I had a detached retina years ago, they drained the eyeball, then welded the retina back on with scar tissue created by a laser.
The eyeball refilled itself until, over the last few days, there was a ever decreasing air bubble which I could maneuver into the blind spot where the optic nerve was. It was like playing with those mazes with a small ball bearing that drops down a hole.
Yes, it didnât damage the macular (think that was what they said), I went straight from the Wollongong Hospital emergency dept, where I called in after work, to Sydney Eye hospital where they operated the next day.
It look a specialist to diagnose it then every registrar in the Gong hospital came to have a look before I went to Sydney
having that operation saved my sight,so yes back to normal and I have a checkup every 6 months or so on both eyes. The pressure in both eyes at the moment are within the acceptable range. Just have to put drops in the other 3 times a day
Returning to the topic, Logan I hope all goes well for you on 12th Nov. 
Both Mr Mags and I have been told we have cararacts in our eyes but they are not advanced enough to operate on yet. My left eye is beginning to get more âfuzzyâ lately and after reading the posts of members on here having had painless cataract removals, they have given me confidence to face any future eye operations. 
Mags
the fear is in the thought not the actual operation. These hospital nurses and doctors certainly make things easier by explaining what is going to happen step by step. Donât get me wrong ,I was shit*ing myself thinking am I going to loose my sight in that eye which I was told would happen if I didnât have the operation. However I am so glad I did, the drops they put in the eye pre-op really kills any pain, it is amazing.
I have no fear of the op RS.
I was at my daughterâs bedside when she had to go into the Eye Hospital at the age of 12 to have a big cyst removed from beneath her eyeball. I asked if I could be with her during the operation and had to hold her hands and coax her to stay still while they worked on her. After watching her going through that I think to myself if my 12 year old daughter can go through that, then so can I. 
. She was very brave.
Thatâs great news @Bruce and @realspeed
Thank you @Mags yes itâs best to have them done. When i went for the assessment they said that they would do the 2 eyes, the worse one first and 6 weeks later the other one.
It only takes 20 minutes but the rest of the 3 hours are on the ward, they seem to be very good and helpful. I canât bend for the first 2 weeks so Hubby will have to be with me walking the boys, because I canât bend to pick up their poo or wipe their paws or dry them off if they get wet.
My optician checks my eyes for glaucoma and the attachment of the retina every year. My father had glaucoma hence the check but I donât have it (yet?). They take these amazing photos of the back of my eye.
We have the same screening here too and what surprised me was how quick the process was from start to finish 
Yes we have that as well but have to pay for it.
Also the opticians that we go to isnât covered by the NHS anymore so have to pay for the eye test.
I visit our nearest one, Specsavers in Sainsburyâs and they willingly offer NHS services. I also have my NHS hearing aids issued via Specsavers, and the free replacement batteries too. I really cannot fault our local Specsavers for service and services offered.
Same here. If I have a problem with my glasses, they offer free repairs and/or replacements.
Iâve heard from a few people that Specsavers arenât that good and had a lot of trouble with them.
They are all franchised, so its the luck of the draw.
So have I but, as LongDriver says, Specsavers is a franchise so itâs the luck of the draw. All I can say is Iâve used 3 branches altogether - Hertford, Worcester and the town near where we live now - and theyâve all been good and treated both V and I very well.
If anyone has any problem whatsoever with any branch of Specsavers then write to HQ theywill do their utmost best to resolve the matter [customerservice@specsavers.co.uk] and if still not happy then contact me via PM for the addy of my professional contact within Specsavers as he has always been of great help to me concerning hearing aids.
@LongDriver When were you at the Trevi Fountain? As a matter of interest I have a print of the fountain hanging behind me on the wall of my office. It was a leaving prezzie when we left the Eternal City.
Thatâs not me, its my contact and that should not have come out as a personal photo, but too late now.
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