On 3/17/2016 8:13 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> 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 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.

> 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

Grandson had both eyes done, but each time it was only 4 or 5 days with
newer techniques. You can even rent a special chair with a headrest so
you can read or watch TV. Still had to do the drops though.