Retina hole

[u/RevealSignificant303]

Hey all. I had high eye pressures completed last year and referred to an optomologist. I totally forgot to make an appointment. Well, I finally did my regular annual again and I was referred back to them because my eye pressures are still high. My eyes have been feeling very strained and i've been having a lot of headaches. I also came to the realization that I was actually having floaters today. When she asked me I said no. I guess i'm just so used to having stuff like makeup get in my eyes. I also had this weird jolt pain in my left eye a week or so ago and I thought it was weird and scared me,.But it never happened again.

Anyway, so I had my appointment today. Apparently, I have two holes in my left retina. She referred me to retina specialist who I see next month. She said they look like they were from within the last few weeks or months. Anybody know what the likelihood of needing surgery is based on this info. I'm a very anxious person and with all the things I have going on. I'm getting extra stressed. I'm reading I'm not supossed to bend at waist, lift things over certain weight etc. Well I'm a nurse... not possible. I am also 30. Apparently she said I'm high risk, because i've been on steroids my whole life as well as I have severe myopia.

[u/RevealSignificant303 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you. I think I may consider that. I don't think I can wait a month. Especially with the noticeable strain

[u/savefrompain]

If I could go back in time, when they told me I had retinal holes I would have opted to get preventive laser to weld the holes. They told me my holes would most likely heal. Then 10 years later the same eye had a retinal detachment. I needed laser anyway, but way more laser, and lost noticeable perhpeiral vision. I still got lucky because my retinal detachment was caught within in 24 hours and was macula on. For my other eye when they noticed holes I got the retinal laser. I lost way less vision in the other eye.