Hi all, thank you for your prayers and encouragement for today’s Laser retinoplexy. The procedure went well, and it should’ve welded up the hole. The follow-up appointment is in 2 weeks.
Post procedure, I’m having a lingering migraine with my eye socket feeling raw, so it’s been a lot of napping and hanging out today. It feels like the right side of my eye is its own entity with half of my head pulsing with pain. But I’m relieved it’s summer vacation and we can take a break from homeschooling and everyday pressures.
If by any chance you see floaters, black dots, and/ or shadows, please go see the optometrist or ophthalmologist right away. If the doctors find the tear quickly, they could do a laser treatment, quick and painless, like mine before it progresses into a bigger issue like a detached retina. The latter requires surgery and a long recovery.
Please take care, everyone. π Esther
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Good to hear it was a success, Esther π Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery π€
Thank you, Jez!! Appreciate it.
You’re very welcome π
Nice to hear it’s success,My dear friend, Esther. Your eye for todayβs Laser retinoplexy. The procedure went well. I will be praying for speedy recovery.
Thank you, Raj! So glad it’s over and that hole is mended.
Most welcome,! Now okay , Eshter!
I’m so glad it went well! Here’s to a problem-free recovery.
Amen!! Thank you for your well wishes.
Glad it went well.
Thank you, VJ!
Welcome
πβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈβπ©Ή ongoing prayers for healing
Thank you, Susan!!
Continued prayer for quick and permanent healing.
Thank you, Anita! Grateful that the whole stressful thing lasted only a week. God is good.
Indeed
I am so sorry. Sounds so painful. Rest and recover α
Thank you, Cindy! I was fortunate to have discovered the problem quickly and took steps to avoid a bigger issue.
I’m glad it went well, Esther; praying for a swift and full recovery π
Thank you for your well wishes and prayers! So relieved it’s over and I can move on with my life.
Hope you are having a good weekend. π
Thanks for filling us in on how the surgery went. Hopefully you’ll quickly overcome the migraine pain and then have a speedy recovery. I know my eye doctor has always asked about floaters and shadows at my annual eye exam. I also get the Optomap done on my eyes in lieu of the dilation drops as I had issues with the drops one time and had to call a neighbor to come get my mom and me (we both had eye doc appointments that morning) after my eyes did not clear to drive after eight hours! The Optomap is a computerized image of your eyes. You might have had this done the other day? Do you use an Amsler grid daily? My mom had that – just a piece of paper that looks like graph paper with a dot in the middle … stare at it daily and if lines are wiggly, you should let your eye doctor know.
I think the Optomap was used. It’s a machine where you press your eye against an opening, you focus on a light, and it takes a bright picture of your eyes? Oh boy, that must’ve been anxiety provoking to have side effects to the dilation drops. That’s helpful to know for next time!!
Thank you for your well wishes! I’m doing better and the stress of the whole thing is improving.
I wondered if they had you do the Optomap – yes, that is it – you see the green light, then the bright red. What’s nice is my eye doc has been doing this now since I started with him around 2002 when my former eye doc retired. So he can put all the images up on the screen to check for floaters, abnormalities, even cataracts. I would not get the dilation drops again – it never happened before that day and I always wondered if the assistant grabbed the wrong bottle to administer the drops – they did the drops about 15 minutes before the doctor came into the room.
Esther – here is the Amsler grid I mentioned with a YouTube video – there are printable PDF grids online, just by searching “Amsler grid”.
https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/facts-about-amsler-grid-daily-vision-test
Wow, thank you for this!
You’re welcome – I’m glad you’re doing well now. Yes, print it off from the PDF … my mom got one from her eye doctor and we laminated it and she did it every morning.
I’m glad your procedure went well! Take good care!!
Thank you, Liz! Today was a much better day.
You’re welcome, Esther! I’m very glad to hear it.
Praying for you to have a speedy recovery β€οΈβπ©Ή