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ERM procesure in 3 days and my anxiety is building
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@brian24 thank you so much for the detailed reply. I am hoping my experience would be similar to yours, although I have been having this issue for almost a year so no idea if this is long enough to make it more challenging. I was told I do not need to face down unless there are complications, which I assume it means when doing the peeling the retina detaches with it then all bets are off. I wonder if that happens if they would also do the retina reattachment at the same time, hopefully that won't happen. I just can't keep thinking about what could go wrong.
I think they need to open up two ports in the eye to insert the equipment for the operation, or may be more I don't know so those openings are what were stitched up? Good that is self dissolving, can't imagine having to manually remove the stitches once healed but I read that happened to someone.
I was told no lifting any weight, no straining and no bending over for a while. May I ask how long was it for you before you can say pick up a watermelon at the supermarket, or twist open a jar of pickles or dig a hole with a shovel in the garden to plant something? Weeks or months?
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@miamicuse1960 You are welcome,i do not know your name,but i see 1960 at the end of your handle,i was born in 1960 by the way haha,once again i would not wait to operate,as they say the longer the ERM is on the more pulling it does to the retina,i am so sorry for the both of us and anyone who has this awful condition,please do not think the worst about the operation and pray and pray for no detachments and think positive only,no negative waves please!The stiches were no problem at all,they give you eye drops to help with all that.You are right about the heavy lifting,i waited 3 months till i started my workout routine and i was fine,bend your knees as far as you can to lift anything and let your legs do all the work,breathe out or exhale when lifting anything to avoid pressure in the eye,but my Dr. said exercise is great for the eyes ,especially bike riding,as it pushes more blood to the small eye veins,but everything in moderation when starting to recover.Just to let you know i had bad horizontal lines before the surgery,and after the operation i had 6 or 7 floaters that looked like crows but they went away after a month and now the vertical lines are wavy,strange,the horizontal lines are not as wavy,i guess everyone is different,So you are very welcome for the info,God Bless and let us know how your surgery goes,Brian!