[starpaladincross]

"Retinal detachment is a disorder of the eye in which the retina peels away from its underlying layer of support tissue. Initial detachment may be localized, but without rapid treatment the entire retina may detach, leading to vision loss and blindness. It is a medical emergency" - Wikipedia


The first 3 pictures are from 12 hours after the surgery.

4th picture is my medical warning wristband.

5th picture is 10 days post-op with my right pupil being dilated from the drops at the opthalmologists office.

[docfr8]

Wow, I hope that the surgeon can reattach and restore her vision

[Faline]

Originally Posted by docfr8 ↗

Wow, I hope that the surgeon can reattach and restore her vision

I think the pictures are of the person who posted this thread

Thanks for sharing, post some follow up pictures when you're fully healed

[Sharon]

Wow, that looks to have been quite a frightening experience, being your eyes and the risk. Thank you so much for sharing

[ninjarina]

I forgot to put my glasses in and thought the title said "Rectal detachment"...

[collaredgirl65]

Glad to see they were able to fix it. Thanks for sharing.

[Spitfire Dynamo]

Thank you for sharing this. I had the same thing happen to my left eye 2 years ago. I had surgery to correct a slight lazy eye left from untreated strabismus when I was a child. No sight, the surgery was strictly cosmetic. Afterward the eye would dry out at night and the retina would stick to the inner eyelid. I woke up one morning and as soon as I opened my eyes there it went. Painful! I hope all goes well in the healing process for you!

[starpaladincross]

Thanks for reading this! I've been a lurker forever and decided to post now that something interesting happened to me. I am expected to regain full use of my right eye, but will be 2x as nearsighted as I initially was. The bad part about this is that they found several holes in the retina of my left eye. I need to have laser surgery to repair the holes before they become tears and then another detachment. I hope somebody can take pictures of them lasering my eye...

[AnaleFaust]

That last picture is fucking awesome. I never knew the pupil could dilate to that size.

[DoubleZ1013]

I had laser surgery on my right eye for two retinal tears last year. It was so hard sitting there with the laser shooting white light (they've numbed me of course). My surgery was an outpatient one and I was sent home with an eye patch afterwards. I had to hear pirate jokes all that time when I returned to work.

Get well soon Star.