Anxiety as this pandemic can’t let me go to my regular retina examination. Shimmering more obvious.
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hi everyone, glad to have found this discussion as it is one of those times that I notice shimmering on my peripheral vision, left eye. hoping its just the anxiety of this pandemic that causes me to feel/see things more than usual.
Sharing my experience to help and hopefully get answers too.
I had vitrectomy, scleral buckle ,laser and IOL transplant done on both eyes, my left eye about 3 years ago and right eye 4 years ago.
Current situation:
Left eye- some blind spots and wavy line. hazy peripheral vision. There are time like now that i see shimmering on my peripheral vision.
Right Eye- macula got detached 5 years ago and I didn't have it operated on for a month. tunnel vision with a huge blind spot in the middle. there is this constant ceiling fan effect that I can see 24/7 but I guess my brain has gotten used to it.
I had these side-effects since right after my procedures and my doctor always says it is stable so I am thinking what we are all experiencing are the collateral damage to save a significant amount of our vision. they are always there but our brain gets used to it. There are times that make me worry, like bow that I could see the shimmering in my left eye more often.
Usually what I do to make sure that its not a new tear is I go in for an eye examination but unfortunately, I am bot able to do that due to this pandemic, which makes me anxious and worried.
Hopefully you guys could share your own experiences and let me know if there is anything I could do to know if this is a new tear or just one of the usual shimmers I see due to the trauma my eyes took from the procedures.
Thank you everyone.
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Julissa Matt0406
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are you sure you cannot go in to get checked?
can you contact the clinic/dr via phone, message, email to start with?
Matt0406 Julissa
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at this point, here in the Philippines. it is more safe to stay at home as much as possible since the hospitals are over crowded with covid patients. the risk of getting the disease is to high.
i have my eye examined every 3 months, last was December. next schedule had to be moved to the 3rd week of May, hoping it is safe to go out by then.
clayton19233 Matt0406
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listen - this is just my opinion, but the ophthalmologists screwed our eyes up with the retinal laser. in my case im 100% sure that the laser came too close into my peripheral vision, which is causing the effects that i (or we) can see. its that simple.
search for "white flickering lights after a retinal tear laser surgery" on facebook and join my group if you would like to.