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Avatar m tn She believes they did some laser work on her eye when she was brought in. Is it possible to do some retinal detachment surgery with a laser so soon after the accident? Without knowing this about Friday's work on her eye, I urged her to go back into the hospital on Monday, which she did. She says that they did some more laser work, and as they took the patch off, her vision was blurry. Is it common to do two laser repairs only a few days apart? Is blurry vision a good thing?
626011 tn?1257279765 Laparascopy is a simpler surgery than a laparatomy. They use small incisions and so recovery time is much quicker. I have read and heard that usually by one week, the woman is already back to normal. I had a laparatomy done this past April and my recovery time was quite fast too. I had a c-section in the past and the c-section was way more painful than the laparatomy.
Avatar n tn From my own recent experience recovering from the same thing, all i can tell you is that all depends on the kind of surgery.If they put gas, oil, if is laser surgery... You better contact your doctor. Do it! Is a quite boring thing, for sure! ...A "get soon well" from Brazil to you! Wish we could SEE each other perfectly soon- literally.
Avatar n tn My laser treatment - surgery - is planned for January. Has anyone had laser surgery for genital warts removal before? I am worried about the scarring and the recovery part of the surgery. My Dr. said I would be in bed for about 15 days following the surgery, and that it would take about 1 month to heal completely. I've heard about horror stories... bad scarring... tissue sticking together... skin not being the same afterwards, and complicated intercourse following the surgery.
Avatar f tn Thanks for the reply. I mean retinal tears and holes.Can contacts be worn after laser surgery? What's the recovery period?
Avatar n tn Retina surgery is unique (how many laser spots, what size, what power, where located) that it is not possible to generalize. As a generalization most pain and discomfort is gone 6-8 weeks post treatment. Some people see a dark or light spot 180 degree opposite of where the laser was placed that lasts for months to as long as a year.
Avatar f tn Which laser surgery are you referring to? Where they laser plaque away from the artery? or where they burn tiny holes in the heart muscle? All procedures carry some risk, but minimal. If the risks were great then the procedure wouldn't be offered because no cardiologist wants to kill you.
Avatar n tn What is the "typical" recovery time for a IOL implant cataract surgery to stabilize. That is, how long after cataract surgery should one expect the vision to stabilize.
181575 tn?1250198786 He saw his GP who referred him to an eye specialist. The eye specialist found that he had a retinal tear. My brother just completed laser surgery (Monday afternoon) to seal the tear. After surgery he said the spots and rings were gone and he felt relieved. By evening (about 5 hours later), he said the spots came back but not as severe. He's concern again. Is this "normal" for the spots and ring symptoms to come back like this.
Avatar n tn All the retina specialist told me is that he will laser about 8 lattice degeneration places first and then do the vitrectomy, followed by cataract surgery. He said 3 surgeries. I've had one retina tear, and one lattice degeneration spot had a hole. The laser surgery for the hole wasn't too bad, but the tear was bigger and the surgery took longer. The burning was almost more than I could stand, plus having that blinding light in my eye and looking at the top left corner for so long.
Avatar n tn My laser treatment - surgery - is planned for January. Has anyone had laser surgery for genital warts removal before? I am worried about the scarring and the recovery part of the surgery. My Dr. said I would be in bed for about 15 days following the surgery, and that it would take about 1 month to heal completely. I've heard about horror stories... bad scarring... tissue sticking together... skin not being the same afterwards, and complicated intercourse following the surgery.
Avatar m tn Hello, I am wanting to know the stages of recovery after retina detachment surgery. On 9/12/11 I had cryotherapy with pneumatic retinopexy due to PVD that caused a detachment. On 9/19 I returned to work (vision in the good eye only due to the bubble in the other) On 9/28 I was in the hospital due to another detachment (same eye, different location) this time I had a scleral buckle, viterectomy, laser retinopoxy and pneumatic retinopexy.
Avatar m tn I will be returning to work, after the two weeks of recovery for my surgery are over, will exposing my eyes to the computer or TV monitors adversley effect my vision or the healing process in both of my eyes after two weeks? Is it more likely for scar tissue develop if my eyes are exposed to the stress/strain from working in front of the computer all day?
Avatar n tn Almost any type of intraocular surgery (cataract, cryopexy, laser treatment of holes, etc) can cause a macular pucker, also known as epiretinal membrane.
Avatar n tn I had a RD in my right eye and had a gas bubble and laser. The specialist says it looks fine post surgery i.e. three weeks hence but I have wavy vision on the left side of my vision though my reading in that eye has improved. Is it possible to "settle" or is it only the brain that compensates? The surgeon said it should be ok but I still have the wavyness and it is now one month post surgery. Can the wavyness eventually settle?
Avatar n tn An individual might receive general anesthesia for treatment of deeper layers of the face, and recovery time can take from a few minutes to a few hours. The doctor moves the laser over the area that requires treatment. The procedure may be performed in two or more sessions to penetrate deeper areas, but one procedure is most likely enough. Laser skin resurfacing has minimal recovery time and in the end, the results can produce a youthful, fresh and rejuvenated look.
Avatar n tn Its really safe, they go thru the belly button and do laser surgery so recovery time is quick. The surgery takes about 30min and I was in recovery for about 3hrs and then went home. I was back to work a week later. You will be sore and have gas pain because they fill your stomach up with air. And I love anesthesia. It is wonderful. As soon as they put it in you IV you feel instantly relaxed and fall off to sleep. Its the best sleep ever!
Avatar m tn I ha TURP surgery two days ago...a catheter was inserted during the laser treatment which I removed this morning after two days. Since removing the catheter I have had a sensation to urinate approximately every 30 minutes, however my stream starts to flow before I reach the toilet...is this normal post surgery recovery?
Avatar m tn I recently had cataract surgery on one eye, and the IOL isn't providing vision as sharp as I would have liked to have obtained. My surgeon says that it's possible to correct this through a laser procedure. Has anyone gone through this situation, and could you relate your results if you had further correction.
Avatar f tn Female 58 - had laser surgery one month ago for small horseshoe retinal tear. Everything was fine with my two week checkup and I could resume normal activities. Two days later I got the flu with high fever, nausea, vomiting, headache, dry cough. The flu would not go away and was diagnosed 5 days ago with Pneumonia in my right middle lobe and put on Levofloxacin 750mg @ 1X for 5 days. Today is my final day of taking the drug.
Avatar f tn Oh, thank you, Doctor! I had been worrying that the red spot was inside my eye and that it was going to detach my retina! It seems to move, and the glowing really frightened me!