I need a vitrectomy

June 5th, 2009 at 22:35 · Filed Under Days in My Life, Medical · 8 Comments 

This morning I checked in to the clinic and the doctor who replaced my doctor told me that there was a large tear and the water (vitreous fluid) had sipped into the tear. Retina detachment was forming and was progressive. He insisted me to seek expert advice from a VR (Vitreo Retina) specialist in Kuala Lumpur.

Upon hearing his comment, what I feared most had stricken down my spine. It was inevitable finally. What has to come, has come. I had to accept the reality. My mood swung 180 degrees.

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Scleral buckle and vitrectomy for retina detachment

May 25th, 2009 at 18:11 · Filed Under Medical · 3 Comments 

I found a video on YouTube showing how a scleral buckle and vitrectomy is done to repair detached retina. It was yucky the first time I watched it and felt like puking. After watching several time, it became more interesting and I knew what had happened to my right eye almost three years ago. I prayed it would not happen to my left eye.

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6 days after my eye surgery

September 29th, 2006 at 11:01 · Filed Under At Home, Days in My Life, Family, Medical · Comment 

It has been 6 days after my surgery. My doctor told me on Monday that I had to lay down or sleep on my left side for the next 10 days. I can only get up for 10-15 minutes for some activities after every two hours of laying down in the day time. It is really suffering to be able to lay only on my left side. Every night, I will have to find new posture for sleeping. It seems like every posture is only good for once only.

The reason to lay on my left is to allow the air bubble in my right eye ball to push my retinal onto the wall of upper right corner of my eye ball.

I had both procedures called pneumatic retinopexy and scleral buckle.

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Retinal detachment

September 23rd, 2006 at 13:00 · Filed Under Days in My Life, Family, Medical · Comment 

When I woke up in the morning, the horse shoe had became darker and bigger. It had already covered almost quarter of my right vision.

I quickly made a call to my doctor’s clinic and get the earliest appointment at 0930. We rushed down town and arrived at the clinic at 0925 but we waited until 1230 to see the doctor!

The nurse dilated my right eye and after a while the doctor examined my eye. He confirmed I had retinal detachment. He referred me to Dr. Lim, a vitreoretinal specialist in Kuala Lumpur and arranged with him for an urgent surgery.

After paying the doctor, we made our way home and we began to called our relatives and family to inform them about my condition and urgency for an op. We arrived home by 1330. The house stirred into actions. Phones started to ring.

IS (my brother-in-law) was here in Melaka and we asked him to help. He sent me and my mother-in-law together with Dominik to YC’s (another brother-in-law) home in PJ. LA would and the other 2 kids would be in the other car and they pushed off later. LA needed time to pack for the kids.

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