Re: Vitrectomy surgery to remove eye floater
- From: "dchamberlain" <dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Apr 2006 12:38:42 -0700
Hi Bill
The floaters are pretty huge in that they extend from the top to the
bottom of my sight in the right eye, are thick enough to distort the
light coming into the eye (like watching a wave cross before me, and
stay in my line of sight about 95% of the time. I've had them for about
a year and they have not dimenished. I went to see a doctor who does
laser treatment of floaters, and he tells me that mine are the type
that can't be treated by laser, but did recommend the vitrectomy. When
I asked him what the chances would be that they would eventually fade
away, his response was "0%"!.
A surgeon, who normally does not recommend the procedure, agreed to do
it in my case because of the size and position of the floaters.
Having a vitrectomy was certainly not my first choice, but 2 doctors
have told me it is the only way to rid myself of these floaters. They
do impair my ability to read, do things that are close up, and are
always there when I am looking through a telescope.
Dale
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