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<blockquote data-quote="noblehead" data-source="post: 1261733" data-attributes="member: 11028"><p>Hi [USER=334876]@Amandamess[/USER] and welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully by now you'll be in surgery and through the worst part.</p><p></p><p>It's around 13 years since I had the Vitrectomy surgery and so far I've had no issues since, the surgery has a very high success rate but they do have to explain to you the risks involved much like any type of surgical procedure.</p><p></p><p>I had to posture my head for around 10 days post-op and had to administer eye drops for several weeks, the posturing of the head was one of the worst parts but I just used that time as an excuse to catch-up with some DVD's so the time soon passed.</p><p></p><p>They'll likely tell you later today that there's a strong chance that you'll develop a cataract in the eye that has had the surgery, this is quite common post-vitrectomy and I was told this and sure enough started to develop a cataract around 6 months after the op, but don't worry about that as the cataract surgery only takes around 15 mins and you are wide-awake throughout.</p><p></p><p>Hope all has gone well today and do please let us know how it all went, good luck and best wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="noblehead, post: 1261733, member: 11028"] Hi [USER=334876]@Amandamess[/USER] and welcome to the forum. Hopefully by now you'll be in surgery and through the worst part. It's around 13 years since I had the Vitrectomy surgery and so far I've had no issues since, the surgery has a very high success rate but they do have to explain to you the risks involved much like any type of surgical procedure. I had to posture my head for around 10 days post-op and had to administer eye drops for several weeks, the posturing of the head was one of the worst parts but I just used that time as an excuse to catch-up with some DVD's so the time soon passed. They'll likely tell you later today that there's a strong chance that you'll develop a cataract in the eye that has had the surgery, this is quite common post-vitrectomy and I was told this and sure enough started to develop a cataract around 6 months after the op, but don't worry about that as the cataract surgery only takes around 15 mins and you are wide-awake throughout. Hope all has gone well today and do please let us know how it all went, good luck and best wishes. [/QUOTE]
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