Twitter: Amare To Have Eye Surgery!!

wdrummel · Post #1 » by **wdrummel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:15 pm

http://twitter.com/amareisreal

Breaking News! Twitter.com/amareisreal Fans your hearing it first from me Amar'e. I'm having surgery to finish repairing my eye. StayTuned
4 minutes ago from TwitterFon

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Sun Scorched · Post #2 » by **Sun Scorched** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:17 pm

As I understood the surgery, this was to be expected. I mean they put crap into his eye in order to make it heal... they have to take it out at some point right?

WTFsunsFTW · Post #3 » by **WTFsunsFTW** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:17 pm

I believe it was stated during the time of his first surgery that he would need a followup.

wdrummel · Post #4 » by **wdrummel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:20 pm

I dont even know anymore... I thought he already had two.

Just wanted to be the first to break somethin... BOW DOWN I AM THE NEW INSIDER!

TXSun · Post #5 » by **TXSun** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:21 pm

season still 3 months away.

wdrummel · Post #6 » by **wdrummel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:27 pm

Image doesnt really fit completely... So it just looks gross..

TXSun · Post #7 » by **TXSun** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:29 pm

^ this guy, you're crazy!

WTFsunsFTW · Post #8 » by **WTFsunsFTW** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:34 pm

I swear our board account for at least 10% of the RealGM Headline ticker...

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wireta ... e_surgery/

wdrummel · Post #9 » by **wdrummel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:38 pm

I just happened to load up my twitter on the ole Iphone as Amare posted it (said 1 minute ago after his post)... It just took me three minutes to finish my poo and run in to my regular comp to post it...

I am not too good with the ole cut n paste on the iphone yet

justinb80 · Post #10 » by **justinb80** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:38 pm

I really hope this surgery was expected, and isn't a setback.

Sun Scorched · Post #11 » by **Sun Scorched** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:39 pm

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.

wdrummel · Post #12 » by **wdrummel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:43 pm

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.

I remember that post from last season... It is pretty much the post that crushed all of my hopes and dreams after the first three Gentry games.

wdrummel · Post #13 » by **wdrummel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:45 pm

ihateginobili:
@wdrummel It’s the final step to complete his eye surgeries.
6 minutes ago from web in reply to wdrummel

ruiner · Post #14 » by **ruiner** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:47 pm

Gambo said this was routine and expected. Only draining fluid and he'll be fine in a week.

DirtyDez · Post #15 » by **DirtyDez** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:49 pm

This is a contract year for Amare, don't worry he'll show up big time this year

Post #16 » by **lilfishi22** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:23 am

Shouldn't be too big of a deal. Though I'm still glad we haven't given him an extension yet.

Post #17 » by **KJ7** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 am

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.

Good thing we're not currently playing the Spurs in the play-offs!

I kid ... I kid ...

RaisingArizona · Post #18 » by **RaisingArizona** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:17 am

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.

Post #19 » by **Qwigglez** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:01 am

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.

Why just on Golden State?

pidi · Post #20 » by **pidi** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:57 am

wtf is going on with ama´re?? expect me back like you expect jesus back???
damh he must lost his **** mind...