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Originally Posted by Mitchdubai
Apparently they cut my eye open, reattach the retina, "glue" it with a laser then put in a gas bubble to hold it in place until it heals. Body reabsorbs glass bubble over 10-14 days. 90%+ success rate.
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Oh ****, you have a bad detachment in the center of vision. They try to avoid lasering the center of vision as it's a destructive process. A gas bubble is used to press the retina back into place, and you have to spend days on your stomach looking down. Should make it nice for your boyfriend, just try not to raise your blood pressure and blow the other eye apart.
As we age the clear vitreous in the eye gets stiffer, dissolves and shrinks, pulling away from the retina at the back. Often it doesn't pull away cleanly and pieces of the 'jelly' are left in between to create floaters. These eventually break loose and fall away from the retina and sight improves. Rarely the vitreous will pull the retina off, like tissue paper. At this point blindness occurs without immediate medical attention. You should kill yourself now midxe.
As a near sighted blind bastard, my eyes are elongated front to back, and the cornea at the front is thinner. Thin enough I'm not a candidate for laser surgery. I've already had retinal tears in the periphery of my vision. The vitreous has already pulled away at the rear and I have bad floaters. They can vaporize them with a YAGG laser, or clear them with a Vitrectomy, but I can still see well enough. They should clear up as time passes but it does make reading annoying.
My dad was one of the first laser retina reattachments in the country. He failed a one and a half dive off a 1m board at a nearby pool. Opened too soon and got a blast of water in the face that tore his left retina off. They had his arms and legs sand bagged down to a table for days to keep him from moving and raising blood pressure.