Rob Stevens Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 Don't get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eboot Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 Assume that you are speaking from the standpoint of miserable suffering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Stevens Posted November 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 Considering the alternative (2D vision), I'm fine. The warnings aren't to be messed with... New floaters or odd flashes of light should see you in your local emergency room. Going forward, I'll have to watch out for future head shots. Unfortunately, everything I do for fun is rooted in potentially taking head shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eboot Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 How did it happen Rob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Stevens Posted November 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 I think I've been brewing it for awhile falling off my bike, but the last straw was surfing in Mexico. I didn't realize I had one until I was home and noticed a blind spot. I then connected the dots with flashing lights at night and sudden floaters from about 8 months ago. My surgery was done locally by a well practiced specialist. Following doctors orders is huge. The first two weeks are face down at all times, with no screen time on any devices. I have a support crew in my job so I could handle that. Folks who don't and feel they have to work on their devices wind up blind. As mentioned earlier, just don't get one. It'll be easier that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eboot Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 here's to your quick recovery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekempmeister Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 20 minutes ago, Eboot said: here's to your quick recovery I totally 2nd the above. My heart really goes out to You, Rob. My Dad was hit with this (both eyes, 2 different episodes) in the 80's. It was at the advent of some laser techniques that allowed him to avoid some of the medieval surgery and recovery practices that preceded. He came through it and I am wishing the best and better for You. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 Geez man, good luck! And don't read these replies... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 Get well soon, Rob. Sounds lousy. Good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 Ouch! I hope everything went well and wish you a speedy recovery. Winter is just around the corner now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Stevens Posted November 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 Thanks very much to you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc1 Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 Hey Rob, Detached my retina last February. Followed the post surgery instructions and had a 100% recovery.Ready for a new season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Stevens Posted November 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 That's great! I really hope I'm in that boat too! If you look on internets for stories of vitrectomy surgery, you'll usually only find the ones you really didn't want to see, so any tales of success are well received. A question for you... Since about week 4, when the gas bubble was down to about 50%, I started noticing a fair few black floaters. I think it's leftover collagen from the vitreous that was removed. I'm thinking they can't get all of it, so what's left breaks up and floats atound in the saline your body back-fills the cavity with. I can only describe it as "black snow", falling from top to bottom, though the way the eye reverses images within, they are actually rising from the bottom up. Did you have anything like this? If you did, did it go away? If it sticks around, I'm hoping to have them "filtered" once I'm in for the standard cataract surgery most need to have within a few years of the vitrectomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 28 minutes ago, Rob Stevens said: I can only describe it as "black snow", falling from top to bottom, though the way the eye reverses images within, they are actually rising from the bottom up. That sounds really freaky! Your own personal snow globe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc1 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 Hey Rob, Yes, most likely the vitreous breaking up. I did have this snow globe type floater that went away presumably because there’s no vitreous fluid left to create them.Don’t miss any follow up appointments and you should be good to go. Brad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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