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Read Deal wrote:Amare has a scleral buckle, which is what I have in my left eye. His detachment was pretty severe, so they had to sew a scleral buckle around the eye, to hold the retina in place as it heals. The buckle is much like a belt, and typically, it stays in your eye forever (unless complications occur).

The buckle is sewn completely around the eye, and you feel it for about a couple of weeks, and then you don't even realize it's there (and you can't see it, but sometimes the white in your eyes will contain a pinkish color, which can be scar tissue or irritation).

So here's what Amare is faced with now: if he heals perfectly, no complications, he's got eight or nine weeks.

Now, with the buckle, there comes a bubble, possibly a gas bubble (which eventually disappears). The gas bubble is put in to push against the attached retina, and hopefully make it stick again.

The success rate is pretty high, actually. However, the scar tissue can tug at the retina, even with the buckle, and create holes. These holes can allow fluid to leak in between the eye and the retina, which will cause another detachment, and possibly a more severe one.

Right now, after the surgery, Amare's eye is definitely sore and swollen. He's on at least two different eye drops (one is Omnipred, which is a steroid for the eye to help it heal, and the other is called Hyoscine, which dilates the eye and helps with inflammation). The gas bubble will disappear in 3-4 weeks, and his eye should start healing pretty quickly after that.

With the severe detachment, he's going to have to stay away from lifting hardly anything for at least a month (anything over 15-20 pounds), he has to make sure he's not bending over for an extended amount of time, and he has to sleep upright for a couple of weeks.

I figured I wouldn't go into too much detail, but then again, this lets you know how serious it can be, and that a severe detachment can lead to a fully-detached retina, which means he's blind for life, until someone comes up with an artificial one, something they have yet to create.

Sun Scorched wrote:

Read Deal wrote:Amare has a scleral buckle, which is what I have in my left eye. His detachment was pretty severe, so they had to sew a scleral buckle around the eye, to hold the retina in place as it heals. The buckle is much like a belt, and typically, it stays in your eye forever (unless complications occur).

The buckle is sewn completely around the eye, and you feel it for about a couple of weeks, and then you don't even realize it's there (and you can't see it, but sometimes the white in your eyes will contain a pinkish color, which can be scar tissue or irritation).

So here's what Amare is faced with now: if he heals perfectly, no complications, he's got eight or nine weeks.

Now, with the buckle, there comes a bubble, possibly a gas bubble (which eventually disappears). The gas bubble is put in to push against the attached retina, and hopefully make it stick again.

The success rate is pretty high, actually. However, the scar tissue can tug at the retina, even with the buckle, and create holes. These holes can allow fluid to leak in between the eye and the retina, which will cause another detachment, and possibly a more severe one.

Right now, after the surgery, Amare's eye is definitely sore and swollen. He's on at least two different eye drops (one is Omnipred, which is a steroid for the eye to help it heal, and the other is called Hyoscine, which dilates the eye and helps with inflammation). The gas bubble will disappear in 3-4 weeks, and his eye should start healing pretty quickly after that.

With the severe detachment, he's going to have to stay away from lifting hardly anything for at least a month (anything over 15-20 pounds), he has to make sure he's not bending over for an extended amount of time, and he has to sleep upright for a couple of weeks.

I figured I wouldn't go into too much detail, but then again, this lets you know how serious it can be, and that a severe detachment can lead to a fully-detached retina, which means he's blind for life, until someone comes up with an artificial one, something they have yet to create.

With the severe detachment, he's going to have to stay away from lifting hardly anything for at least a month (anything over 15-20 pounds), he has to make sure he's not bending over for an extended amount of time, and he has to sleep upright for a couple of weeks.

ginobiliflops wrote:This was expected a long time ago, it's not a setback and he should be ready for the season.

I can't wait for Amar'e to shii on GS.