Re: Visual disturbance/retinal detachment.
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Emmz
Re: Visual disturbance/retinal detachment.
I have pvd in both eyes. First one was 18 months ago and I was petrified. Was like a money spider in my peripheral vision. Went to optician and was diagnosed with pvd, no retinal detachment. Had scans to check.
Monday morning, this week, lots of long black lines and blurriness with right eye. I phoned my optician who said I needed to be seen within 24 hours and asked me to go and see her in a couple hours. So I went, mask, gloves, etc, as did she. Had drops put in right eye, sat in car for 15 minutes then went back in. Pvd diagnosed again, worse than left eye. She could see a large clump of vitreous gel blurring my vision.
No treatment, but she contacted the Eye Triage team at the hospital, and they're going to ring me on Monday.
I read, dressmake, cross stitch, etc, and its very annoying. It's like looking through a dirty, cobwebby net curtain at the moment.
There are some good articles about it online, the best one on the RNIB website.
Please don't worry too much about it, after a while you learn to live with it and it's not too bad, just irritating at times.
Do you wear glasses or are you short sighted?
Dee
Re: Visual disturbance/retinal detachment.
Re: Visual disturbance/retinal detachment.
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Dee62
I have pvd in both eyes. First one was 18 months ago and I was petrified. Was like a money spider in my peripheral vision. Went to optician and was diagnosed with pvd, no retinal detachment. Had scans to check.
Monday morning, this week, lots of long black lines and blurriness with right eye. I phoned my optician who said I needed to be seen within 24 hours and asked me to go and see her in a couple hours. So I went, mask, gloves, etc, as did she. Had drops put in right eye, sat in car for 15 minutes then went back in. Pvd diagnosed again, worse than left eye. She could see a large clump of vitreous gel blurring my vision.
No treatment, but she contacted the Eye Triage team at the hospital, and they're going to ring me on Monday.
I read, dressmake, cross stitch, etc, and its very annoying. It's like looking through a dirty, cobwebby net curtain at the moment.
There are some good articles about it online, the best one on the RNIB website.
Please don't worry too much about it, after a while you learn to live with it and it's not too bad, just irritating at times.
Do you wear glasses or are you short sighted?
Dee
Thank you Dee for replying to me.
I don't wear glasses and as far as I know I am not short sighted or long sighted.
I've read lots about PVD back in 2013 when my fear started back then. As I say I've been OK for years until just recently xx
Re: Visual disturbance/retinal detachment.
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Bakebeansrule
I’m glad your son is ok, kids keep us on our toes don’t they?!
I promise you that if the optician thought there was anything for you to worry about you would have been told. You know yourself that’s your anxiety making you second guess what you’ve been told.
I just hope that the opticians will re open in the next couple of weeks and I’ll try and get an appointment then. You’ve really helped me tonight with what you’ve been told about the flashing, that if it doesn’t stop I need to get it seen ASAP. Thank you
How are you doing now?
Re: Visual disturbance/retinal detachment.
Quite a bad day again today.
Had a dream about this dark spot coming into my vision. Now been thinking all day its a sign :(
Feeling absolutely exhausted worrying all the time.
Re: Visual disturbance/retinal detachment.
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Emily101115
How are you doing now?
Hello, I managed to get an emergency optician appointment in the week. He was great and did a really detailed check. He said the gel inside my right eye is coming away from the retina and that is what’s causing the flashing. He took photos and scans and said he’s 90% sure things will be ok but to go straight to a&e if I see lots of flashing or lots of floaters. He also found a tiny bleed at the back of the eye so is contacting the hospital to see if they want to laser it as there’s a history of retinal detachment in the family. I’m doing ok in myself just getting on with it, having the odd moment of panic but it’s ok. How are you?