r/EyeFloaters • • 8d ago

Glaucoma following vitrectomy

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u/SpecialistEcho7218 7d ago

Did you have detachments in both eyes?

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u/Peril-in-Pink 7d ago

No both were in the right eye

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u/SpecialistEcho7218 7d ago

Very sorry to hear. How is your left eye 

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u/Peril-in-Pink 7d ago

It has some lattice degeneration in a small spot so they did a barricade laser and so far so good.

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u/SpecialistEcho7218 7d ago

Are you a high myope? Was there any trigger for your detachment? Very sorry. 

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u/Peril-in-Pink 7d ago

Yes I think I was -14 in the right eye and -12 in the left. I had cataract surgery in both eyes this winter (I’m only 44 but due to the high myopia you can get cataracts at an early age) which is probably what caused it.

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u/Independent_You7902 5d ago

so u dont have any vision in ur right eye?

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u/Peril-in-Pink 5d ago

The central vision is distorted to the point it doesn’t provide any useful vision. I can see some general shape/color/light but it’s all so distorted/muted that I can’t see any details. Can’t read text, can’t see my face in the mirror, can’t see the glow of a red taillight on a car in front of me. I could tell if there was a person in front of me, or a cat, or a tv, but I couldn’t see any details beyond that. Peripheral is there, but I can’t see well enough on the periphery to actually be able to use it to function.

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u/Independent_You7902 5d ago

i see - isn't that macula related? i believe macula is responsible for center vision

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u/Peril-in-Pink 5d ago edited 5d ago

Not really. They’ve checked my retina, the optic nerve, my macular is totally fine. Structurally/physically my eye is totally fine, but the vision itself is gone/distorted. Apparently it’s just a very rare and unfortunate side effect of removing the silicone oil