It has been a month since u posted... How's ur vision?

My vision is better since the two op's..I able to see out of the eye but people and objects or writing seems fuzzy or 2 far away. But I am extremely pleased with how the operation has worked out, really gratful to the eye doctors.

Thank you for your conern

wb jon

Hi! I am really sorry to hear about your detached retina. Finally someone that understands... I have the same. You mostly see it in elderly people so it is hard to deal with as a young person. Worse than that, I did nothing to cause my retinas to detach, and they are detached in both eyes. I have already undergone my first surgery, am currently recovering and bracing myself for the next. I am going to post my story in this area but as a new post so it will hopefully attract attention and get some feed back, as I am just as clueless about all of this as yourself. Check out what has been going on with me... I guess I could title it "young people with detached retinas". My doctors are great and say I am healing beautifully but to me it is more emotionally challenging than anything because before my doctor visit just weeks ago, I knew nothing was really wrong.... Then they start talking about blindness? Hope all goes well with you. Take care

Thank you, iam now going to have my third operation probably at the end of the year to straighten out the eye. My eye sight in my right eye is still poor, but im still glad of the results. Theres an 80% chance my eye will stay straight for the next 10 years so thats better than nothing. Im sorry to hear about your condition. So there is not reason for them to detached with your eyes? Yeah I started to experience blindess after about couple of weeks after the retina detached.

Ya I went to the doctor a couple months ago about floaters and flashes and he said that I have a detached retina in both eyes and He said that I will be okay. But now I am seeing that my left eyeball is just a little higher than my right eye and Im kind of freaking out.

I hope you have seen a retina specialist. Detached retina's must be treated quickly. Please update and let me know how you are doing. Hope all is well. My 20 year old son just had his 4th vitrectomy surgery to repair detached retina in right eye. This has been a challenging time for him-and me too. Everything I have read and have been told by doctors, is that it is not uncommon for it to take multiple surgeries and office procedures to fix a detached retina. Again, take care and good luck.

Well I am still having eye problems at the moment and I went to see a doctor about my double vision and slight eye movement and he didnt see any shift of the eyes. They also took me in for an MRI and they ruled out MS and they did another test and ruled out Glaucoma. But I was also curious to see if a detached retina could possibly cause eye movement.

If the retina is indeed detached-even somewhat-you will not be focusing normally. This will infact cause the eye to not be "level" with the other eye. When the retina is detached your vision is impaired. I urge you to have not only your vision checked, but also check on the retina's in both eyes. In your previous post you stated that a doctor told you that both of your retinas are detached. If I am understanding your post, I find it alarming that the doctor would have told you that you are ok. Again, this is serious business. This can not be left untreated. An MRI will not detect a detached retina. An opthamologist can diagnose a detachment, but will then refer you to a retina specialist. Please keep me updated-and please schedule an apt with the opthamologist. When you call let them know you are having problems and have been told you have detached retinas. They will get you in quicker knowing these facts. Good luck, I will be thinking of you and hoping for the best for you. Take care!

thank you for your information and concern!