Eye Problems

[carlyai]

I have just been reading the Retina Tear thread and would like to know if KhongKean University Hospital After Hours Clinic Specialist could diagnose a Retina Tear.

I am nearly 3 months post back operation that took 9 hours (fusion pelvis to therasic).

I had major verdigo after the operation and my eyes seem to have a problem. Specalist did a brain MRI to check that nothing was wrong and the anasethist said I had a very robus system and I didn't miss a beat during the 9 hr surgery.

My right eye seems to have lots of floaters and I do get 'flashes' now and again. Everything seems very bright.

When I do my daily 5km walk, it's hard to explain, but my vision of the world seems a bit unreal.

I think this was coming on before my back operation, but as my back and leg pain/numness etc is 98% better, I notice my vision more I think.

So my question is, who to see at KKU hospital?

 I'm 78 years old.

Thank you.

 

[transam]

I had a retina repair done at Srinagarid Hospital, Khon Kaen, sorted by a Professor in the field. But you must register at the hospital first, a loooong day.

 

I was there at 7.30am, saw the guy at 4.30pm. Nice bloke, speaks perfect English, I was there for 4 days in a private wing.

He operated that night, think it was near midnight. 

He has a private clinic too, well away from the hospital, I went there for my post op checkup a week later.

Sadly, on my paperwork, there is no doctor, surgeon name.....🤔

But this Hospital has the gear to do the job.

 

In BKK I was quoted 250,000bht, at this hospital, it came to 66,000bht...🤗, That was 5 years back, wasn't very nice being face down for 10 days, but when my eye filled back up with natural fluid, no floaters, and I still have no floaters.....

[The Fugitive]

39 minutes ago, transam said:

I had a retina repair done at Srinagarid Hospital, Khon Kaen, sorted by a Professor in the field. But you must register at the hospital first, a loooong day.

 

I was there at 7.30am, saw the guy at 4.30pm. Nice bloke, speaks perfect English, I was there for 4 days in a private wing.

He operated that night, think it was near midnight. 

He has a private clinic too, well away from the hospital, I went there for my post op checkup a week later.

Sadly, on my paperwork, there is no doctor, surgeon name.....🤔

But this Hospital has the gear to do the job.

 

In BKK I was quoted 250,000bht, at this hospital, it came to 66,000bht...🤗, That was 5 years back, wasn't very nice being face down for 10 days, but when my eye filled back up with natural fluid, no floaters, and I still have no floaters.....

Thanks for your information! Good to know these things for future reference. Myself and Thai family have received excellent treatment at Queen Sirikit Heart Centre and at the Regional Government Hospital both in Khon Kaen.

[Sheryl]

@carlyaiThe various clinics (and doctor schedules) for the SMC are here

https://www.smckku.com/smc-doctor-timetable/

(open in Chrome for translation)

 

No eye clinic listed. There is an Eye Clinic, and very good, but I think you have to use the public channel. They will certainly be able to diagnose a retinal tear if you have one.

 

They will need to do a retinal exam which involves dilating the pupil so don't plan on driving yourself afterwards.

 

 

[carlyai]

2 hours ago, Sheryl said:

@carlyaiThe various clinics (and doctor schedules) for the SMC are here

https://www.smckku.com/smc-doctor-timetable/

(open in Chrome for translation)

 

No eye clinic listed. There is an Eye Clinic, and very good, but I think you have to use the public channel. They will certainly be able to diagnose a retinal tear if you have one.

 

They will need to do a retinal exam which involves dilating the pupil so don't plan on driving yourself afterwards.

 

 

Thank you.

[carlyai]

Yesterday went to KKU hospital After Hours Clinic and had an appointment with the eye doctor starting at 1630hr.

After the usual tests they introduced me to this new looking machine that takes colour pictures of your eye. From that you could clearly see all the bright flecks (floaters) in my right eye. No retina tear.

Dr said that over time the floaters tend to fall to the bottom of the eye and not so much of a problem, so booked an appointment in 6 months time to recheck.

He said no dangerous problems.

Great hospital.

Just on the hospital:

From Sheryl's advice I visited a specialist there for a colonoscopy last year. No dramas, no problems.

So a friend in the same area asked about getting a colonoscopy and I advised him to go to this specialist at KKU After Hours Clinic.

He didn't take my advice and went to our local government hospital. I said you could get a perferated bowel if they do it wrong and what could possibly go wrong with a B4000 colonoscopy?

After the proceedure he swelled up like a ballon but they sent him home only to be readmitted with a perferated bowel.

This is his second week in hospital on major antibiotics.

I'll visit him today.

It's alway better to follow recommendations than trust yourself to any bush hospital.

 

 

[carlyai]

What else could go wrong in a bush hospital?

Now my Falang friend has a blood clot on his lungs. WTF.

No compression sox supplied after his operation, no blood thinners.

They are really trying hard to kill him.

2 weeks now after his origional colon scan. 

Still 4 drains and a horrible scar stappled every inch.

What a mess.

Must be time to get him out of this hospital and into KKU hospital.

Years ago my BIL son had a motorbike accident, in hospital but kept getting worse, so we went to visit him and he had his leg in plaster and on blood transfusions.

I looked at the X-rays and he had breaks in both the tibia and fibia but no pins and broken bones side by side not fixed, just put in plaster and continued blood transfusions.

I had an orthapedic surgeon friend at a large Bangkok hospital so we arranged a midnight ambulance run (bush hospitals don't like giving up their patient) and bought him from Kanchanaburi to St Louis hospital where he was immediately operated on, plates and pins inserted. Dr said he would have died otherwise.

 

[Sheryl]

5 hours ago, carlyai said:

What else could go wrong in a bush hospital?

Now my Falang friend has a blood clot on his lungs. WTF.

No compression sox supplied after his operation, no blood thinners.

They are really trying hard to kill him.

2 weeks now after his origional colon scan. 

Still 4 drains and a horrible scar stappled every inch.

What a mess.

Must be time to get him out of this hospital and into KKU hospital

 

 

Definitely. Do that ASAP. His life is in the balance.

[carlyai]

4 hours ago, Sheryl said:

 

Definitely. Do that ASAP. His life is in the balance.

He won't go. 😞

My wife is on the internet with the boss of the local Car Care garage. (They have real money).

We went to pick up a battery from them after friend hospital visit and boss said her son died in that hospital. Get him outa there.

Nurse came in today (he has fluid on the lungs now as well) and said he hasn't been moving after the operation, then it's his fault he got the blood clot.

Sent him for a CAT scan yesterday for the blood clot and charged him B10000 for the scan. Might have to blow this hodpital up. 😞

 

[Sheryl]

1 hour ago, carlyai said:

He won't go. 😞

My wife is on the internet with the boss of the local Car Care garage. (They have real money).

We went to pick up a battery from them after friend hospital visit and boss said her son died in that hospital. Get him outa there.

Nurse came in today (he has fluid on the lungs now as well) and said he hasn't been moving after the operation, then it's his fault he got the blood clot.

Sent him for a CAT scan yesterday for the blood clot and charged him B10000 for the scan. Might have to blow this hodpital up. 😞

 

Actually 10,000 is normal price for CT and in fact low if CT with contrast (as likely was the case).

 

But definitely should get out of there. But if he refuses, what can you do.

 

While thing could have been avoided had he not insisted on doing the colonoscopy there to begin with. Until very recently, provincial and district hospitals did nto even have colonoscopy (many still don't). So every possibility the person doing it had little or no experience.  Especially if it was done in May or June, when the doctors have just graduated or(as applicable) moved up a notch.

[dddave]

3 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Especially if it was done in May or June, when the doctors have just graduated or(as applicable) moved up a notch.

Taking notes on this tid-bit.

Any more?

[jas007]

Even if a retinal tear isn’t diagnosed at this point, the original poster should pay attention to some of the typical symptoms.  Don’t delay if you notice strange changes.

 

When I first noticed I had a problem, I was sitting in my car at a traffic light.  The car next to me seemed to be moving around in an odd manner. Like it was moving back and forth.  As it turned out, it was my retina moving around.  The car was standing still.  Weird.  I went to the eye doctor, he referred me to a retinal specialist, and I had surgery the next day.