Macular Pucker surgery...to do or not to do?

[homecrafter]

Hello everyone, I'm needing some shared experiences PLEASE.
Last week I was diagnosed with rather severe Macular Pucker in one eye.  I noticed a decline in vision for several months prior, but thought I had an infection from eye makeup.  Saw a retina specialist yesterday , seeing a second opinion Friday but I am expecting the same news.
The pucker is pulling on the retina and nerves a bit and has made my vision in that one eye 20/200 and no corrective lenses will help at this point.  I can still see light, shapes etc. but just cannot make out letters.  I can live with it like this, but the specialist says the tugging my cause more severe damage so I have nothing to loose by doing the surgery right away for the best chance of any improvment.

That is where I'm having the problem ,,,I am 56 and still lead an active life on the lake with waterskiing etc.  I have never needed surgery or prescriptions and take care of myself with exercise and diet.    
I do not want to enter into a lifestyle of surgeries, infections, potential real dangers with retinal detachment or reoccurance of the pucker...etc etc.  Yes, I know every surgery has risks and I should just suck it up, but the fear of making the wrong decision is stressing me greatly.  The Dr. cannot tell if the pucker stabilized or will cause more damage...so do I just leave "well enough alone here"??

Does anyone out there have a similar experience with Macular Pucker surgery ?  I would appreciate any and all comments !

[JohnHaganMD]

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[MrPresley]

Returned to my ophthalmologist on February 9th, a little more than 4 months after surgery.  Vision in affected eye appears to have settled out to 20/50, IOP was 15 in affected eye and 17 in the other, and have been cleared to return to my optometrist to update my glasses.  Will hold off on returning to contacts for a while longer.

[JohnHaganMD]

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[MrPresley]

kaugirl2, have you had an OCT scan since being diagnosed with a return of the macular pucker?

[JohnHaganMD]

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JCH MD

[kaugirl2]

I had macular pucker surgery in July. Before the surgery I had very clear vision, but severe distortion. After the surgery, my vision was 20/200. Initially my surgeon could not tell me why my vision changed so radically. Then, he suggested that a the pre-surgical cataract grew rapidly after the procedure and that was causing my vision loss. In November, I had cataract surgery with a lens implant. My vision is still 20/200, but somewhat correctable with glasses. The cataract surgeon told me that because I had previous LASIX surgery, it was more difficult to gauge what lens to use for the implant. Hm...To top it off, my macular pucker is back. In retrospect, I should never had had the vitrectomy.