A brief update on the status of my left eye’s recovery from retinal detachment and the surgery to repair it. Briefly, almost a week ago I saw the first symptoms, and on Thursday of last week, underwent surgery to repair the retina and remove the vitreous humor (vitrectomy). On Friday I had a follow up with one of the two surgeons, who declared herself satisfied with the workmanship, and sent me off with a small packet of instructions and prescriptions for 5 eye drops and a lotion.
As of last night I still had a black spot in the vision in that eye, apparently inactive retina. This morning it was significantly smaller, and shaped like a crouching cat. By the afternoon, while I was walking on the beach it was still dark purple but images could be made out through the aura. I take that as a sign the the attached retina is starting to reconnect to the nerves
I have one more day of the full eye drop regiment, eye shield at night, and strict positioning requirements. The next follow up appointment with the surgeon is on Monday, and I hope the Doctor will be satisfied with progress so far.
The vision in that eye is still blurry to near the point of uselessness, and will remain so until enough gas from the bubble has been absorbed that most of the light goes through eye fluid and not the gas before we will see how close to normal focus it is. The gas is expected to last a total of six weeks. I think I can see some small decline of the size if the bubble, but that may just de wishful thinking. I’m pretty sure my old prescription won’t be right any longer, but that’s Okay, I was 2 days from getting a new one when this whole affair started
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