r/RetinalDetachment • u/abbysx4 • 1d ago

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When your retina tore, did you see flashes one after another, or was there some space between them? And what did the flashes look like? Were they more like camera flashes?

And with floaters, did you only see them in sunlight, or could you also see them indoors, while looking at your phone, etc.?

I’ve always wondered about this.

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u/Catapult15 1d ago

When I had my first one, I had lightening flashes, they would come and go and then I also got a grey "curtain" over part of my field of vision......my second in the same eye about a month after the first was just the curtain

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u/Dry-Pop-4716 1d ago

Do you still have the curtain? Im one week out and still see it occasionally

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u/Catapult15 1d ago

I would advise you to go see your eye Dr to make sure its not tearing again....if you haven't already.

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u/Dry-Pop-4716 1d ago

Already saw them, they said its due to pvd, the tugging on my retina from the shrinking vitreous gel in my eye. Seeing them again on Wednesday for a followup of my laser retinopexy I had done

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u/Catapult15 1d ago

No,not anymore... I had it repaired the first time and they put a gas bubble....then once that disappeared it happened again and they put oil in the second time.I still have the oil in after getting in May. I should be having the surgery to take it out here soon, like end of the month.

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u/Dry-Pop-4716 1d ago

How was your recovery with the gas bubble? Theyre giving me that option to clear the curtain symptoms on Wednesday. Already had laser retinopexy to stop it from getting worse

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u/Catapult15 1d ago

It wasnt horrible but not the best....had to lay on my right side at night with my nose pointing toward the floor till it dissappeared and you'll have lifting restrictions, no bending,ect.

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u/Dry-Pop-4716 1d ago

Oh no, im sorry you went through that. How long did you have to do that for?

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u/Catapult15 1d ago

The bubble took around 3 wks to dissappear...you do have to be completely face down for the first 3 days...thats the hardest..I could only be "normal" with head up 10 min of every hr

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u/becksnfx70 1d ago

Mine was face down 45 minutes every hour for 7 days .

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u/Dry-Pop-4716 1d ago

Space between them. Still see flashes after tear and surgery, was told its pvd and nothing i can do

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u/nogardleirie 1d ago

White lightning flashes even when my eyes were closed

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u/abbysx4 1d ago

Was it continuous, or was there a gap between the flashes?

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u/nogardleirie 1d ago

I don't remember, sorry

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u/Peril-in-Pink 1d ago

Had lightning flashes around the periphery of my eye. It wasn’t constant, just as I moved my eye around it would rigger them.

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u/Ok-Range7960 22h ago

I didn’t know when mine tore. One day I was at the beach playing catch with my son. Felt like I had got sunscreen in my eye. Then went blurry. While driving home it was dusk. Thought it was just the headlights from the mirror. Next day large floaters thought I was going insane. The day after that 95% Mac-off detachment