> things with straight edges - doors, windows and the like - seemed to be a bit wavy.
That's how my right eye is currently. Vitrectomy, 'spot welding' and sclaral buckle. i'd been looking for patiants perspective on post op and... it seems to be hit/miss, but if i don't do anything I will eventually lose use of the eye.
So while the prospect not just of being put under but also the recovery where i'll be face down for daysto weeks when I'm the almost nessicary feeling second set of hands for bounce around tasks and help with sibling care... Terrifies me.
My right eye went from being able to see the stars again for that month between cateract surgery and detatchment... to not being able to read because of distortions.
I have faith in God, but i'd rather put my trust in modern medacine.
Do kinda wish mechanical prosthetics were a viable replacement though... Eyeball Mk1 hasn't worked out for me that well.
Wasn't sure until I read this (your last post) but you are going to have exactly the same operation and face-down post-op recovery period that an acquaintance of mine went through, at age 55.
Like you, without the surgery, he would have definitely lost the eye.
He had the operation, endured 8-10 days of living on his stomach, and the operation failed, the retina failed to re-attach.
Had a second operation, endured another week on his stomach, and the operation failed again, no re-attachment.
The surgeon said there would be one more attempt. If it failed, nothing more could be done, because they couldn't continue traumatizing the eye, which only increases the likelihood of non-reattachment.
The man was told before he agreed to the surgery that tho' success was more likely than failure, it was not a slam-dunk.
Third operation....success.
However, he still has impairment in the eye, a mild tunnel vision.
He was warned about that, too; i.e, that even if the eye were saved, he might not regain totally normal vision.
How much vision is restored is different for every person.
He said that if he were asked by someone who was going to have the surgery for the one best piece of advice, he would say:
"
Follow the doctor's recovery instructions exactly, to the letter. It may make the difference between a successful operation and a failed one."
I won't only say Good Luck. What I also will say is that I do believe in God (I am a Christian) and I will pray that your operation is a success.
It is OK to have both faith in God
and "trust in modern medicine."
I do; 100% faith in the former and, well, maybe not quite 100% trust in the latter.
(My acquaintance is also a Christian; RC, actually, same as moi.)