In the meantime, for some reason I'm saying "Aaarrgghh" a lot.
Having surgery Monday morning to try to reattach my retina. In the meantime, for some reason I’m saying “Aaarrgghh” a lot.
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Having surgery Monday morning to try to reattach my retina
Best of luck Dave!!!!
Hope all goes well!
well at least you look pretty darn cool!
Best wishes for a smooth procedure… but keep the aaaaaaargh patch for special occasions. You never know when saying "aaaaaargh" a lot will come in handy.
Good thing looking like a pirate suits you! Best of luck on the surgery, I'll be thinking of you Monday.
Speedy recovery Dave.
May God's healing be upon you
You make a great pirate but I really hope you can loose the patch in the future. Good luck on Monday!
I had that surgery. Almost waited too late but I have most of my vision back. It looks great. I did not realize I had lost my vision in the right eye.Knew something was not right. Good luck and I am certain you are in good hands. I had a horse shoe tear and scar tissue. Thankful for the surgery.
Praying for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery Dave!
Praying for a fast and forever healing.
best of luck to you!
Hope everything goes smoothly and successfully
Dave.
Wishing you a speedy recovery Dave!
Good luck on Monday 🙁
Good luck!! Everything will go well, I'm sure of it!
Just make sure to remind the surgeon that you aren't there to have a leg removed and wooden prosthetic attached. 😉
Praying for a smooth procedure and full healing with restored vision!
Arrrrrgh, we'll be thinkin' 'bout yer come Monday matey! <3
(Btw, when you ask Jack "what does a pirate day?" he squints with one eye and talks out of one side of his mouth, saying "Arrrrrgh!" It's pretty funny.)
You're looking better, matey!
Best wishes for some delicate, skilled hands to restore your sight, Dave.
Wish all goes well.
Good luck to you hope you get the best result.
hope it goes well
Best of luck for the surgery!
God bless you mightily!! ♥
+Dave Bell If it doesn't go well, look on the bright side. All you need is a stuffed parrot on your shoulder and you can chase beautiful women around while saying "Aaarrgh, hand over the booty!" Just make sure you duck when they try to slap you. Lol
Certainly an improvement from the original photos 🙂
Will be praying for you and your surgeons that all goes well!
Good luck for the surgery or better – a well trained surgeon!
As said before, keep the patch for later use 😉
Dave good luck and hope the surgery is successful!
Thinking about you!
Best of luck and prayers are sent!
Just wondering how you're doing +Dave Bell. Thought about you today. Hope your surgery went well.
+Lee Sackett, I had a lot of pain and nausea after the second surgery. I had to try to remain face down as much as possible. It's taken about a week to get past that. I'm going back to teaching tomorrow… we'll see how that goes. I'll be wearing an eye patch because all I get is a blurry rotated image of the world with it, and it's quite disconcerting. Hopefully my brain will figure things out in a few months. Thanks for checking in!
+Dave Bell I'm sorry you had a rough go of it second time around. I'm hoping the pain will ease quickly and sight will return completely. Do they have any improved prognosis since the surgery? Praying for you, hang in there!!! <3
+Heather Webb Thanks for the prayers. I won't know any more until my next appointment with the surgeon on Friday. I may need more operations.
Dang it! Maybe no news (yet) is good news? At least they aren't saying it's a lost cause already… Hang in there! Hugs!!!
I too have been thinking of you a lot. Best wishes to you!!
Saw my doctor today. Another surgery scheduled for Feb 9. It will be a 2-3 hour intricate procedure to try to reposition the retina and remove fluid from behind it. I'll be wearing my pirate patch until at least then since the image I get from that eye right now is so very distracting.
+Dave Bell Praying for you! And the doctors too, that the procedure goes well and they can give you your sight back.
Good luck +Dave Bell. Hope all goes well!
Wishing the best for this outcome, Dave. Will keep you in my thoughts.
What a thing to have to deal with. Are you past the nausea? You mentioned going back to the classroom. Is that working out??
I'm back in the classroom. That's going pretty well. I finally figured out that it was the Percocet causing the nausea…so now I don't really have anything strong for pain other than taking 4 Advil plus two extra strength Tylenol at a time (approved by my doctor).
I saw the surgeon today, and we have scheduled another procedure about two weeks from now. He will attempt to remove the fluid from behind the retina and try to fix attachment points so the image is not rotated. I will also get a new artificial lens since the trauma has started cataracts to form. I'll be away from work for another week, attempting to remain face down as much as possible for the first few days after the procedure. It's a complex procedure that will take about 2.5 hours on the operating table.
+Dave Bell thanks for keeping us updated. Praying for you and your surgeon(s) always!
Thanks so much, +Heather Webb!
I'm so encouraged by how you're managing this and that there are still things to try to improve your sight. I'll keep praying.
I appreciate you more than you'll ever know, +Kalebra Kelby
+Dave Bell good to hear that there is progress, as slow as it may be! Hang in there, and all the best with the upcoming surgery!
Thanks for the update and you know you are in our prayers here 🙂
+Ron Clifford +John Balboni Thanks so much. I so appreciate the the great friends I've found via G+
Haven't seen any updates, +Dave Bell – how are things going for you? Thinking of you often… Best wishes!!
Thanks for asking, +Karin Nelson. In the Jan 2 surgery, the surgeon removed the vitreous (the jello stuff that fills the eyeball, which had a lot of blood seeped into it), and reattached my retina. Unfortunately after a couple of weeks it detached again (not uncommon). I had another surgery in February. Again, scar tissue grew that caused tension on the retina and it detached again. 3rd surgery in mid-march (required a week of 'face-down' time after each one). So far, this one is holding. My eye is filled with silicon oil, and they have removed my lens, so what I do see is only light and dark and a bit of motion. I'll have to wait at least 3 more months to make sure the retina stays down before they swap the oil for saline, and give me an artificial lens. In the meantime, I'm trying to learn to do things with my non-dominant eye. It's weird to lose 3-D depth perception. Driving is fine. I still wear the patch most of the time due to incoherent light patterns I see without it.
It is unclear how much sight I might actually get back. It appears that I have lost all vision in the upper third of my field of view. The surgeon confirmed that they had to cut some of the retina off, which explains that.
So… I keep plugging away, slowly getting better at living with my new reality…
Hopefully that wasn't more than you wanted to know!
Well, I'm glad they insisted. It sounds like you are getting everything under control now. I'm glad to hear that you haven't given up. I'm rooting for ya, you know that. 🙂
+Dave Bell, man. I'm sooo sorry about your accident. I'm just now reconnecting with you and saw the photo of the eye. Prayers!
Glad to see the update. What an ordeal. I will be hoping for the best possible outcomes in the next steps.