I would love to follow up and see how things work out for you. I do hope the scar tissue settles down over time. My best advice is that the more patient you are, the better you will heal and that bubble will dissipate and you will start to have some relief. Patience is such a virtue yet hard to achieve when you're in the midst of pain and concern. I was very scared and it was a traumatizing time but I got through it. Going into any light was like stabbing knives in my eye. I would sit in my room, a complete dark cave, under a blanket. The severe light sensitivity was excuriating. I also had a gas bubble placed and during the recovery that bubble drove me insane. My Iris flipped during the procedure and it left me with a full eye of blood and bad bruising. During my cornea transplant surgery one of my eyes didn't go so well. I had double cornea transplants and double cataracts when I was 43. I cant offer the specifics you're hoping for but, I felt bad reading your posts and want you to know that I feel your anxiety and frustration. Hey Jackie I am relating to you, your concerns and fears when it comes to your eye and what you're feeling. We are all different when it comes to recovery times. I hope that this helps and I am sure someone on this forum has undergone a more recent procedure and can input some of their experiences. The fact that I have macular degeneration doesn’t mean you will. Continue to see him as he really does need to keep a check on this. Under no circumstances should you let your doctor rush you and tell him how you felt at your next visit. It may set your mind at ease or the doctor may give you a better understanding of the recovery time. However, I can empathize with your concerns and would find out if another doctor at a different facility would be willing to exam you. I just wanted to let you know of my experience and I had the utmost confidence in my doctor back then and also in my doctor today. The bubble will eventually re absorb In your eye. This is not necessarily the result of the detachment. Today I have early dry macular degeneration which has remained fairly stable and now some macular edema which is being treated and is almost gone. I have astigmatism in that eye so always needed contacts or glasses. I don’t remember the eye being itchy although it is a long time ago. My eye did return to normal but it took time, for me it was a few months. I remember being impatient with the recovery time however. I was off work for about 2 months and no driving at that time and had additional laser surgery to patch up a leak. He is also right when he says it’s early days. I know the scarring could re detatch the retina which is why he wants to see you so often. I did have cataract surgery about 30 years after the initial retinal detachment. I was told at that time of the possibility of cataracts in the future. Had a sclera buckle in the early 1980s which was successful.
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