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OT: Anyone here ever had a torn or detached retina
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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob Dryer" data-source="post: 683713" data-attributes="member: 63151"><p>Hello. Sorry to hear that your day has been so rough. This is JD's wife; he pointed out your post because I'm a medical student with an interest in ophthalmology. It sounded like you were looking for some answers and reassurance that you'll be ok.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Since you describe your "blocked" vision as "looking through a frosted glass window" rather than being black or dark, there's a possibility that you have a relatively smaller tear that simply bled enough to obscure your whole visual field. The blood will most probably take several months for your body to resorb on it's own, so things will be blurry for a while at best. But you can relax a bit as I've never heard of cutting blood out of anyone's eye.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Although I admit to having greatly limited knowledge compared to the specialist you'll see tomorrow, I would advise you to relax and to try to sleep tonight sitting at least partly upright in a chair to allow the blood to settle. This will hopefully allow the doctors to see more during your exam tomorrow.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You've already done the absolute best thing you could by going to the doctor as soon as you knew something was wrong. So, avoid taking anything like aspirin or ginko that will thin your blood and encourage a bleed, and just relax. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hoping you're well soon,</p><p></p><p>Mrs. JD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacob Dryer, post: 683713, member: 63151"] Hello. Sorry to hear that your day has been so rough. This is JD's wife; he pointed out your post because I'm a medical student with an interest in ophthalmology. It sounded like you were looking for some answers and reassurance that you'll be ok. Since you describe your "blocked" vision as "looking through a frosted glass window" rather than being black or dark, there's a possibility that you have a relatively smaller tear that simply bled enough to obscure your whole visual field. The blood will most probably take several months for your body to resorb on it's own, so things will be blurry for a while at best. But you can relax a bit as I've never heard of cutting blood out of anyone's eye. Although I admit to having greatly limited knowledge compared to the specialist you'll see tomorrow, I would advise you to relax and to try to sleep tonight sitting at least partly upright in a chair to allow the blood to settle. This will hopefully allow the doctors to see more during your exam tomorrow. You've already done the absolute best thing you could by going to the doctor as soon as you knew something was wrong. So, avoid taking anything like aspirin or ginko that will thin your blood and encourage a bleed, and just relax. Hoping you're well soon, Mrs. JD [/QUOTE]
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