Hello,
I am a patient of recurrent retinal detachment on my left eye due to high myopia and i would like to share my story and seek advice on how to take care of my eyes.
I have very high myopia from very young age. My parents found out about my myopia when i was 5 (i am now 30) and at that time my left eye is -7 and my right eye is -2. My myopia progress greatly through the years and 3 years ago, my left eye is at - 22 and my right eye is at -8.25.
My first detachment happen at early 2016 and i suspect it was due to me using the face brush machine on my eye. 1 month before that i have my retinal checked and it was fine. So for the 1st surgery, i have Pneumatic retinopexy with Scleral buckle. My recovery was fine (my vision was about 70% of before detachment) but 3 months later, it detach again. This time i went through Vitrectomy with silicon oil injection. 12 months later i have surgery again to remove the oil. 1 month later my retinal detach again. I did the silicon injection once again with 360° laser retinopexy. And the doctor told me that it's every thing that could have been done to my eye. This time my vision was so bad that all i could see is a gray-ish curtain. Before, i often check my eye sight and could tell if the retinal was detached or not but now all i can see is a gray-ish curtain and a very blurry field of vision (20%) on the top. I was told that my macular has ben degenerated.
After went through 5 surgeries, i am very tired and scared about losing my eyes sight forever. I have live most of my life with 1 good eye (my right eye) but now the chance of losing all sight are real that i am scared. Giving that retinal detachment due to high myopia could happen to my good eye.
I am actively seeking advice on how to maintain my eye health, how to avoid all risk related and still living a normal life. I have read that i shouldn't do yoga (which i have been doing for the past 3 years) or exercise (i start going to the gym for about 7 months), or dancing. My work require me to use computer a lot and i am an internet addict.
If you have similar story or any advise, please share yours. It will be much appreciated. Thank you