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Facing vitrectomy for macular pucker. What was your experience?
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It’s because of the macular pucker. Central vision is very poor in my right eye and cannot be corrected - we tried contacts but little improvement. That was 3 months ago and it has only gotten worse.
The retinal surgeon explained how, by removing the source of the “pucker”, the macular will relax and straighten out. However, it’s like a piece of tissue paper. Once it’s crunched, it will never be completely straight. The vitrectomy will stop the progression and I’ll gradually see improvement.
Why did you get the vitrectomy?
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Good luck with your surgery. It sounds like you are in good hands with your retina specialist. Crossing my fingers for you that remaining vision can be preserved. I know how difficult and frightening vision loss is.
Cliff notes version of my story: I was diagnosed with a malignant ocular melanoma following cataract surgery. VERY RARE! No one reading this should worry! In any case, the vitrectomy was necessary to implant a
“marker” for targeted radiation, which was successful in destroying cancer cells. Unfortunately, radiation destroys a lot of other things as well so it’s been an ongoing journey with still uncertain outcomes.
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Do you have epiretinal membrane? I was recently diagnosed with that and they told me it’s an extra layer of tissue that can pucker and cause vision distortion or loss and then I would need to remove it. I take an online test every week looking at a grid to see if the lines are wavy. So far so good. Are lines wavy to you?