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What was your experience with vitrectomy eye surgery?
Scans revealed I have a retina hole (maybe he said a macular hole) and the doc says I must get a vitrectomy to preserve my future eyesight. I've got a swirly spot in the center of my vision in one eye. I'm pretty scared about getting my eye cut. Would love to hear your experience and tips if you have had this surgery.
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I had vitrectomy done on both eyes 6 years ago. It removed all the floaters. I've just recently had one show up, but it went away after a day.
Playing shortstop in a softball game, I bent over for a ground ball. When I straightened up, I could see nothing through my right eye. A blood vessel in the eye had burst, filling the eye with blood. A vitrectomy restored my vision, and I have never had a minute of pain or any other issue. And that was some twenty years ago.
Vitrectomy on my left eye to remove significant floaters and vitreous opacity 1 month ago. And did my right eye one week ago as well. Seeing absolutely perfectly, no pain. Just a few weeks of no lifting or hard physical activity and then I'm back doing everything again. I made sure to have a really good doctor! Do your homework on that, definitely.