What to Know About Face Down Positioning After a Vitrectomy Surgery 

How did you last two months with your face down? How did you eat, shower or do activities, any tips?

So after they did the surgery, if I see another spot, what should I do?

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Been listening to music for days now.

Had mine done 8 yrs ago and have 20/20 at bascom palmer

Wishing you all the best with your recovery. I just had 2nd surgery on left eye again. 14 yrs since first surgery.

@@annettecaitlyn1058 Hopefully your surgery is going well. I'm recovered now. I still have the high eye pressure I had before the surgery, but it's nowhere near as bad.

@@jamjarr8808Thank you. The Dr reattached the retina. It's been a week nnow ... so just have to wait for it to heal. He had to use oil in my eye so will have to go back in a few months to get it taken out. I am praying for a full recovery.

@@jamjarr8808 I also wish you better relative to the eye pressure.

I right w you man Surgery gas bubble yesterday No friends or family here

Hope everything works out for you both.

I experienced tremendous pain and I’m only 2 days post opp.

​@Mother Hen of Damnifiknow Farms that's usually a sign of unusually high pressure resulting from the bubble. I hope you went to the emergency room

You have to. At least 6 days or more. Im on day 2 recovery.

Same here on day 2 of 5( I hope)

How did it go, you ok now?

There should be special places where people can go to recover from vitrectomy surgery. I’m surprised there’s not special facilities for this not everyone has someone to help them.

@@cooperrichard6 it went fine only 24 hours face down. The operation took 50 minutes under local very unpleasant.

Make sure that you follow the Dr's orders post surgery. This is very crucial to your recovery. All the best!

@@annettecaitlyn1058 Thank you!!!

What happened after the surgery plz tell me as I am going to have one day after tomorrow and I am super scared

@@harshlatajaiswal5881 I wish I could tell you but I haven't had surgery yet. My retinal specialist is checking my eyes out every 6 months and so far my condition hasn't been bad enough that I've had to go through the surgery yet. From everything I've read though, it seems like this is a quick and east surgery with a quick recovery time. Wishing you all the best of luck! I'm sorry I don't' have more to tell you!

Oh no. I've had three, this time with a buckle. Fingers crossed 🤞

Sorry for your outcome, i had gas left cheek to pillow for 2 weeks, then my retina detached, straight back to surgery where they used silicone oil, face down for 2 weeks. Horrible stuff to go through. Wouldnt wish it on anyone, stay strong

​@@patriciasegura8292 i am sorry for ask, i just wanna know did that work?

never what again?

​@@bensheen5251how is vision now

How is your vision now?

I went through it too. Very scary. Emotional torture. Can't believe it but I made it. At the time it seemed like forever. Thanks be to God my vision is good now 🙏🏻

Yes 🙏🙏🙏

How's it going?

What did you have done?

@null Hola! So wait let me get this straight which surgery exactly is the one where doctors will tell you to lay face down?

@null Thanks so much for clearing that up for me so helpful and so happy your eyes are back to normal again.. 🥰

Third surgery with oil worked finally. PVR…. just brutal almost 3 weeks out of work. I just want this to be over. I want to be able to see normal and to be able to be active again worst thing I’ve ever been through.

How are you doing, is your vision good?

@@thecastle09how is it going?

pinoy?

Yes it will eventually happen I was born with ROP back in 1991 and now 31 just had vitrectomy done on my right eye everything is going good so far

What is ROP?

Any tips for being face down for so long? How did you eat/pass the time?

Same here 5 days On day 2 now

How's it going?

How your vision now please tell me bro​@@robertgoldstein52

@@robertgoldstein52 Hello, so.. my mother is having the surgery next week. Any tips? What about the sleeping? the doctor mentioned getting something.. he said the insurance should cover it..

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And then you gotta wait one to two months for it to dissipate

How did you manage being face down for so long?

@@elite2291 well, i had keep face down for a week. The rest was just waiting and doc visits and taking it easy.

Just had mine Monday. How are you now bub?

How are u doing? I had it 3 days ago.

@@sophiesnooks Good luck!! Be patient! 🙏

Yup on day 2 facing down Doc said 5( w gas bubble)

@@robertgoldstein52 its really more like 9-14 days to be safe. Mine disappeared at 9 weeks

In majority of cases, retinal tear, hole or detachment can cause floaters and with this surgery they will be gone, but for normal floaters they do laser surgery to remove them.

@@TheDoctorDokins And how many times do they shoot the laser in you?

I had vitrectories in both eyes, one for floaters only the other for floaters and macular wrinkle. Need surgery required face down positioning and results were excellent with no pain. The eye with macular wrinkle took a couple of weeks to get to final vision but no problems.

Neither surgery required face down positioning.

That depends, as there are multiple types, this one explains the gas bubble but sometimes oil is used and when the oil is used you can sleep on your back and such

Blindness could have occurred due to other deficiencies or health complexities and not necessarily due to not lying head down. I had a left eye vitrectomy done 5-6 years ago and followed the Doctor's advice of lying on the right side ( opp side of affected eye) as much as possible when sleeping, NOT TO LIFT WEIGHTS and NOT TO BEND DOWN. These were meant to avoid pressure on the Retina and consequent detachment. I am a diabetic on Insulin and i recovered in about 4 weeks. As cautioned by my Surgeon i developed cataract in the same eye and went through a 'peaceful' surgery. Vision is clear and i have had no problems on the left eye. Recently I had to undergo vitrectomy on the right eye. Same procedure. It's just 1 week past and I hope to recover fully ( By God's Grace) in about 3 weeks. Of course I continue to keep stress levels low, put my eye drops 3-4 times a day, keep my Sugar levels under check and sleep extra hours on my left side or lie on the bed listening to spiritual talks or music. It's important to recognise that while Surgeon can treat the ailment it is Divine energy that heals the wound.

Amen 🙏🙏🙏

@@VengeanceLN The use of oil does often require posturing as well, so your comment is not quite correct (the objective is the same, i.e. to use the buoyancy of the gas or oil to exert pressure on the reattached retina).

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