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Do Gas bubbles for vitrectomy break into smaller bubbles?

Do Gas bubbles for vitrectomy break into smaller bubbles?

About 6 weeks ago I had a vitrectomy for several retinal tears.  A gas bubble was placed in my eye.  I just noticed that all of a sudden there seem to be 2 smaller bubbles that are attached to the one that was there.  Is this normal?  Is the bubble breaking up?  Or could this be some blood (or a large dark floater)?  The bubble itself seems to be about the size of a lemon, seen from the front and the small one is about the size of a pea.  But the "pea" is getting bigger.  And now there is another tiny one which travels around, and sometimes seems to tuck into the space between the bigger small bubble and the full size bubble.
Is this normal, or will i need more surgery or etc?
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I had a gas bubble put in 32 days agp. It broke up into two about an hour ago. Just now, it merged back into one again. I read somewhere that breaking up is quite common as the bubble shrinks. Have faith and patience, it is disappearing soon.
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