Macular hole surgery

[41011]

I was diagnosed a few months ago and had surgery March 17, 2025. I was so caught up as a anxious about the procedure itself, that I didn't even really consider recovery and what that looked like. Shy 1 day of it being a week since the procedure and I'm overwhelmed and anxious about the vision in that eye. I don't know why I thought that I would be able to see out that eye right away. I'm just now researching the process. I had my appointment the day after and out went well. My next appointment is March 25th. Which will only be 8 days since the procedure. Reading some of these made me feel a lot better about recovery.

[RosMacularSociety Partner]

Dear 41011,

Please contact us on the Macular Society helpline if you would like to discuss how your appointment went today, 25 March, in case there is anything that we can suggest that may be of help.

Just to make you aware, the impact of the diagnosis of any eye condition, and indeed any stage in the process, is generally compared to experiencing bereavement. Individuals frequently go through very similar feelings and responses and in no set order. We do have a free telephone counselling service for UK residents:

macularsociety.org/support/...

Referral is either via us on the helpline (in which case we need the individuals verbal consent), or via the form on the website. Link above.

It takes a counsellor a maximum of 10 working days to make the initial call. Our counsellors are fully trained and some have sight loss themselves. Sessions consist of approximately 6 of around 45-50 minutes each.

Kind regards,

Macular Society helpline

0300 3030 111

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[Red1308]

hi. I’m 3 months on from the macular hole operation, eyesight is still improving very slowly, they say up to 12 months, I can’t read a car numberplate clearly yet but can see a jumble of blurred letters, the wavy line is still there but very slight now plus colours are more dull in that eye but again this is improving. Because recovery is so slow I keep thinking it’s not getting better, but then I realise I can see things with it that I couldn’t make out at all. On the eye chart on the 2nd week I could see two lines down but on the 2 month check could see 4 lines down, good luck with your recovery it’s not long now for your gas bubble to dissipate.