Hi All, Not sure I’m doing this correctly, but I’m replying here to my own post on January 1, 2021 to continue a journal of my recovery from FOV surgery of 12/3/20.

Update as of today, 2/16/21: Ok, I’m 2 1/2 months out from my surgery and my sight in the operated eye is very similar to what it was just after surgery. I continue to have 5+ smaller floaters but the most the predominant are “spec-size.” They do fly into my field of vision regularly, but can be ignored pretty easily. The key point is that these remaining floaters are NOTHING LIKE my pre-FOV “flag-like”obstruction (my surgeon called it a large “veil” floater). Right now, I rate the success of my surgery at about a 7.5 out of 10. If there were NO floaters remaining, I’d probably rate it a 9 or 10. By the way, the surgeon, as recently as 2 weeks ago, still is saying that he expects the remaining floaters to “settle” so that I end up with -0- I’m not confident that will happen, but I will, surely, let all know if it does.

Other left eye problems: Ever since I had cataract surgery in December 2019, I have “light streaks” when looking at a light either peripherally or upward. I believe it is a positive dysphotopsia that, may well have been caused by the use of square-edged IOL (interocular lens) used in that cataract surgery. I’m dealing with it as the only, possible, remedy for this problem would be replacement of IOL!

A couple other of MY notes/observations:
- local optometrists, generally, don’t seem to be in favor of FOVs (Floaters Only Vitrectomys). However, my Vitreoretinal surgeon told me he’s done hundreds and has been doing, as many as, 1-2 per week recently.
- Check out Dr Jerry Sebag of VMR Institute online for discussion of FOV diagnostic tools and considerations.
- Eye doctors (ophthalmologists and optometrists) do not seem inclined to educate me on my eye problems. Much-used terms I found and researched on-line for the eye anatomy and for eye conditions I have (like “dysphotopsia” - I mentioned above) were not used by my doctors until I asked about them.

All the above are only MY experiences and some opinions, for what they are worth. Hope they are of help to some of you!