Scleral buckle + cryotherapy in 2 days- positive experiences and reassurance needed!
Hey all, I (30F) am scheduled to have scleral buckle surgery + cryotherapy to fix my RD (macula on) and a few other tears in the same eye in a couple days, and I have been having pretty bad anxiety about the whole thing and would love to hear anyone’s positive experiences to maybe calm my nerves a bit. Most of the posts about the procedure and recovery and life after the fact are overwhelmingly negative, because of course people would rather post their bad experiences and are looking for advice, I get it. But I could really just use some reassurance that its not as scary and awful as its made out to be. Give me what you got- experiences during the procedure, recovery, vision after the fact (i am high myopic already and i am very aware that my prescription will change, but have y’all dealt with any other distortions??), how soon you could drive, wear contacts, etc??
I’m sure I could find this if I dig deep enough in this subreddit, but I would love to have everything in one post to calm my mind now and in the future lol.
Thanks in advance!