Category: Health and Wellness
hi there. i went to the eyes specialist this morning and i might have the wrisk to remove my left eye. my left eye is getting worse, and might break down anytime. anyone of you have remove your eye? sorry, if i sound hush. i'm kind of scare and worry and afraid. i can accept i'm blind but i don't think i can accept that my eye gonna remove. can you share the feeling with me if you have remove the eye? thanks alot
Hey, i have not experience it but, I know B K tan has. And, if it were to be removed, I am sure they would suggest an artificial eye. I think, the most important thing is to adjust to being blind, it might not be as easy as you think, and the eye removed is not a big issue. And, if you want it, the artificial eye might even look better then the existing one. Don't worry
hey sis,
I've not had the eye removed, but... I've had artificial eyes for most of my life.
Hope it goes well,
Don't worry,
love ya lots,
Karrie
The Bio Eye is fantastic as it behaves exactly as your real eye did, also it is light, and relatively easy to care for..
nothing is confirm yet, this is just something that i'm worry about. no matter how, thanks for the support and the care. i won't take the step to remove the eye till the end.
I had my left eye removed when I was a baby and it was due to an infection I had. Plus my eye was microphthalmic meaning they were abnormally small and didn't develop properly. So I have a full prosthetic in the left eye and a shell in the right.
hi season. i had an infection in my left eye and it is so sunk in my head now it looks terrible. they have given me contact lenses but they don't work. i think it is a case of crossing each bridge as you get to it. it is alot to take on bord.
if you have already faced up to the fact you can't see then you have crossed the biggest bridge there is. i don't think there are manny people on hear that could put theire hand on there heart and say they have excepted the fact they cant see. i know i can't.
i wish you lots of luck. take care.
Good luck with that.
I had severe glocoma in my left eye years back and the pain was terrible. So, they removed that eye. The recovery from that procedure was a little painful but when I got my prostetic eye, everybody said it looked better than my old one. And, nobody has ever been able to tell that my left eye is not real. That's kind of neat actually!
I would never have my eyes removed blind or not. Unless theres cancer involved, they stay. I don't know if I could put myself or my family through artifical eyes. If your eye is being removed the specialist has a good reason to suggest it be removed.
this has to hurt but if it was a life or deaf situation i guess i wouldn't mind having it done.
Well this is the thing. I had constant pain in my eye for months before the surgery, so bad it made me ill. The recovery took a month and it really wasn't that bad! Trust me. The recovery from the multiple retina and cornia operations I once had was a lot worse! And, the artificial eye looks much better than my actual eye did anyways which is a plus. Noboody can even tell I have one.
hi, i have had my eye removed as my left eye got very big and it could explode. some of the process isn't very nice, but honestly, it's worth it in the end, my eye is so much nicer now and safer, i have a prosthetic eye, honestly, it can be painful, but worth it.
Either my mum's or my dad's genetic make-up saw to it that I only had one eye. I have an ophthalmea in my right eye. I just have an extremely tiny eyelid and no eyeball. It never existed in there. I wanted a shell or prosthetic eye when I was younger, but the people at the Craneofacial unit in Oxford said it would mean having an expander for a year. I'm still willing to put up with that to make my right eyelid bigger so I can have a glass or prosthetic eye and look more like other people.
i'm also really scared about the potential to have my eyes removed and worried about hwo those around me would accept it...
I had my right eye removed in 1990 after my Retna detached and infection set in. I was in so much pain that something had to be done. The doctor found the infection when he took out my natural eye. If I hadn't had it done I would be dead now. So as you can see, it was a good thing. The recovery took about a month with a lot of eye drop treatments but after that I was fine. I wash my eye daily and have no other problems. Most people don't even know I have an artificial eye. That's how natural it looks. So, don't worry. You'll be fine. I know that it's easy to say. But please take it from someone who has gone through it--you will be fine. Donna (djmom) and I
I know it can be a difficult decision. I would listen to your doctor though, and maybe get a second opinion. But if you are in pain, and there is no other way to get rid of the pain, or if you have an infection behind the eye, you might not have a choice.
dont worry, girl. love ya lots, it'll be okay. brooke
I've been in this situation before. The pressure in my right eye was above 50 and causing major pain. I had the choice to have an injection or to have it removed. I wanted it removed but I was talked into getting the injection. I told my parents that if this happens again that I am getting it removed.
Hey Season I had my left eye removed when I was born. I had a bad infection I believe my dad told me and I was supposed to see out of my left eye. But that eye got so badly infected they had to remove it to avoid the infection spreading to my brain which would've killed me. But I have an artificial eye and it pretty much feels like having your real eyeball. Only thing is you have to keep it clean for prevention of infection but it's worth having. And once a year a specialist like an uocularist will polish it so that it helps the eye look nice. Hope this helps.
I had my right eye removed when I was 8 and my left eye removed when I was 20. I have had a much better quality of life since living with severe glaucoma is no longer an issue for me. If the eye is gangrenous or if damage is irreversible and causing enough pain that it alters your life as it was mine, then I would most certainly recommend having it removed.
good luck I'll be prayin
I know it may sound uncaring, but, there's nothing to worry about. I had my right eye removed about 17 years ago. It is very easy to take care of and I don't have the pain I had befoe. After your eye is removed you'll have to take some drops for a while and then they'll suggest an artifical eye. That will only take one day of your time. Then once you've gotten used to it, you'll be fine. Donna
Having one or both eyes removed is never an easy decision to make. By the time I saw an eye surgeon, I had tried three prescriptions, and the pain was still there. Even if you do have vision in the eye which may have to be removed, there are several questions to keep in mind. How will you adjust to complete blindness? Is it better to have the pain when getting rid of it is possible? Make a list of pros and cons; in the end, you will know what's right for you. It's okay to be afraid before surgery. In my case, by the time it was over, I was glad I went through with it. Today, I have a prosthetic eye, and it's so lifelike, no one ever asks me what happened. I hope all goes well for you. "Keep reaching for the stars".
I'm back, and this time, I've made the decision to have my left eye removed. I know that sounds drastic, but I just don't want to go through using eyedrops all over again, not like last time.
Had both of mine out. Aside from some pain spasms from the stitches, the muscles being freshly planted onto an implant, and more swelling than I'd like to talk about, it's been quite an easy-going experience. Both my eyes were basically dieing so I just opted to get them removed.
If you do go that route: expect many doctor trips, general tightness and discomfort for a week or a few after surgery, and get pain killers (they seriously, seriously help).
looks like I won't need eye surgery after all We thought about scheduling an appointment with the doctor, but it's not necessary. I'm fine.
oh wow. yeah i am going through the same thing. i am getting my right eye removed on march 4 due to severe pain. i am sleeping alot because the pain is so bad. my friend is coming down the day before the operation and staying with me for 3 days afterward. she knows what it is like and she wants to give me support through the removal of the eye. i am afraid of the pain afterward though. i hate the needles before the surgery, and severe pain afterward.
I don't really remember that much pain, but the itching will drive you nuts. I'm just giving you a warning. You will need to wear a patch over the place where your eye once was , to let the eye heal. Depending on your doctor's orders, you can't take it off for a week after the surgery. Two stitches will be holding the eyelid shut, and will be removed by your surgeon ten days after the surgery. that does not hurt. You'll just feel some tugging, and they're out. PQN me if you have further questions.
oh great. stitches holding the eye shut. woohoo! not.
I didn't remember the stiches but mine might have desolved. They cover the eyes with gause and tape anyway because it will swell a bit. If you kep on time with your pain meds though the pain isn't to terribally offil you will sleep allot, but then you'll be ok. I went to work again about a week after. You will be ok and it's not like it is test surgery. It might itch but worth it
The doctor may tell you to sleep with your head elevated a bit, but I can't exactly remember why. Personally, while I'm a strict follower of doctor's orders, I hated sleeping on two pillows.
all 3 of my friends who had it done were telling me that they put a pressure bandage over the eye. they cover half of your face, from your forehead, to your jaw, with tape and put a gauze pad over the eye. is that true?
depends on who's doing the surgery. I did not have one.
ok. my doctor said that i will have to keep the bandage on for a week and then he will take it off.
they did that for me and it is around the eye but you make it sould like it was in their mouth it isn't that expansive it covers allot around to keep it secure is all
Yes, the itching will get to you, but just don't touch the bandage.
oh gees. itching? oh boy.
that means it's healing.
oh. true
by the way everyone. i have a little over a week to go until this surgery and i am not really scared anymore. lots of you at this site and members on another site that is about eye loss really put me at ease. thanks so much.
I had to have both eyes removed when I was in my late 30's. I was more grossed out with knowing I had to clean both artificial eyes periodically but it didn't turn out to be too bad. I have ROP and glaucoma had set in so both eyes had to go. The pain had gotten so awful I was just glad to have the operation. As I understand it, because I have never seen in my life, artificial eyes really do look nice rather than diseased ones that you can't see out of anyway. Also, I gueess artificial shells are also an option for looks.
I had my right eye completely removed and I did in fact have heavy bandaging and a sphere type of thing in my socket to hold down the swelling. With my left eye, they basically removed all the inside of my eye leaving the outer shell in tact and optic nerve still connected. The bandaging was much less, but still on the heavy side. Again, for the sweling. Nothing however like entire face covering down to the jaw type of stuff. No where near that.
Sorry I had to bring this one back up to the top, but I decided since there is already a thread devoted to eye-removal, why start another one?
Anyway, I will be having surgery in nineteen days to remove my left eye.
Good luck to you.
down to ten more days now. lol
hi
i had both of my eyes removed when i was 10, i had glaucoma, and i think, a tumour but i'm not sure about that as my family didn't tell me then as i was very young, they wanted to remove 1 eye at a time, but i decided to get it all over and done with at once, and now i just have two prosthetic eyes, and other than some weeping which you can fix with an over the counter drop, which is actually a substitute for tears, everything's absolutely fine now, and i don't mind it at all, and you would get used to it, in time!
HTH
Pisces x
Surgery went fine. no more stitches, and I'll be fitted with a prosthetic in a month, or at least getting started on the process of getting fitted with one.
I had my right eye removed september of 2009, and my left eye removed two weeks ago. My eyes had to be removed because they were deteriorating and hurting beyond belief. The physical recovery is painful, but that only lasts for around two to three weeks. I would recommend that if your doctor recommends removing the eye to go ahead and remove the eye, because you will be better off long term.
Kolby