On 3/17/2016 3:37 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> My still living 93 year old aunt had detached retinas in both eyes a
>> couple of years ago. She had to lie face down for over a week. She's
>> lucky one of her sons lives close enough (and cared enough) to check on
>> her every day and help her out.
>>
>
> She was lucky. The warnings about following the face down were very
> serious. If the repair was not successful she could have lost her
> retina, her vision.... and her eye. You really have to just lie there
> face down 24 hours a day for 10 days straight. You are allowed to get
> and and move about for a couple minutes an hour...face down. There was
> also a regimen of eye drops, IIRC, five different drops, all on
> different schedules; hourly, twice, three times and four times a day,
> something like 24 drops per day.
>
> I was chief cook and bottle washer and had to help here with
> everything. I hate to imagine what it would be like for someone living
> on their own.

My aunt was very lucky one of her sons lived nearby and came over every
day. She has other children and grandchildren but they were oh so
busy... She has her eyesight but yes, could barely get up for a few
minutes to go to the bathroom before having to be face down again after
the retinal surgery.

Jill