... What is the best way to take care of your eye after laser surgery for a retinal tear? ... (0 replies)
... 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)
... 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)
... Hi LeLu, I had a retinal tear in my eye last May, with the blood floating around, too. ... (4 replies)
... 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)
... No lens implant for me though, as back then they were pretty new and weren't done on 30 years olds. Last May, my left retina had a hemmorhage and subsequent retinal tear, folllowed with laser surgery. ... (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.
How are you feeling; what is your course of action? Do you need surgery?
Hope you're doing well... (28 replies)
... I recently hit my eye with a fone and has flashes of lite after and floaters. I did go to a retinal doc and he said I had tiny tears in my retina. You might have a tiny tear which would require laser surgery. You may need a retinal doc. ... (28 replies)
... I had a retinal tear and it was repaired with laser surgery. The doctor seemed good and had good communications skills. ... (10 replies)
... and on for three more days until I could get an appointment with an opthomologist. Like you, the gel had pulled away from the retina, but I did, in fact, have a retinal tear. I had to have laser surgery that very day. I just had my six week check up following the laser surgery and the tear has healed. ... (17 replies)
... According to the doctor, I'm not in any danger of retinal detachment yet, but it's in my best interest to get the laser surgery done asap to avoid letting the holes get any bigger. This will happen, in both eyes, on Jan. 14th. ... (6 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)
... 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)
... Welcome to the board and thanks for sharing this information with us. We need all we can get. I'm very glad for you that you came through that pretty well so long ago, and feel sorry for all those farther back who didn't have the medical technology we have access to today. (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)
... 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. ... (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)
