... My mom recently had laser repair for a torn retina. Previous to this she was experiencing a particulary large floater and blurry vision in that eye. ... (1 replies)
... What is the best way to take care of your eye after laser surgery for a retinal tear? ... (0 replies)
... Yes, I too have recently had a very painful laser treatment by the Ophthalmologist, in order to seal a retinal tear and stop the hemorrhaging in the eye due to prior cryo treatment. He said he had to use 5x the normal laser intensity because of my dense catatact. ... (2 replies)
... Glad you got the detachment fixed before it created any problmes. I've had my retina detach 4 times in the right eye and a retinal tear in the left. ... (11 replies)
... I'm no expert, but have had my right retina detach 4 times, and also a tear with retinal hemmorhage in my left. For a tear, with no detachment of the retina, the laser is a relatively quick procedure that seals around the tear so it can't detach. That's the objective. ... (3 replies)
... Hi LeLu, I had a retinal tear in my eye last May, with the blood floating around, too. ... (4 replies)
... t a week ago I had a hole in my retina. I had that repaired by laser. Two weeks later I had a flash of light in my peripheal vision in the other eye. I went back for a follow up and had her look at both eyes. She found a hole and a tear in the eye she did two weeks ago and also a tear in the other. ... (0 replies)
... I have these too. In December, I woke up in the middle of the night with a flash of light in my left eye. The flashing continued off and on for three more days until I could get an appointment with an opthomologist. ... (17 replies)
... I have any new eye problems from the Actonel, but I'm on Forteo now instead since the Actonel didn't work. I do have bad dry eye, punctal plugs, and had to have laser surgery for a retinal tear. ... (9 replies)
... What a nightmare! I am not diabetic, though, as mine are all from retinopathy of prematurity. After the 4 surgeries I developed the cataract. No lens implant for me though, as back then they were pretty new and weren't done on 30 years olds. ... (2 replies)
... I'm a very nervous person, too, but never saw flashes of light due to anxiety. However, I did have a retinal tear last month. Fixed with laser surgery. A month later saw flashes of light in my other eye. I called the dr. ... (2 replies)
... Thank you so very much for you quick input. I hit my eye and had laser to repair a retinal tear. Then the floater got bigger and moved into my central vision. No, not related to macular. ... (7 replies)
... I have noticed over the last couple of days an area on my eye which is causing concern. It could be a floater or more seriously I wonder if it could be a slight tear to the retina or the beginnings of a retinal detachment. ... (3 replies)
... Thanks for your reply. I did go yesterday to an Ophthalmologist who specializes in Retinas. See the reply to TopGeek. ... (28 replies)
... Welcome to the board and thanks for sharing this information with us. We need all we can get. ... (8 replies)
... I had a retinal detachment in the 70's. At that time not much was advanced in the way of surgery. I was 25 years of age. ... (8 replies)
... Day greetings. It was very nice for us. ... (10 replies)
... Well, I have had my right retina detach 4 times. And I had a tear in the left retina, but no detachment. My first surgery for the right detachment included a sceleral buckle. That was in 1986. ... (3 replies)
... Hi mtngrl and anyone else wondering about this. I just had surgery for a retinal tear in my eye this past March. I had gone to the doctor for a routine eye exam, where they discovered a tear in the retina of my left eye. ... (6 replies)
... an ophthalmologist. This condition needs to be seen by an ophthalmologist, not an optometrist. I had the same vitreous humor detachment, and also present was a retinal tear. I then had laser surgery, and all was fixed. But waiting, it can tear more and you can lose your vision permanently. ... (2 replies)
