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Decided to take my kids to the big city, go to an amusement park this past weekend. Got on a rollercoaster, one of the turns my head bumped the head restraint sorta hard.

Detatched retina in my right eye for my efforts. 75% vision loss in my right eye. Headed back to the big city for emergency retina surgery because they dont do that sorta stuff in hayseed towns.

FML.

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[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hope you're going to be ok comrade. Losing your vision is a terrifying prospect.

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago

It fkn sucks comrade. But not so much for not being able to see out my right eye, its the total loss of depth perception.

I missed my toothbrush totally when trying to apply toothpaste this morning before i went to the small town ER i live near. Ive never had any reason to think about it frankly, and that sucks the most.

Heres hoping someone can fix this shit show.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago

tails-what i will never go on rollercoaster

meow-hug

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 16 points 11 months ago

Damn that sucks comrade. meow-hug I wish you a speedy recovery.

[–] SpanishSpaceAgency@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago

Hope you get well soon comrade. Care-Comrade

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Jesus Christ, hoping for a quick recovery comrade

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Talk to an injury lawyer and get well

[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago

its a life of boredom and slight disgruntlement from now on.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

That's fucked, hope you recover quickly

[–] D61@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Well... I was recently told that one of my eyes seems to be a prime candidate for a detaching retina. This is a good thing to be reminded of.

Also... mystery eye patch is very mysterious.

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

First sign of floaters, or blurring of vision please see an opthalmologist.

The longer its left untreated the more severe the vision loss will be, up to and including loss of the eyeball itself.

Dr says its hard to pin down but ill be lucky if i only end up losing 25% of vision in my right eye.

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

Goddamn I've been wanting to ride a rollercoaster again. Please tell me I can have some sort of fun in my life yes-honey-left