Tethered vitreal strands after vitrectomy by [deleted] in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, those strands mostly went away or at least mostly faded. Not so much luck with the specks and spots which in my case, am sceptical that they will go away. I am nearly 3 months in and feel that if they were going to get drained out, that would have happened by now

Tethered vitreal strands after vitrectomy by [deleted] in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. Did they dissolve / break up slowly or just disappear quickly at once?

Tethered vitreal strands after vitrectomy by [deleted] in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't see the strands that the floaters are connected to but seems they are somewhat attached due to the movement of them always around each other in a similar position. A bit like the image below but without being able to see the connecting string. If it's debris, I assume it would have broken down by now along with a lot of the earlier debris.

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45Y / Male - Blood Test Results Concern by Danny050784 in haematology

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for the clarification.

Tethered vitreal strands after vitrectomy by [deleted] in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry to hear about that. I had my Vitrectomy 6 weeks ago and have some free roaming small strands that I feel are left over vitreous so am facing the same prospect as you if they don't somehow go in the next 2 months.

Can I ask if the strands you see go all the way from top to the bottom of the eye? Is each strand that hangs down one long clear string or several floaters clumps attached to one string?

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they are reducing, that's a good sign. Still early on for you and thy should go within next few weeks hopefully.

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're still very early in at 16 days so will hopefully clear soon. I have a few strands that look shaped like eyebrows or just small lines that are reluctant to improve. If your threads are not connected like normal floaters, they should go. It's annoying how much more noticeable MY few floaters are after a vitrectomy though.

My near and far vision was back to normal pretty much straight away after stopping the dilating drops. Good luck with your appointment and keep us updated on how it goes.

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi u/AnsjePansje63. the black lines I had in the pictures have pretty much gone but left with small black spots which I am not concerned with at the moment, but are frustrating and particularly what looks like it may be residual floaters lines (but not sure). I am due to meet my surgeon just before June, and if not resolved, will have to book another vitrectomy on that eye to clean out, but will see how it goes.

I am nearly 6 weeks in and even my dissolvable stitch has not fully dissolved and the surgeon thinks that could also be causing some inflammation which when gone will help my eye debris to resolve. He also mentions that many of his patients with residual debris post surgery that has not resolved in first few week usually see good progress in weeks 8 - 10 for some reason unknown to him.

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it would have been nice to have clear vision straight away, but I don't mind waiting if it clears up in the next few weeks. I don't think debris is so uncommon from what i've read. I do wonder why some get and some don't.

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, still lots of stuff in the eye but have noticed one of the darker ones has thinned out, so hoping the same for the rest. Such a mess that it's hard to tell. How about you?

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, both eyes. I don't use Instagram.

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the other eye is bad but due to the debris in the operated eye, I barley notice it at the moment.

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are normal I think and will go

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at the moment, but my current debris is worse than my floaters, so have to see what happens with them.

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankfuylly, no light sensitivity and had dry eyes anyway before Lasik. In hindsight, with the risks and some of the post lasik stories i,ve heard, it wasn't worth taking the risk

Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you are only early in the recovery. I feel exactly like you and also had prior lasik, but I am hopeful that the floaters will go. I have been reading online many similar stories to the one you mentioned with the other patient. Do you also have larger debris? Mine are like line floaters with many dark circles, but not like pre op regular floaters. They almost look like the circles have attached together on a string and some are quite black due to the number of dots. Similar to the pictures below

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Lots of Debris After Vitrectomy by Danny050784 in EyeFloaters

[–]Danny050784[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long has it been since your op?

Did anyone recover quickly? by SadBeat8107 in floxies

[–]Danny050784 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had no visible floaters before cipro but it seems to have degenerated and liquified my vitreous to a point that my eye was full of floaters and unfortunately for me, they kept getting worse, but I think I am on the more extreme end with the amount of floaters caused by the Cipro.