Anyone had a detached retina repaired? Hope long did you have to wait to start training again? I had surgery a week ago. I’ll definitely be following my doctor’s advice. I’m just curious of other people’s experiences.

I had mine ripped off by a toe nail some ten years ago or so. Was a pretty rough night in the hospital, I remember those pain killer eyedrops worked for 15 minutes but I was only allowed to get them every 30 minutes. Blinking was like scratching and open wound. But it healed super fast though, already next morning it was much better and I was back training in no time.

@Steven I sincerely wish you a speedy recovery and listening to your doctor is always a good idea;)

@Steven I sincerely wish you a speedy recovery and listening to your doctor is always a good idea;) @Christian painful story...caused by an uncut toenail...I emphasize every day in the dojo the importance of cutting finger and toenails. It is not only about the cut that is caused but also the real chance of a serious infection due to the dirt that is under the nails. I once had someone who had not cut his toenails and during sparring (standing up) he stepped in to perform a take down and the toenail of his big toe went completely under the toenail of my big toe. Not only was my toenail completely vertically upwards (if you know what I mean) but I got a serious infection in the weeks after. Fortunately the right medication solved that problem well.

Got eye poked pretty hard in my left eye, had the retina detached and dislocated the lens and also caused a cataract, got it all fixed and vision was back to about 80% started training again after about 4 weeks 2 years later it came off again completely, no idea how it happened I just basically couldn't see anything, went to the specialist and he sent me for emergency surgery that night at the hospital, it was a macular off detachment with several holes that had to be lazered and they found damage to the optic nerve too. Had to spend 14 days laying face down in bed and 3 months off training and now a year later im only at about 10% vision in it and classed as legally blind in that eye. It sucks for sure... But mine was an extreme case, many are fixed and you go back to 20/20 vision in a few months.

I’m happy to share that my right eye has healed back to 20/20 and my doctor cleared me to start training again. Although he said I don’t have any restrictions, I’m still taking it slow and will be extremely selective on who I roll with for a while longer.