Thread: My detached retina

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

Just occurred to me I might me needing a nurse,

So you've heard from Butterfly?

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

Oh, and I'm posting this whilst lying on my stomach so the gas they pumped in behind my eye doesn't escape in the next. 2 weeks, oh what fun, merry Xmas fuckers

This needn't hinder any Beer Lao consumption.

Bedside table and a foot-long straw should do it.

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

Just occurred to me I might me needing a nurse,

Don't they provide one?

You know that stupid game with the tennis ball on a string and you belt it back and forward round the pole?
Fvcker got me right in the eye and detached my retina.

I fucken hate that game!
Get well soon BLD.

I've been lucky only ever had the odd welding flash. Hope everything goes ok BLD.

I'm going to give Rutnin Eye Hospital a go in BKK in the New Year. If they can't do anything I think I'll try and 'sponsor' an Indian. I reckon the Husky look will be pretty cool.

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

was told surgery or loose the eye, I took the surgery

Coward, taking the easy way out.

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

Fuck you withers, unsympathetic bastard,

Unsympathetic my arse.

I've made you a new av - (if you can see it).

good luck buddy, hope all goes well, hope to see some more of your travel threads again soon

Originally Posted by robbo

good luck buddy, hope all goes well, hope to see some more of your travel threads again soon

So do i

Thanks for the well wishes guys, and thanks for the snazzy new av withnall, I'm of back to rutnin this morning, Later in the day I,ll be conducting Nurse interviews at soi cowboy I've already purchased her uniform and some training videos from a sukhumvit roadside vendor

I wish you a full and speedy recovery mate.

And 2 weeks on your stomach to get your full vision back is worth the sacrifice.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Seriously, the only time I've heard of a detached retina is from boxing.

Yes that is what i thought until it happened to me.I too nearly lost the eye as originally I was misdiagnosed by the doctors. I was told to take some pills eat more veggies and it would go away.
The only thing that went away was me sight.
Little by little a curtain came down over my eye until only a very thin line of light existed.
I got myself down to Rutnin sharpish and was operated on that day. A 2 hour operation with local anesthetic. I was then asked to stay in bed 23/24 hours per day, face down with as little head movement as possible for 2 weeks and then regular trips to the hospital until the doctor signed off.

I asked him how this possibly could have happened as I had not been hit in the head for many a year. The answer was simple wear and tear and it is far more common than you would think, far more common. I was surprised when i did a bit of research on Google

As you get into your 50's it is worth having a regular check up at a place like Rutnin
The cost is only a 1000 or so.
The cost to me of the operation plus ancillary costs associated with the issue ran to the hundreds of thousands of baht. I think all in all it came out to between 2-300000 baht.

Even with the excellent care I received at Rutnin about a year later increased floater activity started up in my other eye. This time I dispensed with the local 'doctors' and went straight down to Rutnin. This time the cost was something like 10-20000.

So a really big saving.

I now can see with both eyes but the vision in the bad one is not good. I have double vision, I get daily headaches and I much prefer the dark. If I had had a regular check up I could have avoided all this.

Over 50? I strongly recommend you havve your eyes checked at someplace like Rutnin on an annual basis

Thanks HaL

You and BLD have got me worried as I'm 52 and already blind in one eye. The wife and I will be Rutnin quite soonish.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Thanks HaL

You and BLD have got me worried as I'm 52 and already blind in one eye. The wife and I will be Rutnin quite soonish.

Make an appointment before going. They are very busy and even with an appointment you can wait quite some time.

Going there the first time they will give you a battery of test form a regular eyesight check through to the retinal check up.

My doctor was Dr. Sombat and I would recommend him. He certainly gave me the feeling he knew what he was doing and was thorough.

Good Luck BLD. Hope things turn out good. Don't just tip the nurse give it all to her.

Thanks HaL Will do. The wife and I are looking at their website now.

Some good news this morning when I fronted to see the doc and pay my bill to get the passport back, turns out the total was 99 thousand the 150 000 baht quoted was just the initial estimate, I can afford to keep the nurse around a bit longer now, he'll, might get 2

Definition of a mistress?
Someone between you and a mattress ...

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

I can afford to keep the nurse around a bit longer now, he'll, might get 2

male nurse ?

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

I can afford to keep the nurse around a bit longer now, he'll, might get 2

male nurse ?

You notice the emphasis several times that he was having to stay "face down", so I would suggest you are on the right track.












































Seriously BLD - good luck, hope it all works out.

Cheers nidhogg
I'm holed up in a hotel over on soi 18' chose that deliberately so I wouldn't get tempted to go out ogling the mattress warriors, see the doc again on Monday and if he gives me the nod I might get the sleeper train to nongkhai, can't fly for 2 weeks ,

Good luck BLD. I thought I had a detached retina several months ago, but it was just floaters, which I had never had before. Did what the doc said, and the floaters vanished just when she said they would.

Since I had taken a mighty blow to the head, which left me totally deaf in one ear, shortly before the floaters appeared, I thought for sure detached retina.

Do what the doc says!!!!