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Retinal Tears

I have had two large tears from my original PVD...in each eye....both treated with laser surgery. One was 3 years ago, the other about 2 years ago. In the first eye, I developed epiretinal membrane that I am learning to live with. Anyway, in the eye with this membrane, I had another tear happen 2 weeks ago...which again was treated with laser.
The strange thing about this second tear in this same eye is....I had no symptons at all. It was just picked up on a routine examination.
I have two concerns....how often can someone get tears with no symptoms?
Also, my wife and I are newly retired and want to travel. I am really concerned about going anywhere for any length of time away from retinal access. If I am wondering around in a country without facilities, it could be a disaster.
I wonder how other people cope....other than just making 3 or 4 days trips.....I sure didn't expect to retire like this!
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