Thread: My detached retina

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Since I had taken a mighty blow to the head, which left me totally deaf in one ear

Anything interesting for us to hear ? Training the black belt daughter and (embarrassingly) the student surpassed the master ??

Or one of those piñata accidents we sometimes see on Youtube ?

Wouldn't it have been better to just fly back to AUS and have had the surgery done by a proper doc?

^^Nothing so exciting. Dark, rainy night, wet curb...got out of car and slipped. Went straight over backwards. Head slammed into curb, bounced, then slammed into road.

First time I've been knocked out in many years.

End result: Totally deaf - forever - right ear. There was also a slow blood leak that almost six weeks later required me to get my skull opened up to drain off a blood pool that was pressing on the brain and causing coordination problems and headaches.

All in all, a royal pain for just a slip.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Wouldn't it have been better to just fly back to AUS and have had the surgery done by a proper doc?

The ignorance is blind.
Typical.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Wouldn't it have been better to just fly back to AUS and have had the surgery done by a proper doc?

Out here in the boonies I might agree with you although I could tell you some horror stories of 'good' western hospitals.
However Rutnin would compare favourably with any in the west (unfortunately even the prices are similar I understand).

There are excellent medical services to be had in Thailand

Originally Posted by thaimeme

The ignorance is blind.

Excuse the pun?

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

I'm not shitting you guys, the rapid onset was fucking scary, fuck all to do with esky mishaps either. I got shit advice from the quack in udon, she seemed to be the real deal spoke English better than me ,here's some eye drops and some vitamins for your eyes she said. Come back if you notice a change for the worse she said, the doc at rutnin was who done my cataracts was unavailable I had to take my chances with dr somchai, yes that really his name, he reckons his success rate is 90 % hope I don't fall into the 10% that doesn't work.

Wish you the best, hope it turns out well.

I've had detached retinas on both eyes - (my dad said it would make me go blind) - 1st one they put a scleral buckle around it - it hurt.
The other eye started detaching while in LOS on holiday - was like when the moon passes in front of the sun in an eclipse - just got into emergency surgery at Rutnin to get it fixed - once they go past the maccular (about 50% loss of vision) the chances of success diminish. Had it done on my 50th birthday! It was freaky shit having it done under a local - suck the jelly out of your eye, laser-weld it back together then refill it again!

The 2-3 weeks face down is torture - you'll get aches everywhere. But apparently the first few days is the most important time - to ensure that the retina is kept flat. I got a few wrinkles in my left eye's vision. After that you'll be a candidate for cataract surgery - the up side is that they fixed my eyesight up when they put in new lenses.

So now I don't need glasses, my peripheral vision is fucked in one eye - and I find it harder to deal with the bright lights. But I'm bloody happy to still be able to see out of both eyes. (A youngish woman (US trained) did the surgery - my shit-hot opthamologist in Oz was very impressed with her work!)

Good luck with it all.

Thanks ukan, good advice mate, yes the face done thing is fucked , not sure if i can go the distance 2 weeks ? fuk

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

not sure if i can go the distance 2 weeks ? fuk

Knowing you could lose the sight in that eye is a pretty good incentive I would have thought....stick at it mate. Long haul is worth it.

Folk should be reminded by the experience of BLD that on no account should anyone rely upon provincial hospitals and doctors for any potentially serious issue. Always, always get yourself down to a proper hospital in Bangkok if only to obtain a second opinion.

Of course, there will be instances when decent doctors and specialists leave Rama or Sirirat for stints in the boonies but as a rule of thumb, if it is life threatening or there is a risk of permanent loss or damage, get down to Bangkok.

Even the Thai know this and if they have the resources they do not hang around and rely on Dr. Fuckwit. For several weeks a distant relative of my wife languished in inexplicable torpor during which he steadily lost weight. The quacks in Surin were mystified and prescribed all sorts of treatments following one diagnosis after another. Evemtually, he was whisked off to Sirirat in Bangkok where after several tests he was diagnosed as suffering from leukaemia.

Their capacity for fuck ups in the boonies is infinite. You have only one life so don't let a fucking idiot chickenhead take it from you.

^Amen to that^. I live in a fairly large city only 50 miles south of Manila, and about 35 miles south of the rich Manila suburb of Alabang.

The difference in treatment that 35 miles makes is staggering.

We head to Alabang, with a real hospital and first-class doctors, for everything.

I've just seen too many mistakes in the hospitals here - from screwed up lab tests, misdiagnosis, etc.

Lesson learnt, I should of known better, I chose to initially go to Bangkok udon hospital rather than AEK udon thinking they were better, they are the same. The doc that saw me in udon spoke better English than me had all the modern equipment but still managed to mis diagnose, it will be a very nervous couple of weeks for me to see what the result is, and as nidhogg says , yep I should harden the fuk up and commit to lying on my guts for the duration, backs already killing me but I've just ordered a massage from the hotel,

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

nidhogg says , yep I should harden the fuk up and commit to lying on my guts for the duration, backs already killing me but I've just ordered a massage from the hotel,

LOL. Pretty sure I said it a bit more nicely than that!!

.....and aren't you going to be a sad bunny when the masseuse asks you to turn over for a "special" massage.......

.....and aren't you going to be a sad bunny when the masseuse asks you to turn over for a "special" massage.......

he'll just have to make do with a tickle of the prostate, although i've heard even that can make ones eyes water a bit.

There are a few tough stories here.....not sure who to commiserate with, so will send a blanket commiseration to all. I guess we all have our problems.

It seems that as Buddha said, life really IS full of suffering ! Though I think he also meant that feeling of unsatisfactoriness that things have not gone quite as one would have expected.

Having been assaulted by a proctologist recently, I can safely state that a manipulation of the prostate through the fundament is not a means by which any fucking normal person could possibly gain sexual satisfaction. Quite how the poofs enjoy it is incomprehensible to me. Very nearly gave the doctor a clip about the ear but I think he realised he had been a tad clumsy when half the hospital heard me shout " fucking hell " at the top of my voice. The distaff was most amused.

My thoughts exactly when my bottom-valve was checked a few years ago.

Had a lady doctor do it last year....smaller fingers and gentler entry

The massage was pretty ordinary but at least my arse cherry remains intact

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

and as nidhogg says , yep I should harden the fuk up and commit to lying on my guts for the duration, backs already killing me but I've just ordered a massage from the hotel,

fucking A

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

The massage was pretty ordinary but at least my arse cherry remains intact

wimp.

Originally Posted by armstrong

which hospital you at? i could bring beer if you can manage to drink it on your front?

Cheers mate, sadly even beer consumed by straw from the horizontal position is out as well

You must be going out of your mind there BLD, but surely there must be a world of things to do in the upside down missionary position.

What about helping that human Thai sloth who crawls up and down sukhumvit

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Having been assaulted by a proctologist recently, I can safely state that a manipulation of the prostate through the fundament is not a means by which any fucking normal person could possibly gain sexual satisfaction. Quite how the poofs enjoy it is incomprehensible to me. Very nearly gave the doctor a clip about the ear but I think he realised he had been a tad clumsy when half the hospital heard me shout " fucking hell " at the top of my voice. The distaff was most amused.

eh gent, why you banging on about your Blurter on my Retina Rant? Fuk of eh
Bit of an update, went back to the doc the other day, didn't really glean much info despite asking heaps of questions, he did say that all was progressing as it should be and that I should stick around Bangkok and come back again on the 23rd, it's been 8 days now and I've been following his advise about keeping the face down as much as possible, the first 4 days after the op all I could see was bright light, The last 2days I can actually see myself in the mirror when I clean my eye and put the drops inn, albeit a bit blurry

The doc did say the gas bubble had disapated to about 60 percent, I can actually see the fucker wobbling around in there, looks like liquid instead of gas, I'm hoping when it's gone I will see out of the entire eye, now it's like looking through a half filled glass bowl of water,

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

The last 2days I can actually see myself in the mirror when I clean my eye and put the drops inn, albeit a bit blurry

That's my usual morning.
Man up, we don't go to doctors until it changes colour or drops off....