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Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw said
he'll be 'essentially blind' for a
month after emergency eye surgery

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Posted By: NorthernDog, 4/10/2021 2:36:50 PM

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a two-term Republican representing Texas, said Saturday that he'd be "essentially blind" for at least the next month after he underwent emergency surgery on his eye Friday. In a press release posted Saturday to Twitter, Crenshaw said he would be "off the grid for the next few weeks" following the surgery. He said he first noticed a problem earlier in the week when he noticed some "dark, blurry spots" in his vision. When he went to a doctor Thursday, Crenshaw said he learned that his retina was detaching. Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL has just one eye

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Reply 1 - Posted by: RuckusTom 4/10/2021 2:42:09 PM (No. 750592)
Get well soon, Sir.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: clipped wings 4/10/2021 3:23:48 PM (No. 750610)
Prayers up for Crenshaw and for his doctors.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: AGGW 4/10/2021 3:49:24 PM (No. 750621)
Prayers for him.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 4/10/2021 3:52:11 PM (No. 750627)
Good luck, but there have been a few things that he has said and done which concern me about his politics. But personally, I wish him well.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Grounded 4/10/2021 4:43:51 PM (No. 750677)
Having been down that road, the recovery period from retina reattachment surgery is a matter of several weeks. Plus it's considered emergency surgery. I was diagnosed around four in the afternoon and was in surgery three hours later.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: rytwng 4/10/2021 4:46:35 PM (No. 750680)
Get back soon and fight the commie Democrats.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Annie Xango 4/10/2021 4:54:12 PM (No. 750686)
get well soon, sir. prayers for you. my son had detached retinas in BOTH eyes at the same time..highly unusual I understand.(his paternal grandmother had the same thing..so..) they can do amazing things these days..
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Omen55 4/10/2021 5:41:52 PM (No. 750717)
We want our Pirate back ASAP.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Imright 4/10/2021 5:48:55 PM (No. 750720)
Prayers....God Bless!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Bmoc 4/10/2021 7:57:45 PM (No. 750794)
I've had retinal tears in both eyes, and he is correct. It took one of my eyes eight weeks to heal and the other 'only' seven. Tons of fun. My best wishes for Rep. Crenshaw.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Heraclitus 4/10/2021 9:19:20 PM (No. 750832)
Amen, OP. Praying as i type.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Venturer 4/10/2021 11:45:30 PM (No. 750865)
Indeed get well soon.
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