When I woke up last Thursday the vision in my right eye seemed slightly blocked at the very tiniest portion of the bottom of its field. It was so small that I figured it was just my eye lid blocking it slightly. Mildly annoying, but there was no pain. By the end of my shift a dark curtain had slowly moved up about halfway into my vision. Still no pain, but now I was scared.

I called the Ophthalmologist and they had me come in first thing the next morning. Diagnoses was detached retina and I was in surgery that night for Pneumatic retinopexy repair. Surgery was a success, and I passed the follow up exam the next day.

I spent most of the next 3 days and nights face down, as the doctor ordered. This is to keep the gas bubble at the back of the eye against the retina as it heals. It's been very hard on my neck and back! There's been minimal eye pain, I'm not even taking any meds for it. I am taking two prescribed eye drops 4 times a day.

My field of vision is blurry due to water and the gas bubble, but appears to be full. No dark curtain at all.

My doctor actually said I could return to work Monday (yesterday), but I'm taking more time off to really allow it to heal up. No strenuous exercise, heavy lifting, running or bike riding allowed for 4 weeks. I go back this Friday for another follow up evaluation.

Prior to Thursday morning I had virtually no symptoms. I did see a thin wavy light down at the lower edge of my eye for a couple weeks, but only when I first tuned out the light at bedtime, and only for a second or two at most. It really seemed like almost nothing at the time, but now I know. And you do too! Detached retina is considered a medical emergency, because if not reattached asap we will lose our vision.

If you or someone you know has been through this, please tell us your story. Thanks! <---one eye!