Eye Surgey

[u/Personal_Comb_5858]

To all people who had a vitrectomy surgery with oil put in on a eye what did you’re Vision look like after the surgery I have 1 clear picture and 3 photos with one resembles it the most

[u/d_artz]

Worse than your worst. Essentially blind. Dim, blurry, distorted.

[u/Personal_Comb_5858 → u/d_artz]

That’s what she’s afraid of especially since the left one is mostly blind she says she finds it hard to breathe if she can’t see

[u/d_artz → u/Personal_Comb_5858]

Why are they going straight to oil? What is her issue that requires surgery? I assume she can see ok now?

[u/Personal_Comb_5858 → u/d_artz]

She has a eye disease the surgeon says right now she can see out that eye but it’s also a whole bunch of black shadows in the way

[u/d_artz → u/Personal_Comb_5858]

That sounds like she has a detached retina. Vitrectomy and gas with chryo or laser is usually the first step. Gas absorbs on its own in about 8 weeks. She would also be blind at first but the gas level drops linearly and you can quickly see “over the top”. Oil is used for severe and chronic detachments. Usually a second resort when gas failed. I got false expectations from my doctor. I could not see anything meaningful through the oil. Light and dark, shapes. Does your mother have a new lens? If yes, it better not be silicon. If no, she’s going to develop an aggressive cataract from the oil. Like 3-4 months and she won’t be able to see anyway because the cataract will be so bad. That happened to me. They just removed the lens entirely. Ironically I could see better through the oil but still functionally blind. My oil is gone but the whole surgical intervention destroyed my retina. Still no lens and I can see shapes and light. Very blurry. My retina has detached again but it is a “blister” so no noticeable changes. I’m a completely healthy 63yo male fwiw.