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Originally Posted by dhcarguy
I also have double vison. It came on slowly about 16 years ago. It gradually got worse as the day went on. I could no longer drive without closing one eye.
Eye Dr. sent me to a specialist who after exam, also asked if I ever had a concussion. He said he was sure that was the cause of my vision. He explained that as I got older, my eye muscles could no longer correct my vison. As you get older you do loose muscle strength. Putting prisms in my lens(both) corrects it.
16 months ago I had to have cataract surgery in both eyes. Everything was great until about 3 weeks after my right eye was done, I had a horrible pain in that eye that woke me in the middle of the night. I went downstairs, and soon as I turned the kitchen lights on, It felt like a lightning bolt shot me in the eye and knocked me to the floor.
Went to Wills eye hospital and turns out I got a RARE disease called Endolphlamitis
I am still fighting it , but has gotten much better. I probably will have to put steroid drops in that eye for the rest of my life.
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This sounds awful, must have been frightening, but glad you have access to good care. I'm sure you would like a better answer but you now know what it is and are doing what you are able.
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Originally Posted by DaleO
No, the fault was pretty much all on me. I was supposed to refrain from straining exercise for two weeks, moderate walking was ok, until after my 3rd check up. I waited 4 just because I do things that way.
One day after starting to lift my usual floaters went crazy, scary actually when a 1/4 of the field of vision went gray and changed alot, kind of like looking through a kaleidoscope. What was happening was the lining on the back of the eye started sluffing off, it wasn't the retina but I don't remember the name of the eye part. She said it does happen and that I shouldn't worry, it is not unusual for her to see this happen.
I don't really know how replacing a lens would affect the back of the eye but I think due to the pressure of the "washing flush" may flex the eye a bit and cause a type of separation. I do have high eye pressure and am (was!) extremely near sighted due to a stretched eye shape which causes strain in itself. I need to ask more about that now. At the time the thought of working on an eye just freaked me out so I said I didn't want to hear anything about it.
I hesitated to mention this as I don't want to negatively alter someone's decision. Don't worry because of this, I will be getting my right eye done and will wait even longer than four weeks before significant exercise!
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I have vitreous floaters that are bothersome but my doc said it was not related to my cataract surgery. They developed about 13 yrs after my cataract surgery. It is just from the vitreous fluid getting old like the rest of me and pulling away from the walls. It can be corrected by another procedure but I'm not bothered enough to do it.
I also had a history of near-sightedness from oblong eyeballs before my implanted lenses corrected it. This puts me at risk for retina detachment, but I've never been told by an eye doc that the shape aggravated the vitreous floaters. I chalk it all up to aging. Not that I like it, but it's not going to go the other way.
The cataract surgery was a blessing and I'd do it again without hesitation.
Mike
07-25-2024, 01:59 PM
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