Virtually Blind

[George K]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-rep-crenshaw-temporarily-blinded-eye-surgery-76994922

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, said Saturday that he has undergone eye surgery and will be virtually sightless for a month.

Crenshaw, 37, is a Navy veteran who lost his right eye and suffered damage to his left eye in 2012 when a homemade bomb exploded when he was deployed to Afghanistan.

“The blast from 2012 caused a cataract, excessive tissue damage, and extensive damage to my retina," Crenshaw said in a statement. “It was always a possibility that the effects of the damage to my retina would resurface, and it appears that is exactly what has happened.”

Crenshaw said the retina to his left eye was found to be detaching after he went to an ophthalmologist on Thursday because of dark, blurry vision, and that he underwent surgery on Friday.

“The surgery went well, but I will be effectively blind for about a month,” according to Crenshaw.

[Jolly]

@george-k said in Virtually Blind:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-rep-crenshaw-temporarily-blinded-eye-surgery-76994922

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, said Saturday that he has undergone eye surgery and will be virtually sightless for a month.

Crenshaw, 37, is a Navy veteran who lost his right eye and suffered damage to his left eye in 2012 when a homemade bomb exploded when he was deployed to Afghanistan.

“The blast from 2012 caused a cataract, excessive tissue damage, and extensive damage to my retina," Crenshaw said in a statement. “It was always a possibility that the effects of the damage to my retina would resurface, and it appears that is exactly what has happened.”

Crenshaw said the retina to his left eye was found to be detaching after he went to an ophthalmologist on Thursday because of dark, blurry vision, and that he underwent surgery on Friday.

“The surgery went well, but I will be effectively blind for about a month,” according to Crenshaw.

God Bless him. Time is sight on a retina,and I don't like the dark, blurry start.

[taiwan_girl]

Wow. That is very sad. Hope that the surgury works for him.

I remember having a discussion/game with some friends while I was in school, and the question was, "Woould you rather be deaf or blind?" Most of us thought it would be better to be deaf.

On another note, I read one time that the "lights" people see when they close their eyes tight; well, blind people see those too..

[George K]

A retinal detachment is a bfd. The surgery to repair it is painstaking, long, and the rehabilitation afterward can be a pain in the ass.

@Jolly will attest to that.

[Jolly]

@george-k said in Virtually Blind:

A retinal detachment is a bfd. The surgery to repair it is painstaking, long, and the rehabilitation afterward can be a pain in the ass.

@Jolly will attest to that.

The doc my wife worked for was the only retina guy in the area for several years. You probably would have poisoned his coffee, because he could be very slow in the OR. But he was very meticulous in his work and his outcomes were usually pretty good.

He used to say that his education at Tulane was good, but his finishing school in Vietnam was probably almost as important.

[George K]

@jolly said in Virtually Blind:

You probably would have poisoned his coffee, because he could be very slow in the OR

Our small place didn't do many retinal detachments - once in a blue moon. At the university we had several retina guys.

These took 3-4 hours as a matter of routine. Long, slow, and boring as hell, if you're not doing the surgery. It might be different now, but at that time, the only one who could see what was going on was the surgeon. The rest of us just sat and waited - for hours.

[George K]

Oh, I mentioned the rehab....

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/treatments/face-down-recovery-after-retinal-surgery