I have a hole in the macula. They did a Vitrectomy, macula repair with gas bubble placement. The face down procedure is pretty common for macula and retina repair surgeries. I have heard of several other people who have had to do the face down treatment. What they explained is: the Vitrectomy is the removal of the vitreous gel in the eye. They inject a gas as a place holder until the eye produces more of the gel. As the eye produces the fluid the eye absorbs the gas. The reason for the face down position is that the gas is lighter than the fluid and they want the gas to be up against the repair to hold it in place while it heals. So face down the gas rises to the back of the eye. Makes sense so I am trying to comply but I am finding it very uncomfortable. So he is predicting 7-10 days (not weeks). I will find out on Friday whether I am to be released or whether I have to stay face down for longer. It feels good to stand up to put the drops in but I am finding that I am getting increasingly dizzy when I am standing up straight. So I have to do it slowly. But 4 times a day I can stand up.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
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This may be too much information for you so you can skip it. Someone asked for a little more details about my procedure.
I have a hole in the macula. They did a Vitrectomy, macula repair with gas bubble placement. The face down procedure is pretty common for macula and retina repair surgeries. I have heard of several other people who have had to do the face down treatment. What they explained is: the Vitrectomy is the removal of the vitreous gel in the eye. They inject a gas as a place holder until the eye produces more of the gel. As the eye produces the fluid the eye absorbs the gas. The reason for the face down position is that the gas is lighter than the fluid and they want the gas to be up against the repair to hold it in place while it heals. So face down the gas rises to the back of the eye. Makes sense so I am trying to comply but I am finding it very uncomfortable. So he is predicting 7-10 days (not weeks). I will find out on Friday whether I am to be released or whether I have to stay face down for longer. It feels good to stand up to put the drops in but I am finding that I am getting increasingly dizzy when I am standing up straight. So I have to do it slowly. But 4 times a day I can stand up.
I have a hole in the macula. They did a Vitrectomy, macula repair with gas bubble placement. The face down procedure is pretty common for macula and retina repair surgeries. I have heard of several other people who have had to do the face down treatment. What they explained is: the Vitrectomy is the removal of the vitreous gel in the eye. They inject a gas as a place holder until the eye produces more of the gel. As the eye produces the fluid the eye absorbs the gas. The reason for the face down position is that the gas is lighter than the fluid and they want the gas to be up against the repair to hold it in place while it heals. So face down the gas rises to the back of the eye. Makes sense so I am trying to comply but I am finding it very uncomfortable. So he is predicting 7-10 days (not weeks). I will find out on Friday whether I am to be released or whether I have to stay face down for longer. It feels good to stand up to put the drops in but I am finding that I am getting increasingly dizzy when I am standing up straight. So I have to do it slowly. But 4 times a day I can stand up.
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I have mentioned your procedure to a few people and have heard people say they have heard of the face down recovery process or knew someone who went through it.. I never knew of it before. Makes sense the way you explain it but gee it would be nice if people could recovered differently...
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