vision definitely had improved a lot about 6/7 months post surgery. From what I've been told by my surgeon, the vision you get back is really dependant on each person and that most of time they're not sure how much vision you get back whether its 70% or 100% restored. I had a few pockets of fluid that still needed to be absorbed which had settled into my central vision and slightly distorted things (bc its like you're looking through water essentially) and i still have a bit of that distortion today but it has gotten a ton better over the past year and I'm still hoping it will keep improving!
@@LaurenBoyne Thank you 🥹🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻so much for the response. I know I’m in a beginning of the road and nobody will be able to tell what will be in future. My retina was detached 50% and stopped in the center of my macula so I understand everything about distortion I see everything little bit squeezed in the center. Can I ask you about driving? Are you driving?
This is the best video I've seen on the post-op experience with the scleral buckle. I had surgery about 8 days ago and I have referred back to this video multiple times. So far my post op experience has been very similar. Thanks so much for making and sharing this video!
Your eye cleared so quick! I’m 14 days post op and I’m looking like your day 6
Hi just had the op 11 7 2024.gas bubble going down now .getting there.thanks for your help you look amazing now.❤
I'm so nervous, and I don't know what to expect. My Surgery is on June 3rd...I have a 38-year-old daughter looking at a RUclips video and will need help. Well, pray for me, and I hope I get my eyesight back. I would also like to say thanks for the video...
Today is June 4th. I sincerely hope that your surgery went well and your road to recovery has begun.
Whew- I guess so far I've been lucky. Surgery yesterday with the buckle and the gas bubble. Today after the surgery, the patch came off and there's very little to no pain at all. Not taking anything for pain either. I was half blind in my left eye from the sudden detachment. It's very blurry today and can only make out some fuzzy shapes kinda like when you open your eyes under water without goggles. PS- I love your long full blond hair.
I am recovering from this just now. I am 3 weeks post-op.. I hated the first week as i had to sit and sleep in that weird position because the surgeon had to place a gas bubble in it the following day.. I still have a wonky eyelid, you did not have that 2 weeks post op..so cool. I am 36 and I stilll do not know what caused it because i never had any eye injury or there was no trauma to my eye. I will only stick to my being near sightedness as the cause of it because that is the only one that makes sense.
I am also due for laser for my left eye in January 2025
If something is going on with your eye DO NOT TRUST AN OPTOMETRIST. I had all the signs of a tear and was blown off told it was probably neurological and was told it was nothing. My eye proceedes to detach over the weekedn and loat vision on Sunday. Im 2 surgwries in as of now. Go see a retina specialist if something seems off
YES !!
I am very sorry, I have been injured for a month and I understand you well
Appreciate you sharing. I pray all is well with you and u have even better vision now as of July 4th 2023
My prayers are with you
Your sharing is so very kind! My friend is near 3 months on her silicone oil buckle, and is concerned how to know best the retina is healed so the silicone should be removed. (And there’s a danger of leaving it in too long?).
That surgery is hundreds of miles away, and she doesn’t want to go the distance only to hear she’s not ready. Can you help? How do we learn up, on that?
Day 5 here - same surgery although I think I had a partial buckle - sitting outside listening with eyes shut x
I had a retina detachment in July. Just had my 3rd surgery yesterday. It's been a horrifying journey and I still can't see properly. I do remember that surreal feeling of being told, yeah you'll need probably need surgery tomorrow. 😮. Mine was on the top so I was able to have an in office procedure to fix the retinal detachment with the gas bubble. But complications have led to 3 surgeries since 😢
I hope you are well now.
I’m jealous! You actually got to lay down! I have to be in the upright position
I had the same surgery 3 years ago nearly xx hope youre still doing great x
Thank you for sharing this experience. I have lattice degeneration in both of my eyes because I'm also highly myopic and thankfully I went to the ophthalmologist and they caught it so I got laser on both of my eyes to keep the retina from detaching. But I feel like I'm always going to be afraid of it snapping or something
I had surgery for a detached retna in Feb of 2023 it was a experience to say the least I still see gas bubbles
I had detachment last year and had silicone oil in my eye for 10months then I had the oil removed and a cataract removed my vision is not the same as it was but I can see out of it but blurred hope u are ok so young for u I am 53 but so scary wen it happens my pupil is scard so not good this was my right eye good look
What is the duration between surgery and detachment?
Did you mention how you think the detachment happened? Did you rub your eye too much or did you hit your head near the eyes?
Same here! I’m on my 2nd week recovery now.
I also had the surgery. I had a torn retina and had emergency surgery about 3 weeks ago. I'm getting better. They say it should take 10 to 12 weeks.
You are such a brave young lady I hope you have fully recoved now. How is your vision now are you able to see good as before the surgery?
Thanks so much it was definitely are hard thing to go through! Unfortunately I haven't quite gotten my 20/20 vision back and I'm not sure that I ever will. The doctor said that with this type of surgery they are never entirely sure how much vision you will get back!
After your retina surgery did you have a film over your eyes with millions of black spots and how long did it go before absorbing into the body?
have you had prophylactic laser treatment done for your left eye?
My daughter is 9years old she had already her surgery last year the vitrectomy Sceleral buckle.. Hoping she can recover
Had the buckle to last week and I’m glad I found your video the light kills me as well and I was wondering if it’ was normal
God bless you. You seem very brave
Do you minus power in eye before retinal detachment?
Had two failed vitrectomy's with silicon oil, and now did scleral buckling with vitrectomy, first week was very difficult, sleep face down, sit face down, severe swelling and redness, watering, pain etc,.. Now am in 2nd week, hopefully can see some blurred images but out of alignment, eyelid still drooping,
Hi. I just had Buckle Surgery. Post 2 weeks op now. Doctor has given me the all clear to resume normal activities. Which include running. How long did you wait to start exercising again and have you had any problems since your op?
my doctor cleared me about two weeks after as well! i started exercising maybe 3-4 weeks after!
Thank you for your quick reply. 🙏🏻
Hope you get well I had surgery 3 weeks ago I've started drinking carrot juice im positive it helps
I would be worried about sneezing. How did you mitigate that? Sneezing puts a ton of pressure on the eye.
Sneezing can be suppressed in many people by pressing firmly under your nose on your upper lip with your finger when you feel a sneeze coming on.
Had sclero buckling 6 years ago and now I am scheduled for cataract surgery on the same eye For reference my age is 39
Hi good to see your video. I also had sclera buckle surgery, and I’m post op day 10, the operated eye is still looking smaller than the other, just wondering if you can share some experience, how long does it take the eye to return to normal size?
It does definitely return to normal size! You will notice though that the pupil looks slightly different then the other eye just due to it being a slightly different shape after the buckle surgery.
@@LaurenBoyne this is really helpful information, because I was wondering about that (3 weeks post surgery) and couldn't understand why this is the case, but forgot to ask my doctor about it.
Curious how your eyesight is months after surgery.?.....just finished my first week since
It’s ok! Definitely is not back to 20/20 but hoping eventually it will be
Im 24 and iv just had this surgry last week
What was the root cause of your detachment? Did you ever figure it out? ruclips.net/video/jYcYMtoMgns/видео.html
The doctor said it was because I have lattice degeneration so the tissue that lines the back of my eye is really thin! Likely had a small tear that eventually resulted in detachment
@@LaurenBoyne gotcha I'm sorry to hear that! Do they know if that lattice degeneration (LD) is genetic or caused by some lifestyle factor? Is it only in that one eye or is it also in the other eye?
I googled and it mentioned how LD may be linked to "low blood flow or problems with inadequate blood flow to the eyes", which Google also says may be caused by high blood pressure.
So I wonder if there is a gene therapy or lifestyle change that you can make to help. Do you know?
@@TexasFightTexas I’m fairly certain it was genetic! My grandfather had a retina detachment so likely was passed down from him! The doctors said it would not have been cause by anything I did (unless I had a serious fall which sometimes causes them but I hadn’t had a bad fall!)
@@LaurenBoyne makes sense. just curious though if you don't mind sharing - do you have high blood pressure?
@@TexasFightTexas No I don't!
I’m 6 days post op n my eye looks so much worse than yours…I’m still in the scared I won’t be able to see or have my peripheral vision bc as of now I can’t see anything on my right side (had the surgery on the right eye) n I have constant headaches…this is the worse smh
It definitely is very scary right afterwards but it should heal up! The vision takes a while to get better as well!
Was anybody's retinal tear on the lower part of the eye? My daughters is there and I'm just curious
Going tomorrow for my right eye. 😢
Good luck!! Getting a scleral buckle?
Yes! Day 2 after surgery. Sucks eye is swollen and won’t stay dry. Feels like a migraine
Thanks for this video so I don’t have to stalk the doctor.
i had my right eye also when im 15 years old, now im 34 next month, just visit your optha regularly, coz after my surgery i had focal laser every 2 years
But can you see in your right eye ?
How's your vision right now
Hello, I have had three surgery. First surgery: gas bubble and next two surgery: silicon oil. At the moment I cannot see nothing
Oil removed or not??
@@akshayprajapati6633 not yet
I love your glasses
Now are u allowed to lift heavy weights ?
I am seeing wavy vision is any had any idea about it
My vision in my left eye is something/400 its so bad
Mine too. Mine is 20/300. Considered legally blind. So sorry girl. I know it sucks.
Day 8...for me
Thanks for your video
I have my vitrectomy in a week. Nervous af
I had retina and cataract surgery at the same time 1 week ago. I went to bed and could see in both eyes but woke up blind in my right eye.
Do you see debris in your vision after surgery/recovery?
how much surgery retinal detachment,
Hows your vision now?
How's your vision now?
Did you not have to lay face down?
How are you now?
what was ur glasses prescription? I also have myopia I hope this doesn't happen to me it is scary .
It was -5.5
What's your final vision in right eye???
How is your vision now??
I have same thing . I need to talk with you please .
Cool
Next
Should of gone a lot earlier lucky
I thought you had to recover face down for retinal surgery. literally having to lie face down for a week or two. Seems like you didn’t have to for this
No I didn’t! If you get the gas bubble in your eye you have to recover in a specific position but I had the scleral buckle which doesn’t require that!
@@LaurenBoyne That’s one positive at least. The gas bubble surgery seems frustrating, and your scleral surgery must have been frustrating enough. I hope if it ever happens to me, i have the same surgery as you. i have a -5.50 myopic in both eyes so will be more prone to it. it’s my worst fear.
I wish you the best! I am 37 and went to the ER because I had a huge black floater appear when I woke up along with flashing in the corner of my eye. Ophthalmologist says I have vitreous detachment going on. It's scary because it can lead to retinal detachment if the vitreous pulls on the retina when it separates. I have a high perscription of myopia -7 . People make sure to have your eyes looked at if you have any of those symptoms. Ophthalmologist are available at all hours to fix your retinal detachments because they are urgent.
@@user-ms3ko5gn8e Thankfully my eyes are fine. i look after my eyes religiously. Everything i eat is great for the retina. i take supplements that hit the retina nicely.
@@user-ms3ko5gn8e How are your eyes
Any updates?
Hi, hope you are doing well. I've been diagnosed with the same condition while thinking about having laser surgery for my miopia(-4) 🥲