Detached Retina – I’ve Got Oil in My Eye
This post is not a substitute for talking with your physician. Since oil was put into my right eye to hold my retina in place for several months, I’ve been humming an old Sunday School song, “Give Me...
View ArticleDetached Retina: Another Vitrectomy Treating My PVR
I’ve just returned to the hospital for another surgery on my right eye. My retina condition has a name — proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) — which basically means that, so far, my retina keeps...
View ArticleDetached Retina: Understanding that My Eye Won’t Be the Same
Any time a person goes through a big change in life, a seminal event usually occurs to make that individual recognize that the change is becoming a normal part of life — permanent even. The seminal...
View ArticleDetached Retina-PVR: A Low Vision Specialist’s Huge Tape Tip
I’ve always thought of myself as a cup-half-full person. Just about any time that something hard or challenging occurs, I’m out there trying to help solve the problem or at least make things better. My...
View ArticleDetached Retina/PVR Update: 14 Months Later
Now it is 14 months after the fifth and, at this point, last surgery on my right retina. My eye, which has proliferative vitro retinopathy (PVR), is stable, though it has oil inside, which distorts my...
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