# So, Eye Had Emergency Retinal Laser Surgery **URL:** \ **Category:** Health & Fitness\ **Tags:** eyes\ **Created:** [September 10, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422 "2022-09-10T14:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/1 "2022-09-10T14:05:30Z")
Walking down the stairs the other day, I got these weird linear flashes in my right eye. This is very bad for those who don’t know, as it is indicative of a retinal tear or eye jelly getting sticky and pulling on the retina. When the jelly unsticks from the retina, you get the floaters, btw. So my VA guy sticks a crab meat fork kind of thing under my eyeball and starts counting. Three tears, one being called a horseshoe. I have immediate laser surgery to weld the flapping retinal wall. Hurt like a deep bone toothache. Best light show I’ve seen in a long while. Blinky today, and wanted to share with the older folks because this is what happens. Floaters are bad. If you have more than usual, go see your eye guy. If you have linear flashes out of nowhere, see someone asap. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Aikaili](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/aikaili/32/100376_2.png) [@Aikaili](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Aikaili)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/2 "2022-09-10T14:09:36Z")
Wishing you a speedy recovery. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/3 "2022-09-10T14:17:05Z")
What are linear flashes? Guy ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/4 "2022-09-10T14:18:00Z")
It looks like someone in your brain cracked the door open for a split second. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/5 "2022-09-10T14:19:35Z")
Damn that would get one’s attention wouldn’t it. I hope you’re recovering smoothly. Take care! Guy ---
**Author:** ![BigDave](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bigdave/32/181371_2.png) [@BigDave](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BigDave)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/6 "2022-09-10T15:00:17Z")
What are floaters? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/7 "2022-09-10T15:01:54Z")
That shit that moves around _inside_ your eye but you think it’s dust or something on the surface of your eye, so you rub it. Don’t rub it. ---
**Author:** ![TaipAmy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/taipamy/32/188329_2.png) [@TaipAmy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TaipAmy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/8 "2022-09-10T15:07:14Z")
Floaters look like cells under a microscope or floating hairs. @Mr_PBH will you need a vitrectomy? I was unlucky because I initially had no flashes or floaters to indicate a problem, just a slight blurriness in the corner of vision that I finally noticed. I had immediate laser surgery to prevent further tearing, but still needed another surgery to fix the tear. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/9 "2022-09-10T15:09:05Z")
> [@TaipAmy](#): > > vitrectomy > Vitrectomy is a surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye. Anterior vitrectomy entails removing small portions of the vitreous humor from the front structures of the eye—often because these are tangled in an intraocular lens or other structures.[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrectomy) The first guy, intern I’d say, said it’s not preferred. But, he also said laser surgery wasn’t either, then they saw how severe my situation was, so zap zap zap. ---
**Author:** ![TaipAmy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/taipamy/32/188329_2.png) [@TaipAmy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TaipAmy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/10 "2022-09-10T15:14:33Z")
If you caught it early enough you might avoid one, but if the tear is big, you’ll need one for sure. Or scleral buckle is another option that won’t result in a cataract. I wish you luck that you got it welded back in place in time. ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/11 "2022-09-10T15:15:27Z")
Wish you a speedy recovery! > [@Mr\_PBH](#): > > Floaters are bad On that topic: Most of them are actually harmless and many eye doctors won’t really treat them. It’s the sudden onset of floaters and the flashes one needs to worry about. Oh, and there is laser treatment against floaters too, but there is some risk they accidentally hit your retina. That’s why they usually won’t recommend it for younger people. So I decided to live with mine. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/12 "2022-09-10T15:15:48Z")
> [@TaipAmy](#): > > If you caught it early enough you might avoid one Yeah, that is a concern. They weren’t all new and some white residue was filling up the bottom of my eyeball. Yay age! ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/13 "2022-09-10T15:16:36Z")
> [@qwert\_zuiop](#): > > It’s the sudden onset of floaters and the flashes one needs to worry about. > > Oh, and there is laser treatment against floaters too, but there is some risk they accidentally hit your retina. That’s why they usually won’t recommend it for younger people. So I decided to live with mine. Yes. The laser might bounce off the floater and burn a nice hole in your retina, for like ever. That and the accepted practice is that your brain will get used to it and will ignore it, like it does with the aliens walking around us all the time – and ghosts. ---
**Author:** ![projectmaximus](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c6cbf5/32.png) [@projectmaximus](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/projectmaximus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/14 "2022-09-11T01:41:30Z")
Hope you recover quickly! Was your surgery in Taiwan? ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/15 "2022-09-11T01:49:03Z")
Wow crazy stuff. Was it causes from rubbing your eyes maybe in the sleep or something? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/16 "2022-09-11T01:59:46Z")
> [@projectmaximus](#): > > Was your surgery in Taiwan? The procedure was done at the VA hospital in Albany, New York. > [@tango42](#): > > Was it causes from rubbing your eyes maybe in the sleep or something? No idea. The tears weren’t new. I just exacerbated them by running up and down stairs at work. But I had noticeable floaters for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![TaipAmy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/taipamy/32/188329_2.png) [@TaipAmy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TaipAmy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/17 "2022-09-11T06:36:44Z")
Usually results from lattice degeneration, which affects about 10% of the population I think. Direct injuries to the eye can also cause them of course. @Mr_PBH have you gotten the 3D-OCT yet? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/so-eye-had-emergency-retinal-laser-surgery/223422/18 "2022-09-16T10:26:18Z")
> [@Mr\_PBH](#): > > That is all. So, going back for a follow-up today. Have not had any more flashes in my right eye, so that’s good. The floaters have been far more prominent, and I supposed to just allow my brain to stop seeing them. That has become an issue, because I have one or two very dark spots that jet around my eyeball jelly and look like gnats or bees or ants or spiders depending on where I am and what I’m doing. If I reach for a chip, I pull my hand away because there’s an ant on the plate. I swat at imaginary bugs and look like a lunatic. If I were schizophrenic, there’d be a real problem. 🤪