Hi,
I had a retina detachment on my right eye 4 years ago and had undergo an operation on buckle sclera procedure. However, the re-occurence happen again after few weeks later. I was injected with gas bubble many times but failed to reattached the retina. Finally my retina doctor inject silicone oil into my right eye and had been staying inside for 2 years. Last Aug 2007 my doctor remove the silicone oil immediately after discover that my cornea has started to opaque. However, now my cornea has turn gray in color. And I cant see a thing except lights when shine with torch light. Due to this situation, i went to see the cornea specialist in the same hospital. However, they gave me advice not to do anything on my right eye. They only can give me eye drop for the comfort the eye. I ask them if I can do grafting on it but they say my retina is badly damage and not in right position, so there is no point of doing grafting. I was devastated after hearing it.
So my question now is if a patient's retina is severely damage, will they able to see lights or shadow movement(under very bright day light) or just see darkness? Is it mean that my optic nerve is damage too? What is actually happen to my retina when the doctor mention not in right position. Please advice. Thank you