dont people get detatched retinas all the time, from like going on rollercoasters and other such high g force activities?

car accidents, falling over, just randomly.. all the time

Apparently bungie jumping is a common way to get it.....



..........have you been secretly bungie jumping?  :?:

yeah its quite common, just when they occur they are normally treated quite fast. What the doc was saying is because its been left so long that the retina is now "atrophied"?? and gone all thin and shrivelled, and so its a bit more difficult, that and there are two tears not just one.

Its also at the base of my eye not the top, meaning the traditional methods of a viterectomy and a gas or oil bubble wont work unless I walk around on my hands for weeks, so hes trying the rubber band method.

Also non-trauma ones are quite rare in young adults.

heres a page explaining a bit more: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_rnib003661.hcsp

Quote from: RivkidTheres definitely a process for this kind of thing - you can get extensions, delays on exams all sorts for mitigating circumstances. Go see your tutor/mentor or whoever is doing this role.

M3ta7h3ad, take evidence as this will back up what you are saying.

Hopefullt you will be OK in a few weeks

Get well soon !!!

Had the operation on Thursday.

Today has really been the only day Ive felt well enough to stay awake all day.

It is a procedure I hope never to have to suffer again. Turned up at the hospital on time, given eye drops for preventing any infections, and taken down to theatre at 4pm.

Had a panic moment, watching my heart rate on the monitors around me before they anaesthetised me thinking that a resting heart rate of 62bpm was bloody good with a oxygen level of 98% spesh considering I was nervous as hell, and not a fit person... then my eyes drifted across the IV line they had just fixed to my arm and I noticed some air bubbles.

62...64...71...76...85...92... "are you alright?" said one of the docs, at which point I asked "are there meant to be air bubbles in the tube? or have I watched too much casualty" cue a laugh from the anaesthetist and a comforting "aye... dont worry about them, theyre fine." 93...84....71...68...65...62 found it amusing how my heart just started racing at the slightest stimuli.

They started to anaesthetise me and asked me to count down from ten, I remember saying "Te.." and then I woke up feeling crap.

PAIN... oh dear god pain... my eye felt like it was being ripped from my skull with a log. Then the realisation that I couldnt breathe because of the tightness of my throat, I wanted to throw up so much but I was forcing myself to keep it down and my throat just clamped down and wouldnt let me breathe, only when the nurse forced my shoulders down on the bed did all of a sudden it open up and I could breathe, in amongst the urges to throw up everywhere.

My girlfriend had turned up at around 4pm (the time I went to theatre, thinking Id been in theatre at around 1pm), and stayed there and eventually by my side from the time I came out (quarter to 8 ) until visiting hours were over. Managed to get across to her after 15minutes that I couldnt talk because I wanted to throw up, and that her stroking my arm was making me feel nauseous, and hearing people talk around me was also making me feel nauseous. Then just as im calming down and having a slow bitty conversation with her mostly consisting of the words "I feel like crap, this royally sucks ass, i feel so sick" my parents turn up, with my mum refusing to shut up despite my girlfriends gentle persuasion, and the nurse explaining I was feeling bad. If she wasnt asking me questions, she was bleating on to my dad about how "out of it" I was (wasnt out of it at all.... was just trying not to throw up). They went home at 9pm. and I slept until about well what I guess to be 4am, at which point I was wide awake, and struggling to pour water into an invisible glass with only one eye working, and the lights on the ward turned off.

Got sent home on friday, and have been here since either writhing in pain, or trying to make it through the day. Went out on saturday night for a meal to celebrate my birthday and found myself unable to kiss my girlfriend without stabbing pains going through my eyes as they tried to focus on her while our heads approached. Then spent the rest of the evening just with my eyes closed mainly trying to rest.

That sounds terrible, is that normal after such an operation?

I really do wish you a speedy recovery, to have that over your birthday too... you have my best wishes, Rich.

its the anaesthetic that makes you feel like that... I felt like crap after my operation too... kept closing my eyes for 30sec then opening them thinking id been asleep for hours (only know this because of the people who were there telling me about it after)

get well soon metalhead.... Im sure youll be feeling much better once its all behind you and sorted !

iv never had such a bad reaction to the anaesthesia, guess im just lucky

hope your feeling better soon, sucks to be unwell

Some people can react like that.  I had an operation a few years back where because of my size (which is a big factor apparently) they told me I would be very ill when I woke up - even when I said I hadnt had that from any previous operations. I happened to be fine when I woke up but they were really surprised! I guess its just person to person.


Hope you feel better mate and hope everythings A1 when its all better.