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Thank you for this video. I’ve noticed several years have gone by now and I want to ask if there has been any cataract development?

Thanks for your honest comments. My right eye had a torn retina in August 2024. Went to a Retina specialist and he repaired my torn Retina using laser. He said the blood would dissipate in a few months. He was right. I was almost clear in December. I had another blood vessel bleed on December 15th. I am considering a Vitrectomy surgery in January 2025. The second bleed is worse than the first. My vision is very poor. At this point I am willing to risk the surgery. The doctor performing the surgery has performed many surgeries with positive outcomes. Wish me luck.

Thanks so much for posting your vitrectomy experience Really appreciated. I am wondering how the surgical eye is now. Any issues? Or still good visual acuity? I have severe dark floaters in both my eyes that constantly enter my vision. I am considering a vitrectomy in the near future if no other successful safer treatment options become available. I am only 25! It started at 18 and recently got much worse in the last few months.

I have PDV and I’m only 26 and it’s a nightmare. Feel you bro.

Thank you for having the courage to tell your story. After your vitrectomy, did you have to do face down positioning? Most vitrectomy surgeons require their patients to sit or lie face down using a table that resembles a massage table. I have a cervical fusion and do not believe I would be able to lie face down for any length of time.

Had a vitrectory for floaters. 1 is still left :)

I have swelling in my jaws due to infected wisdom teeth, the swelling was pressing on arteries going towards my eyes. The pressure on those arteries were higher whenever I slept and would wake up with more floaters each day and flashes. Another symptom when the blood supply was low that my eyes got droopy. Now that the infection in my jaw is cured, the flashes have gone away and I will have to live with the floaters. I wish I had found that issue sooner then later, nonetheless, I don't wake up with new floaters anymore. The pattern of floaters were also more to the left of each eye and more prominent in the left eye, and that's how I was able to find out the vascular occlusion.

Did you have to lie face down 16 hours a day, similar to retinal reattachment surgery? Just got a first floater last week - annoying blob clear but now turning beige/yellow. Was told post vitr detachmt andceventually fliaters will drop to bottom. Thanks for your story - hope you continue to eventually improve.

Thanks a lot for your time to explain what happened to you. Just one question: I have heard a doctor say that if you have a vitrectomy, then for sure, you'll develop cataract within a couple of years max. Mind you, this was a doctor who specialises in laser treatment for floaters, so maybe that was his way to drum up business for the laser camp...Your thoughts?

Hey curious to how you are going all these years later ????

I have had Cataract surgery, floater vitrectomy and DSEK cornea transplant all in 1 eye. And that eye is amazingly clear. And now doing the other eye. FOV is the best way to get rid of floaters. Quick and fast recovery

I’m on a waiting list for a vitrectomy due to a large floater. Your video story is informative, I’m wondering did you through the course of treatment have to rest face down due to an apparent bubble which disappears over time. I don’t sleep face down, so bothered I might be doing myself harm, after surgery. Did you experience the fact of having to manage that bubble? Thanks for your time, and insight into your surgery.

Any cataract formation?

floaters from a PVD often get better but if its from the vitreous body then they probably wont get any better

Really sucks that this surgery is not worth it at all if you just have a few small floaters considering your side effects. What supplements did you try before you got the surgery? I assume nothing helped

Thank you for the video. Im really considering having mine done

Vitrectomy can be very risky.

I have been watching cataract surgery and vitrectomy surgery videos for at least two weeks now; so it's hard to believe I didn't come across this sooner. I actually found your one-year out video first. It was so good, I decided to watch your first 93-month out) video--it was even better. You have done an excellent job of sharing with the viewer what debilitating floaters are like. Until now, I did not appreciate the different results that patients could have strictly based on age. I know from experience that a gigantic floater, hovering in the central eye area can be as debilitating as a cataract. Even more so, once the cataract is removed.

Please give us an update

Hi. I was wondering if you’ve since developed a cataract and/or what your surgeon has said about that possibility? The retinal surgeon I’ve seen has said I’d be “almost guaranteed” to get a cataract from a vitrectomy 🤷🏻‍♂️

the doctors that say you will get used to it should have taken courses how to work with live people

Joseph, I notice you have elevated anxiety from your leg movement. That will increase your blood pressure over time, which is what I have. Please keep your BP in check.

One of my eyes was taken out by a violent assault and robbery…from that I have developed terrible floaters and eye tremors in my good eye. My life has been hell. Good luck and sending positivity to anyone suffering with eye issues.

What gauze needle they used to drain the vitreous?

After surgery, did u have to sleep in certain position? Did they recommend any posture you have to tilt the neck or head?

Did u have any complication after surgery?

I m going to have surgery in 2 weeks for floaters i have for 9 months. I live in Houston and she is very good. I can not wait to be done. Please advice ifu got any pain after surgery and how about cataract? Did u develop any? There is no treatment better than vitrectomy for floaters.

Get well soon bro

Young man, thank you for the info. I just had scleral buckle surgery. Your testimony has helped me so much! Thanks!!

My floater is like a long windshield wiper that goes back and forth as I move my eyes. Scheduled for this procedure in July 2024.

I am 35, and with eye floaters, thanks for this video

Excellent video. I believe you had what is termed a Weiss ring, which I had also. OMG, 40-50 is not old however. And while PVDs are fairly common in later age, it’s more like 60+. To corroborate your statement about YAG laser vitreolysis, it was a waste of time for me, and what was worse, the dummy put a hole in my natural lens. I waited quite a while, but finally had a vitrectomy and cataract replacement. I am in the early stages of recovery and am hoping for a great result. I’m so sorry that you had to go through this at such a young age, but I’m in total agreement, severe floaters are a nightmare. One major question remains on addressed; vitrectomy almost always accelerates the formation of cataracts of the lens.

Can you answer questions for me please? If you don’t mind

how are you today?

Yep. My left eye floaters are horrendous! They get it the way of everything I do. Reading, walking, crossing roads etc. Very dangerous.

Thank you so much for posting this. I recently had retinal surgery to remove (or "peel") an epiretinal membrane. The procedure was successful, but what caused me SO MUCH stress was the thousands of things I saw in my eye later - flashes, dots, lines, squiggles, clouds, bubbly things, you name it - so it would have been nice if the doctor had warned me to expect these things and not worry about them. My vision is still terrible, but I've learned that eye surgery (as you pointed out) can require a really long recovery. Thanks for helping me understand my symptoms are not unusual, and I'm not crazy.

I started having eye floater in 2015(12 years old ) I couldn’t even explain what it is ..but it was so annoying.. I went to the doctor and she explained it to me that “sometimes it stays sometimes it goes away”but now I’m (20 years old ) in 2024 and I still have it but all they can say is “IGNORE IT” nothing they can do about it 😢😢😢 (Try eating pineapples) 🍍

hi joe. appreciate you sharing your experience. what has been your longer term experience with the vitrectomy a couple years in? really appreciate it.thank you

Great, worthwhile video. How is your vision now? Have you gotten cataracts yet? Thx.

Joseph FWIW, with your not being myopic (near-sighted), you should be a little less likely to experience PVD. Or at least later in life.

The doctors and whoever say "You'll get used to them" has apparently never suffered with them.

how is your career going ? you have a great voice i wish to hear you narrate an audiobook

Thanks for doing these videos. I’ve struggled with this problem for long years getting progressively worse as I age.

Hi Joseph. I was wondering where you went to get the vitrectomy??? And how to stress to the surgeon that you need it. Ive had a mess of floaters in my left eye over 20 years now. Ive gone to 3 different doctors to have the yag laser procedure done with no success. They've all told me that the vitrectomy is my next option. I just need to find a surgeon that will do it. Thanks for your time.

What about the increased risk of cataracts after having a vitrectomy?

Thank you for sharing your story. So encouraging! I have awful floaters & considering vitrectomy. Would you mind giving an update of how you’re doing now? 2024

Can You tell us what is your job? Work with computers?

Why don’t they make something safe than the other two so people don’t have to do with problem anymore?

Hey there hope you are doing well. As I had stated before I also had a core vitrectomy since my surgeon attempted a PVD but was unable to do so due to the tight attachment to retina and did not want to risk a tear. Did your doctor advise you if a PVD would occur quicker than normal in the future due to the surgery? Mine said could be 6 months or 20 years. Also did you get a potential timeline for cataracts formation? Mine again have a very wide timeline on that as well. Just wanted to compare. Hope to hear what you were told.

For how many days we need to take off from work?