I am only able to in 1 eye the left but have issues with the eye as I have glucoma and a cataract causing sensitivity to light and a constant blurred vision with corrective lenses.
However the right eye not so lucky, after about 4 hours of receiving a blood transfusion I suffer a stroke from a blood clot to the optic nerve of the right eye.
Making my right eye a total vision loss of the eye to a 3/4 lower part of the eye, so now I can only see out of the eye from the upper 1/4 part of the eye.
The lower 3/4 part of the right eye is a gray shade only, and I really would like to know if any person in this community knows of this problem or condition.
This problem in a nut shell based on what I can recall happen 4 days after I had a triple bypass CABG, and I clearly on the fourth day after the CABG had been walking around the unit and had started physical therapy.
I was told by the nurse to lye down on my bed and she connected a bag of blood to my IV line, and really I cannot understand why blood now I was feeling fine why not the day of the operation.
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As there is no information in your profile, I'm wondering if you have posted on the right forum. This is a Thyroid forum and you may get the information you need on a more appropriate forum.
If you had labs drawn on the morning you were told to lie down then your nurse may have received doctor’s orders based on those lab results. If they were monitoring your heart rhythm & rate especially while exercising that could also factor into orders the nurse or physical therapist followed.
I think they do not want to fluid overload you, so use care to not give you more than you need during surgery. You likely had a fancy arterial line that monitored your circulation status continuously. If you request & look at your operation report it should state your estimated blood loss & what type of fluid replacement you received.
It is easier to monitor you for a blood transfusion reaction following your surgery when you are more alert I would think.
I am sorry to hear of your complication. I read a article on a surgeon in the prime of her career who also had a stroke following her surgery. She shared she went into therapy to cope with her depression afterwards. I wish you good luck with your situation.
My dad had a similar stroke which blocked vision in the center part of his eye. He did not have any surgery (actually was driving at the time). He said it looks grey in that part of his eye. It cleared up soon after but had another similar stroke which blocked his vision in the same place in the same eye. The second time it did not clear up
He went in for testing and found the material came from his carotid artery on his right side (right eye was the one effected). Doc put him on blood thinners to help prevent anymore strokes. Said my dad was lucky it only went to his eye and did not reach his brain.
Background: My dad did have some stints put in a few arteries (in heart) for blockages several years back and has rheumatoid arthritis. Also, one of his brothers had build up in carotid arteries in neck but had surgery to clear them to prevent strokes.
Very sorry to hear this. I can only add that if one eye only has a cataract problem then this is a routine "fix". I am contemplating this before my next driver's test. I have three friends who have all had this procedure and have had no problems and the only one regret was that they didn't do it sooner.
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