Wavy or deformed lines or objects after Retinal detachment surgery

I dont think hitting the gym is a good idea ///more so if you are trying to lift weights..this what my doc advised me after my RD surgery. Please consult your doc again. If its really alllowed in your case then you should really feel happy about it. God bless us all with complete and speedy recovery. Miracles do happen if takes one..its allin His control.

I continue to read as many posts as I can on this subject. I had a tiny retina tear 3 months ago which was repaired by laser. Had a major blood vessel bleed 1 month later however retina specialist said all was still fine. Went for second opinion and doctor said same. Day after second opinion I felt my vision was weird but waited 4 days and then went back to find eye was filled with blood and had multiple tears and detached retina. Had surgery following Monday which entailed vitrectomy, gas bubble and sclera buckle. I got the works. My retina did not stay attached so had laser surgery again two weeks after major surgery. 3 weeks later I was told retina hanging on by a thread so had more laser surgery. I was also advised cataract already forming, My vision is poor at best and also have distorted vision. My eye is continually red and my lid is slighly droopy. I am praying that it stays detached and I am going for new prescription Monday. It has only been 2 months since major surgery but doctor said time to get checked. Still hoping vision will improve. Cannot drive without patch and at night the lights make it impossible to drive.

I have retinal detachment surgery on 9/2012 (24 months ago). I see wavy, distort, double vision, depth perception off, all same to day one.

My left eye retina detached 6 1/2 years ago. If I had gone in immediately to get it checked, perhaps a better result would have occured. After surgery, my life is a nightmare. Eventually, I had to quit working. My eye feels like a distorted thick glass globe is inside my head, & what I see, inside my head, & my body incredibly disoriented, confused, causing constant panic and fear, my stomach and chest constantly gripped, trying to deal with it, tripping over and running into objects. My short-term memory is gone and creates panic and fear. I can barely leave the house, but I go crazy inside the house, or wherever I am. Everything is distorted, depth perception mangled. A nightmare. The wavy lines and distortion continue. I used to be tops in thinking, writing, spelling, directions. Now, I am confused with the simplest of paths. Everything is confusing, in the wrong order, dyslexic now to a degree, and each second the terrible waves of panic and fear that never end. I used to be very strong and able to accomplish everything. I can't think of anything for 6 1/2 years except trying to keep a grip on the moment and getting to the next second. The only alternative is to kill myself, and I don't want to do that. My life is a nightmare. The surgeon did a good job- I guess- considering I waited to have the eye/retina examined; I didn't know that something terrible was happening because it didn't hurt. However, he offered nothing- no suggestions- as to what to do: medicines to help fight through it? To control the panic and fear? The depression? Nothing. Years later, at another exam, he mused: Well, we don't want to take it out....

Eye saved; life a nightmare. Just getting through typing this is a nightmare.

I am so sorry to hear of your plight. It sounds a lot worse than mine and I think mine is bad enough. When I try to explain this horrible experience to others they have no idea what I am trying to convey. Perhaps some counselling would help you cope a bit better if you haven't already tried this. I had Retinal detachment surgery with Macular off 4 weeks ago. Reading all these posts it seems like the reduced vision and crazy distortion may be with me forever. I've been told my vision will improve somewhat over the next 6 to 12 months, but that the wavy distortion may only improve slightly if at all. The thought sends me into a panic as I went back to work this week and reading and computer work have been an awful struggle. Driving albeit extremely carefully for the first time yesterday was ok so I think it's going to be the reading that's a problem Trying to read a book is not quite as bad as the computer screen which is a nightmare. Patching the eye is a possibility I suppose but I find that a depressing option.My surgeon said I can a get new glasses lense in a few months but that it won't help much as it's not an optical problem.

I am 6 weeks from detached retinal surgery (vitreo...?), when bubble went away I had a major cataract requiring surgery. Any way when I finally could see after cataract surgery I first noticed the way letters and lines. Cataract surgeon and optometrist ignored my comments about this. To talk to cataract surgeon in a couple of days. Anyway on another website, boards.com, people mention that over time the brain can adapt and your good eye carrys the load and to some extent that the wavy lines/letters are ignored....for some people. That and some additional surgery to smooth out the retina is the only positive comments I have read today, my first day or research. Good Luck and God Bless all of us.

I had RD surgery on my left eye about 4 1/2 years ago. I had cataract surgery about a year later and have had YAG lazer twice since then. I still have distorted vision such as wavy lines and objects appearing smaller than they are.

I have had the same surgery, and have the same results that you had described...Has your vision improved?

did your vison ever get better?

Hi. I had a detached retina in my right eye in1976 when I was just 23. What a shock that was! I didn't have very clear symptoms and so I had had it some time. I was admitted as an emergency and in those days the treatment was 6 days of bed rest flat on my back to use gravity to undo some of the damage and to push the retina back in place.(WHY DON'T THEY DO THAT NOWADAYS?) I then had the operation (scleral buckling) and had another 6 days in hospital with my eye covered except when the nurse and doctor was examining it and putting drops in. I should add that I'm very short sighted and so the vision I had when they removed the covering was blurred anyway. When I was ready to be discharged, the ward sister said that I wasn't to be alarmed at how bad my eye looked. I was glad she warned me because it looked a lot worse than expected - like something out of a horror movie! I had drops and ointment to apply at home.

One week later, I went back to the clinic and by that time the swelling and bloodshot look of my eye had greatly diminished and within another couple of weeks my eye looked absolutely normal again.

The operation left me with slightly distorted wavy vision in my right eye and I still get flashes of light from time to time in my right eye. The great thing is that I still have very good binocular vision for judging distances etc. I would say that the distortion is not too bad - I can read this screen and type using just my right eye and make any necessary typing corrections but it certainly isn't good enough to read a number plate on its own but my left eye meets the driving requirements and, as I said, both eyes work well together to give me binocular vision.

The following year (1977) I had a preventative operation on my left eye to repair some tiny holes before any damage was done. In 1980, the hospital said that studies showed that if the detachment operation had been successful for 3 years, it should last a lifetime.

They do say that a side effect of a scleral buckling operation is increased short sightedness in the operated eye. However what happened is that my left eye (ie the non operated one) became more short sighted than my right eye. I always put that down to the fact that I am right eye dominant and that my left eye had to do more of the work after the detachment in making sure that everything I looked at with both eyes looked normal and in complete focus with no distorted wavy lines.

39 years later after my operation, I can happily say that things have gone as well as can be expected. I am very lucky to see as well as I can out of right eye and that my left eye is still okay. I call my right eye "my good eye" and my left eye "my better eye"! I have not had any other complications like cataracts.

But my biggest disappointment is that 39 years after my operation is that I hear of friends having a detachment and not all of them ending up seeing as well as I still do 39 years after my operation. I do feel that everyone who suffers a detachment should end up seeing at least as well as I do!

Good luck to everyone!

Thank you, considering this happened 39 years ago you must be very thankful you can see as well as you do today. Nearly 3 months on from my detachment I still wake up each day hoping it was all a nightmare and I can see as well as before. At my 2nd follow up post surgery appointment my vision was the same as at the 1st one so 6 weeks previously so now I'm just hoping the cataract surgery will be of some benefit. The wavy vision and reduced size of everything through the right eye is so hard to get used to but I've heard people do get used to it. I find it hard to grasp why in this day and age technology hasn't found a way to fix the awful life changing damage that a detached retina can bring.

Hi sunny My name is Jatin i also had a complicated RD surgery my retina was badly detached it is 9 months from operation now & all that problem of blurriness, brightness & waviness still exist, my doc also answer in same way as ur do can u plzz tell how time ur eye have taken to return to a working stage. thanks

"results of the surgery can't ever be 100 percent perfect. Mainly because even these small injuries will leave some amount of scar tissue" not always dont wrote quackery good example cornea surgeries like cataract dont cause scars(because cornea heals).

Thank you for your comments. I had RD surgery ((right eye) in May 2015 and last Monday the gas bubble dissipated and my doc took me off restriction. my vision is distorted and because of not having good depth perception, I fell and broke my wrist on Friday. I am beside myself and came looking for answers as to if my vision will stabilize in the future or if there are advancements in surgical repair. Good luck

Im scheduled for a scleral buckle on Oct 7th,2015...2nd surgery...Im really scared...doctor said all would be good first time and now second time...piece if cake...but what choices do i have...none...so back i go....horror stories of sorts...lol...thanks for letting me sound off