Post appt Update: Well, that was fun…. Doc informed me I had 2 tears and 2 pinholes in my left retina. It was good that I addressed it so quickly. Doc felt he could fix the issues with three outpatient procedures.
- Laser: he repaired the two tears with a laser and blocked off the fluid from spreading. more weird than painful.
- Freeze: to fix the pinholes he used a special freezing tool to adhere the retina to the back wall, which should solve that issue. A little more pain. I think he had to go behind the eye.
- Gas: lastly, he injected gas into my eye to pressurize the eye, which will help push the residue fluid out. Can’t recommend this procedure. Apart from the pain, the worst and most unexpected part is that I have to keep my head angled at about a 10:30 angled for the next SEVEN days. This will keep the gas bubble in the right location. Moreover, no 1000ft elevation gain, which means we will head home via the gorge (aka the long way home).
So, it will be a long week. Also, Probably no updates until after labor day weekend. Have a great week all!
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Quick updates ….Good news: race Jeep is ready to test, but ….
Bad news: need to replace the NEW clutch master cylinder. Ugh.
More bad news: found out yesterday evening that I need to go to Tacoma for emergency work on my eye at 8 am Friday. I have fluid behind a small portion of the retina which is causing a shadow. So, no updates for a couple days at least.
Thoughts and prayers for a successful outcome.
We are all thinking of you and are sure you are in good hands.
During your rehab, take things easy and please do what Ann says!!!!!
Dave,
My thoughts and prayers are with you!
Take care and all the best to both of you,
Frank
Do everything you can to take care of your eyes. Take a break…..don’t hurry
I have had Retina problems, if you see shadows, bright lights, or ”floaters” see an Eye Doctor immediately !!! Don’t wait!
Good luck with your medical procedure. Hope all goes well.
David
Best wishes on that.
My wife was the private surgical nurse for a big retina specialist back east,
She says she saw a lot of it.
Take care..
John
I posted a one-eyed update, lol. Thanks for all the well-wishes!
Get better soon Dave.
Yikes, Dave. Get well soon.
Best wishes and prayers, Dave, for smooth and complete healing. Thank goodness that you got the treatment.
Dave sorry to hear about your eye. Glad you were able to recognize the problem, and quickly address it.
We are praying for a quick, successful, and permanent recovery.
Please see… to it you get better real fast!!!!!
Wow, Dave… thank God you had it checked out and addressed quickly. It’s amazing what eye surgeons can do. Please take it easy while this heals! All the best to you and Ann 🙏👍
Dave!
Good Lord, that sounds like a mess! Any idea as to how you got the damage? Unknown? The shop? Your wife clawing at your face?
Bill
You got lots of people pulling for you! All the nest
…all the BEST!
I’m glad you’re taking care of your vision. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Dave, don’t worry about the site. Especially when you can’t keep an eye on things! (sorry, I had to) I’m sure everyone can survive a brief hiatus! You take care of #2 first! (we all know Ann is #1)
Follow orders and get better soon !! I had a friend go thru the bubble procedure several years ago. Took a long time, but it was well worth it. He had to lay flat on stomach so bubble was at back of eye. Rigged massage table with hole for his head. could look down at computer ! Also rigged mirrors from TV screen to display under table. He has been an obsessive/compulsive engineer his entire life…..but I still like him !
Take all the time you need to heal 100%
Best wishes for a speedy recovery from our italian friends
Dave- Good luck during your recuperation period. I went through this several years ago and while the recuperation is not painful, it is tedious and cumbersome, with having to keep your head pointed down, eating that way and you can only watch TV if you have a special chair equipped with a mirror that will allow you to see the TV. Reading a book is difficult without that chair. I couldn’t sleep on my stomach so wound up sleeping in my chair with a tv table and a pillow to rest my head on.
Good that you got it taken care of quickly though! You will probably develop a cataract in a few months as that is normal after retinal surgery.
Thanks for the well wishes everyone. I’ve been mostly sitting/sleeping on the couch with my head at an angle, but am slowly improving. The swelling is down and the bubble (well now bubbles) are slowly shrinking. I have another checkup tomorrow morning.
I added a couple minor updates, as someone emailed me about selling a nice 3B.
Colin: am glad I could at least look forward and wasn’t forced to look down.I do think the vision is slightly cloudier and plan to ask the doc if that will clear more. Some folks who have emailed me with similar work didn’t develop cataract issues (or develop them yet), so we’ll see. Doc last year I was on track to likely have them done at some point later in life anyway.