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12-24-2007, 11:50 AM
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| | | Thinking about FOV in the future
Has anyone had a vitrectomy here? if so did it get rid of your floaters? I seriously see hundreds of them and I read that vitrectomy to remove them is fairly safe. I have read many success stories and hope that in 5 or 6 years I can have them.
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Diagnosed September 18th, 2006
Pumping with Animas IR 1250 from December 18th, 2006-January 25th, 2007 (I don't like stinging boluses)
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12-24-2007, 12:34 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
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| | | Not for floaters, but I would think it would be pretty safe. They aren't hoovering your retina like they did me, just the fluids. |
12-25-2007, 09:33 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Israel
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| | | Exactly 3 years ago I had a vitrectomy due to broken blood vessels in my right eye. The operation was 100% successful. I was in the hospital for 5 days and took 3 different types of drops for about a month.
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12-26-2007, 07:09 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY
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| | | I will be having mine done in January some time. I'll let you know how it goes. |
12-26-2007, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by markr  Exactly 3 years ago I had a vitrectomy due to broken blood vessels in my right eye. The operation was 100% successful. I was in the hospital for 5 days and took 3 different types of drops for about a month.
Mark | 5 days? Why? I was in less than 5 hours. |
12-26-2007, 10:03 PM
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| | | Are we talking about the same operation? I was operated while under general anesthesia, and for the first 24 hours after the operation, I was almost completely out. Apparently, mine was much more serious.
Mark |
12-27-2007, 02:43 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
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Originally Posted by markr Are we talking about the same operation? I was operated while under general anesthesia, and for the first 24 hours after the operation, I was almost completely out. Apparently, mine was much more serious.
Mark | I had a pars plana membrane peel to treat hemmhorraging proliferative retinopthay. I was awake for most of it on an O.R. slab. There was a full O.R. team working on me. |
12-28-2007, 12:53 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Israel
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| | Sounds like we had same problem but to a different degree. Who cares?  I can see better and I hope you can too. Just think where we would be today if they didn't have this and so many other procedures 20 years ago.
Mark |
12-29-2007, 11:06 AM
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| | | so did ur floaters go away after u had the surgery?
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12-29-2007, 12:42 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Israel
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| | | Yes, everything was fine until a few months ago. I go for checkups 2 times a year,I have not had any laser treatments for 3 years, but my eye doctor said I was at the very initial stages of cataracts (no big deal). Two weeks after I saw him, all of a sudden I was having problems seeing at night - bright lights for on coming headlights, when I would go from dark to light or visa versa it would be like hundreds of flashbulbs going off. I want back for a second opinion and there were no changes and I was supposed to have a F/A. Then I got real sick with a virus that effected my thyroid and I just found out a few days ago I have celiac. I canceled the F/A, and my eyes have gotten somewhat better. I have an appointment with my eye doctor next week and I think everything is related. Don't you just love having diabetes! By the way, I lost close to 30 pounds during this time. |
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