Hi , I have an injury to my right eye with a silly plastic thing on elastic which went through the surface of the eye and tore the retina. I started with a detachment and had surgey which was cryo surgery. This op fail ed to repair the damage and it began to come off again so it was repeated , this also failed and the retina began spliting and a third op was done this time also using a scleral buckle. This has stopped the retina from detaching but the pain and discomfort I have been left with afterwards is sometimes unbearable to which I have lost two jobs through , both physical jobs , quite heavy. I have returned repeatably to the hospital who have not been able to offer any help , I have asked about removal of the buckle as im convinced that it is the cause of most of the pain I have but they say that is not an option. This surgery was carried out in may 2003 and so its a long time ago really now , I have no idea what to do , ive complained to the hospital authorities about the situation because there must be something someone can do , I cannot believe that this is how im going to have to live my life from now on. Does anyone else have this problem after surgery , does anyone have any idea what I can do.
Thanks