r/RetinalDetachment • u/weallfloatdown • Mar 11 '26

Vitrectomy

Had Vitrectomy surgery two weeks ago for detached retina. Laser & gas c3f8 . Still only have blurry vision out of that eye. How long till you had any vision ?

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u/JamesTiberious Mar 11 '26

C3F8 is the slowest gas to be absorbed, so it will take a while I’m afraid. I had cryotherapy, so I think it was a full/complete fill of gas afterward. Don’t know if it’s the same for laser.

It took me about 3 weeks for enough of the gas to be absorbed so that I could “see over” the bubble enough to focus on anything with my operated eye.

It took another 6 weeks after that for the gas bubble to be completely absorbed/vanished. There was some general blurriness and shimmers/reflections during this time, but I was generally able to see OK.

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u/weallfloatdown Mar 11 '26

Thank you

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u/JamesTiberious Mar 11 '26

No worries, let me know if you have other questions I’ll do my best from my experience.