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A little background on the retinal attachment procedure.
On July 2, Dr. Trevor Miranda gave me the diagnosis of retinal detachment after examining me. Which confirmed a feeling I had ever since seeing the dark shadow drop down on the inside edge of my eye. Dr. Miranda made me an appointment with Dr. Andrew Burnett in Victoria, BC for July 4th. After looking my eyes over Dr. Burnett agreed that my retina was detaching and sent me that afternoon to the mainland to Dr. Lam who performed surgery starting at 7:15 pm and I left the hospital at 10:30pm. We stayed at a family friends home just 6 kilometers from the hospital, which was a blessing, as Dr. Lam needed to see me at 7:00am Saturday morning. During this appointment Dr. Lam told me how to lay to take care of my eye after the operation in which they put a gas bubble in my eye, and a silicone band around the outside of my eye to hold the retina in place. The directions that I would follow for the next two to three weeks were to lay on my back with my head hanging off the edge almost upside down or to lay on my right side with my head hanging off the side of the bed which would be hard for anyone especially me because I am active & creative. I paint everyday. Laying around for a few weeks is going to take patience which up to just a few years ago I believed was an eight letter word (which means it is twice as bad as a four letter word). The gas bubble in my eye holds the retina against the back of my eye while it heals and then is slowly absorbed into the body. Over the next week and a half the dark shadow still seemed to be in my eye where the original detachment was. After three doctor appointments and 14 days Dr. Burnett saw what I felt all along that the retina was detaching again.
Next thing I know Dr. Burnett made me an appointment with Dr. Murray Erasmus for later that day and then next day Dr. Erasmus performed surgery on both my eyes as during the exam the previous afternoon he noticed that my right eye had a few spots on the retina that needed attention. It feels good to have my eyes repaired. I am grateful to the medical system of BC for a great job. Now my job is to heal
Today is the 24th day since my first surgery.
Two days ago was a great day as I it was the first day that I took notes for this blog and even closer to my heart it was the first day that I painted since before my surgery. It felt so great to put the paint to the canvas and express myself once again.
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