Hi
I went for a routine check up today and they found that I had a little hole in my retina and they had to laser it back into place. I'm 22 and short sighted. I was wondering if anyone else had had this done??? Have you had any problems afterwards?
Thanks for your help
x x x :wave:

Hi bluebanana,
I'm 34 and severly near-sighted. I had 3 detached retinas within a years time. All in my right eye. The first time they tried cryotherapy along with a bubble. I had to lay on my left side for 2 weeks and use several eye drops. I was fine for about 5 months. Then I saw another dark spot in my vision. They found another hole. This time they did a vitrectomy. They removed the vitrious gel in my eye, lasered they hole and re-filled my eye with saline. During that time I was also pregnant with twins. Again I had to lay on my left side for 2 weeks and use eye drops. Unfortunately I developed a cataract due to the use of eye drops. Then a month after my twins were born I had a follow up visit and they found another hole. They did another vitrectomy, removed the cataract and inserted a lens. I had to lay face down for 2 weeks. Thank goodness my mom came to help us with the babies. :eek: I ended up developing a clouding of the capsule area from the lens. I had that removed. Unfortunately it left me with a LARGE floater that drives me nuts. :rolleyes:

That has been almost 3 years ago. I've lost about 50% of my vision in my right eye. I have no peripheral vision. I has taken some getting used to. Driving worries me the most.

I hope that you don't have as many problems with your eyes as I have. Make sure that you get routine check ups. I could have probably saved my vision had I gone to an eye doctor that did regular check ups to check the condition of my retinas and lattice.

Good Luck!

Hi
I went for a routine check up today and they found that I had a little hole in my retina and they had to laser it back into place. I'm 22 and short sighted. I was wondering if anyone else had had this done??? Have you had any problems afterwards?
Thanks for your help
x x x :wave:
Same thing just happened to me. However they didnt laser anything. I was told their is nothing they can do about the hole, and I just have to wait it out and watch for strange things to happen with my vision. I am also near sighted. My Dr. told me to get checked every year, but if my retna does detach their isnt anything they can do. Maybe I need a second opinion. I was told that this does happen in near sighted people. Not much consolation though.

My left retina actually detached when I was an infant....so they had to put a buckle on it to keep it in place......Needless to say since this was over 20 years ago I don't think lasers would have worked....well and it completely detached so...anyway!

I've got a lot more problems than just the retina detached but due to that I've got maybe 25-30 degrees of perifrial (sp) vision that is attributed to the detachment.....

And now I just keep waiting for the day when my eye doctor tells me they have to replace the buckle.....not looking forward to it but I know it'll happen...eventually.

mommy24 - I would definitely get a second opinion! There IS something they can do. In fact, the sooner the better. When I had holes in my retina they did surgery almost immediately.

Please get a second opinion!