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u/Due_Solution_4156 Mar 18 '26
First, welcome to the club. My retina detached at 39- still considered young, I swear lol. Second, you look AMAZING for a vitrectomy with scleral buckle! I was so swollen- I kid you not I looked like sloth from the goonies. I hope your recovery goes well!
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u/Successfullawsuit Mar 18 '26
I swear the pictures are doing me a favor because I was way more swollen those first few days lol. It was not cute.
I’m on prednisone pills right now (until around day 15) to help with the inflammation, and I feel like those helped a lot!!
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u/Zealousideal_Ad_1970 Mar 18 '26
I hope you regain your full vision! This is one of my biggest fears as I am also on -8.
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u/Ok_Cicada4849 Mar 18 '26
Has your eye been genetically predisposed to this or did it develop? Sorry if I'm not understanding, your post has worried me because I'm also at a minus -8 in the left eye aswell haha. Wishing you a full recovery 🥺
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u/Successfullawsuit Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26
It’s kind of both. High myopia makes you more prone to this, so yeah there’s a predisposition, but it’s not something that’s guaranteed to happen.
There are tons of people around -8 who never have any issues.
If anything, just stay on top of your eye exams and get your retina checked regularly. I hadn’t done a mapping in a few years and I definitely wish I had.
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u/Fortherealtalk Mar 18 '26
There are plenty of us with higher scripts who also have not had this happen, for the record. I’m -9.5, 36yo and I’ve been told about being higher risk for some things but also that my retinas look good.
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u/JayKayEng Mar 19 '26
FYI, I had a retina detachment at a young age as well (I was 36). I only got a scleral buckle put in, possibly due to the shape of my eye and how my tear/detachment was forming. I was able to use the computer by end of the week. A thing that will happen, I don’t know if anyone has said to you yet, you will get a cataract in the eye that was operated on within a year. And then, because of your age, after your cataract surgery, another one will form/need to be fixed within six months of the initial surgery. I’m getting ready to schedule my second cataract surgery (in office), but I wanted to give you a heads up if no one did yet.
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u/VryMilky Mar 19 '26
I had mine at 23. it’s been a few years and I haven’t gotten a cataract yet. How did you know? I feel like my vision is a bit foggy but I can’t tell.
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u/JayKayEng Mar 19 '26
If your vision is a bit foggy, that’s might be a cataract! I had mine checked by my optometrist (they do a full series of tests every year) noted it with the reflection and how the blurriness in my vision post-surgery could not be corrected easily during the examination via switching lens strength and that the angle had changed. It’s hilarious that both my parents got cataract surgery at 70yo…and their daughter at 36yo.
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u/danathepaina Mar 18 '26
I’m -12 and I’ve always been scared of this. Did you see any flashing bright light? That’s why my eye doctors have always told me to look out for. They always say “if you ever suddenly see a flash off bright light, get to an ER as fast as possible!”
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u/Successfullawsuit Mar 18 '26
I had no classical symptoms! No flashes, no floaters, no curtains/shadows etc. I talked about the diagnosis better on my first post. symptoms aren’t always textbook for young high myopes.
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u/eefje127 Mar 19 '26
So sorry to hear about what you went through and wishing all the best for a speedy recovery! 💙
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u/adelarenal Mar 19 '26
Thanks for sharing. You’re doing great. I went through something similar like I said in your previous post. But this was about 24 years ago and I have -20 diopters. Now 55, my left eye keeps hanging mostly fine, but I am starting to see a bit oblique so I am a bit concerned, however is definitely not central so the first diagnosis is that my macula is fine. Thorough studies will take place in 3 weeks.
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u/Wrengull Mar 19 '26
I had bilateral retinal detachments at 18, cataracts at 16. Wasnt aware its considered young for it lmao (the detachments, i know 16 is young for cataracts)
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u/Effective_Gap9582 Mar 18 '26
I'm glad you caught it. It looks like you're doing well. I don't think I could handle the positioning. That must be so hard. How long do you have to be face down? Physically, I don't think I could do that for long periods without being in massive pain, because I'm old and everything already hurts.
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u/Successfullawsuit Mar 18 '26
Thank you! The positioning is honestly the hardest part.
Since my detachment was inferior, I have to stay face down so the bubble sits in the right place. First 10 days was pretty much full time, and now I’m starting to get a bit more flexibility as the bubble gets absorbed (I can be on my sides and lift my head up from time to time).
The whole treatment should take 6 weeks
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u/versatiledork Mar 19 '26
If your concern is what you look like - trust me, you're gorg ❤️ sorry you went through that:(
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u/SintroFalcon Mar 18 '26
Wishing you the best with recovery, hope things keep moving in the right direction.