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Old 15th Nov 2019, 05:50
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olderairhead
 
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I had my right eye done and was going great guns until I suffered a detached retina with 4 tears. Another op followed with resulting inflammation. This was not resolved after 5 months so it was decided to do a retinal peel. 4 months later still have returning inflammation. Associated with the inflammation is a distorted retina and constantly changing vision and fluctuating eye pressure.

I had to give away any possibility of getting my medical back.

So beware there can be complications post op if you are as lucky as me. Not common but possible.

FYI the usual cause of a detached retina is eye trauma or after cataract surgery. Retinal peel is removing the scar tissue from repairing a detached retina, but not always. Dr Google has some good info on these subjects.

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