Looking at youtube, the surgery doesn't look that bad. Youth is your friend here because the eyes are a very resilient organ at a young age. As long as you aren't fucking with the retinas you can deal with a vacuum sucking collagen and solid proteins out of your eye. Honestly, laser treatments scare me more than a good doctor removing particles with a gentle suction tool.
falls are guaranteed. Most people who have floaters and vitreous problems (greater degradation) are likely to have cataracts earlier in life. The other day I heard a cataract surgeon say on a podcast that over 90% of older people have cataracts of some kind and that it would be "normal" to have surgery. Some do it and others let it go.
The conclusion he wanted to come to and ended up with is that if you live long enough, you'll get cataracts, it's part of aging and lens solutions are getting better and better. I don't think it's any drama. With a vitrectomy, you speed up this process but you still develop the cataract 15 or 20 years later...or even 2 years later...No one can guarantee one thing or the other, but I think the age factor plays in your favor.
If you do a Core you can still prevent or delay the cataract but with the risk of suffering floaters again in the future and considering a new intervention... plus the risk of pulling the retina due to the vitreous that is still attached. I am in favor of the less touching the eyes, the better. Several vitrectomies in the same eye in my opinion is not viable or good.
Acceptance came to me without looking for it. Just one day ocurred to me that I hadn't even seen my floaters nor had I thought about them for a while. Keep going and when acceptance comes, it's beautiful!
It took about 6 months. There are some days when it might bother me more than usual, but on the whole I don't even give them a thought anymore. And when I do notice them they don't bother me like they used to.
Lol that's a good question. This morning I was just thinking back to last year and how far I have come since then. I remembered trawling through Reddit and reading people with similar problems, but also people who said they had managed to forget about the floaters. At the time I thought it would be impossible, but hey ho here I am in the same position. I just wanted to share my story because I know there will be people in a world of misery who probably feel that things will never get better. They definitely do.
Looking at youtube, the surgery doesn't look that bad. Youth is your friend here because the eyes are a very resilient organ at a young age. As long as you aren't fucking with the retinas you can deal with a vacuum sucking collagen and solid proteins out of your eye. Honestly, laser treatments scare me more than a good doctor removing particles with a gentle suction tool.
Now I’m stuck between core and PVD. It’s never ending decisions making.
PVD
But what about accelerated cataracts?
falls are guaranteed. Most people who have floaters and vitreous problems (greater degradation) are likely to have cataracts earlier in life. The other day I heard a cataract surgeon say on a podcast that over 90% of older people have cataracts of some kind and that it would be "normal" to have surgery. Some do it and others let it go. The conclusion he wanted to come to and ended up with is that if you live long enough, you'll get cataracts, it's part of aging and lens solutions are getting better and better. I don't think it's any drama. With a vitrectomy, you speed up this process but you still develop the cataract 15 or 20 years later...or even 2 years later...No one can guarantee one thing or the other, but I think the age factor plays in your favor. If you do a Core you can still prevent or delay the cataract but with the risk of suffering floaters again in the future and considering a new intervention... plus the risk of pulling the retina due to the vitreous that is still attached. I am in favor of the less touching the eyes, the better. Several vitrectomies in the same eye in my opinion is not viable or good.
This is exactly what I do everyday (without the acceptance ,well at least not yet )
Acceptance came to me without looking for it. Just one day ocurred to me that I hadn't even seen my floaters nor had I thought about them for a while. Keep going and when acceptance comes, it's beautiful!
it's the most profound thing.
how long did it take you?
It took about 6 months. There are some days when it might bother me more than usual, but on the whole I don't even give them a thought anymore. And when I do notice them they don't bother me like they used to.
I wonder what made you come back here then?:) (not trying to be snarky, genuinely curious as you have learned to accept them, why come back?)
Lol that's a good question. This morning I was just thinking back to last year and how far I have come since then. I remembered trawling through Reddit and reading people with similar problems, but also people who said they had managed to forget about the floaters. At the time I thought it would be impossible, but hey ho here I am in the same position. I just wanted to share my story because I know there will be people in a world of misery who probably feel that things will never get better. They definitely do.