Wellness

[SilleeMee]

@Elri ,

Please go back up to message #27 in this thread and there I posted the info you are looking for.

[Elri]

@SilleeMee

Thank you.  I will try to find it.

[Elri]

@SilleeMee

Hi.  I found it.  Thank you so much.  I will try anything to repair the problem.

I've seen a few of your posts.  You offer good advice 

Ciao~~~~~~~~~~

[SilleeMee]

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@Elri  wrote:

@SilleeMee

Hi.  I found it.  Thank you so much.  I will try anything to repair the problem.

I've seen a few of your posts.  You offer good advice 

Ciao~~~~~~~~~~

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Thank you for your kind words @Elri . I hope the HA will work out for you so you will not have to go for another surgery.  Best wishes and good luck.

[Elri]

@SilleeMee

Thanks, sweetheart !

[haddon9]

Here's my story with vitreous detachment....

Two years ago on a Friday night in February as a blizzard was about to hit us I saw flashing in my left eye.  I knew that it could be the sign of a detached retina.

  I called my eye doctor who answered but he was in Florida and told me to be on the safe side to get it checked out.  He suggested Wills eye hospital. It's one of the top eye hospitals in the country.  However it's a 45 minute drive in good weather down 95 into Philadelphia.

My husband who has his own health problems can't drive at night.  So I called a few local hospitals and two told me to go to Wills and one said they could help me.  I would of course liked to have gone to Wills but how was I going to get there?  Snow was coming down heavily and I had my left eye closed.

I went to a local ER and they had a PA check me out.  The ophthalmologist on call didn't want to go out in the bad weather.  He spoke with me on the phone and said he would see me the next day.  Since they really couldn't do much for me then I told my husband we had better leave to go back home or we would be stuck at the hospital for the weekend.  

So I drove in the dark slowly with one eye in heavy snow in my CRV (thank goodness!) and as it turned out we had over 3 feet of snow.  We weren't dug out until late the next day.

The eye doctor that I usually see was able to get back here from Florida on Monday and he checked me out.  If I had a detached retina I could have had some permanent damage after so many hours but fortunately it was vitreous detachment.  The flashing went away after several hours.

It was a scary experience!

[vsm]

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@Ainhisg wrote:

Have any of you had any experience with flashing lights in your peripheral vision caused by a vitreous detachment?  How long did it take for the lights to stop?

Mid-March, I started seeing cascading lights in my right eye's peripheral vision.  It would just be when the room was dim/dark and maybe 2 or 3 times an evening tops.  I would sometimes go a couple of days without seeing the lights, but then they would return.  I researched online, and my symptoms indicated a vitreous detachment.  I read symptoms could continue for 3-6 months.

In early April, I saw my optometrist just to be for sure.  I did indeed have a vitreous detachment, but he said it should stop by the beginning of May (approximately 7-8 weeks after it started), and if it hasn't, that I should come back for another checkup, and he will do a little more in-depth testing.  I just wondered if anyone has experienced this.

TO tgbtg:  IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR VISION, SEE AN OPTHALMOLOGIST IMMEDIATELY.  AN OPTOMETRIST IS NOT A MEDICAL DOCTOR.

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[geegerbee]

You should probably be taking eye vitamins. My opthalmologist recomemded AREDS2 or Ocuvite that has lutein and something else in it that is good for eye health.

[Elri]

@Ainhisg

Hi.  You asked about eye supplements.  I take 40mg lutein every day.  I was taking eyebright but I stopped because I take so many things.  I started taking bilberry because it is supposed to be very good for vision.  It is in capsules.   This isn't a new fad, it has been said to help eyesight for years.  Zeaxanthin is supposed to be good for your eyes.  

Food that helps.  I am eating oranges, berries, green vegetables.  Thinking of looking up Andrew Lessman supplements.  He does know his stuff.  

@SilleeMee recommended the hyaluronic acid powder when she responded to you.  I am going to look it up and will most likely order very soon.    

Best of luck to you!   I hope it is not serious.

[sfnative]

@Ainhisg

One Friday evening a year and a half ago, we returned from taking our granddaughter home, got out of the car and took one step up into the house.  Bingo - flashing started in the right margin of my right eye. Knew immediately that I had a retina issue.  Went to urgent care Saturday a.m. first thing.  They sent me right over to an ophthalmologist who works a half day Saturday. 

By that time, I was also experiencing a "spider-like" feature in that eye, which interferred with vision.  I was examined thoroughly by my new ophthalmologist on that Saturday morning.  Here is what he diagnosed:

1.  The vitreous (jell-like substance within the eye-ball or globe) is contained within a sack.  The sack within my right eye had ruptured quite close to the optic nerve in the back of the eyeball, where a major blood vessel is located.  There was bleeding in that area, which caused the spider-like effect affecting my vision.  That feature did clear in about 2 weeks.

2.  The ophthalmologist told me the torn vitreous sack is torn for good.  It does not heal.  Additionally, the vitreous or jell-like substance can become wavy and permanently affect vision.  Yes, I now fight with this darn effect each day.  The vision in my right eye will never be the same.  It's always wavy to a certain extent.

3.  The flashing:  When the vitreous sack ruptured, it pulled rather hard on the retina in the far right margin of my eye, thereby pulling it up, causing flashing.  Was sent to a retinal specialist.  Nothing could be done about my retina.  It will be this way until I depart this earth.

So...my eye continues to flash and my vision is wavy and I didn't do a darn thing to make it do that.  Huge bummer.  I hate it.