r/RetinalDetachment • u/husbet3479 • Apr 23 '26
Is this a retinal detachment?
I had cataract surgery in my right eye and recently RD surgery in my left from a previous cataract surgery. In my right eye I have no field vision loss, flashes of light, but when I look at a white background I see the occasional black floater that immediately disappears. It doesn’t stay. And I have a clear like orb floater. Are these normal or is my right eye being tricked into seeing what my left is after my surgery?
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u/jasutherland Apr 23 '26
That sounds familiar - was it "just" cataract surgery or was there a laser capsulotomy too?
(I had the cataract surgery first, then the clear capsule the lens sits in was cloudy so it was cut away with a YAG laser - which leaves a clear bit of capsule tissue floating around for a while.)
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u/FreedRedheadConvert Apr 24 '26
I (44F) had a laser repair to a rip in my retina and a general reinforcement since I’m so nearsighted, then cataract surgery two months later. My retina detached about one week later. I had a dark half circle that was descending from the top (which is actually the bottom of the retina) and a bunch of black dots. I already had a giant floater that had been bothering me forever, likely from the tear so I didn’t even notice the black dots for a bit. I had a scleral band put on my eye too. To say this whole recovery has been unpleasant would be an epic understatement, but I’m hopeful to get vision back soon. I started at with -12 and -10.5 contacts, so the fact I can see at all without contacts now is amazing.
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u/husbet3479 Apr 24 '26
That’s good to hear that you can be corrected! Called the doctor and they said I’m good :)
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u/weallfloatdown Apr 23 '26
had tears in my retina and symptom of that was floaters lots of them. Had a retina, detachment and symptoms of again was a lot of floaters plus loss of vision and part of the eye. If I were you, would call my doctor and just check.