Rep. Dan Crenshaw says he will be 'effectively blind' for a month after emergency eye surgery

[Lisa0825]

Source: NBC News

The Afghanistan veteran, who wears an eye patch, hopes surgeons got to a detached retina in time to save his vision.

U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, will be "effectively blind" for about a month after he was rushed into emergency eye surgery to treat a detached retina, the lawmaker revealed on Saturday.

The eye patch-wearing Crenshaw, 37, recently noticed "some dark blurry spots" in his vision before an ophthalmologist on Thursday "discovered that my retina was detaching," the two-term Texas Republican said in a lengthy Twitter post.

"This is a terrifying prognosis for someone with one eye," he wrote. "The prognosis I received on Thursday is obviously very bad."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rep-dan-crenshaw-says-he-will-be-effectively-blind-month-n1263726

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His full statement... (images, not text, so no transcript)

Link to tweet

[doc03]

1. It's nice he has excellent taxpayer funded

health care.

[hack89]

11. I know. Disabled vets get outstanding care from the VA

Which is the least we can give them after their service.

[IggleDuer]

2. He better hope his ophthalmologist...

... is not Rand Paul.

[Delmette2.0]

3. I know how hard it was for Mom at 90 years old to lose her vision.

I can't imagine at 37 years old. I don't wish this on anyone.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. +1

[riversedge]

14. nor do I.

[Rebl2]

21. Me either

[Clash City Rocker]

4. He's a Republican from Texas. He's always been blind.

[mountain grammy]

27. Yep..

[Paladin]

5. Dan Crenshaw has been "effectively blind" for some time, now.

I'm hoping he does himself and the rest of us a favor and retires from Congressional service, on account of his eye problems.

[japple]

6. Having been thru that surgery 5 times, I wish him all the best. It's not

easy to lie in any position for 23 out of 24 hours per day for even a week. When my Dad had the surgery back in 1968, he had to stay in the hospital for over a week with sandbags on either side of his head. When he came home, he had to lie in bed for another week or more (long time ago and I can't remember.)

[Rollo]

7. I agree. He may be a Republican but he's still human...

And he deserves our best wishes for a full recovery.

[BowDown]

9. Saul vs Paul

Maybe Crenshaw will have his road to Damascus moment and finally see the light 😁😁😁

[Lefta Dissenter]

10. I wish him good health,

I wish him good health, improved vision and a healthy, loving heart.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. I hope his surgery is successful. I wouldn't wish blindness on anyone.

[Warpy]

13. Blindness sucks and I don't wish it on anyone, not even Dumdum

I'm in the transition right now, vision's about 20/100 with glasses. Worst thing is not driving, everything has become a major struggle.

So I feel for Cranshaw. I would hope a month of inactivity, frustration, and self reflection would get him to reassess his politics, but that hope is faint, indeed. After all, I've had a couple of years of it and it hasn't mellowed me, at all.

[róisín_dubh]

38. My mother has all but lost her vision.

She can still see out of her left eye somewhat. Glaucoma is what got her. She was diagnosed at 54, no family history. Needless to say, my doctor watches my eyes very carefully.

[obamanut2012]

15. tots and pears

[JI7]

16. Is this also because of war injuries ?

[whistler162]

17. Detached retinas can happen many ways

"Sugar Ray" Robinson got one probably from boxing.

My mother got one by existing. One second it was okay and next it was detached or so it seemed to her.

She had to sleep in her sleeping recliner, she sleeps in a recliner. In a more up right position with her head held in place.

[MurrayDelph]

26. I've had detached vitreous in each eye (at separate times)

It started with the mother of all headaches, followed by floaters and little flashes of light (in the dark) or of darkness in the light.

I went to my optometrist, who told me that they were a normal thing that happened as one gets older, but for several weeks afterwards one should avoid strenuous tasks, or it could have turned into a detached retina, and those are serious.

[whistler162]

31. Similar to what happened to my mom.

luckily her optometrist is less than a mile away from her house.

[MurrayDelph]

33. I live 1000 miles from my optometrist

"Lucky" for me, the first one happened while I was driving back to L.A., so he worked me in.

The second one, I was in the small town I'd moved to, on my way to getting a hand surgery, so I found an optometrist in town (who, it turns out, was familiar with my regular guy).

[DesertRat]

20. Yes, a complication of injuries he sustained in Afghanistan

[Calista241]

32. Detached retinas can happen anytime.

But the existing damage to his eyes hasn’t helped, and is also probably an underlying factor.

[GoneOffShore]

18. Tots and pears.

[DesertRat]

19. He is suffering from injuries sustained in serving in our military

And though I completely disagree with him on everything politically, I hope he makes a full and fast
recovery and then chooses an early retirement.
.

[RandySF]

22. I won't say it.

[Polybius]

23. Anyone who gloats about this can just block me now

I wish him the best, no one deserves to lose an eye, no one. And the possibility of him losing both is not something anyone should be happy about.

With that being said, do I hope he resigns or loses his next election? Of course, I don’t like his politics at all.

[Yavin4]

24. Sorry but, Fuck Dan Crenshaw.

He believes that suffering is good for people because it makes them stronger. So, fuck that guy.

[Calista241]

25. I wish him a speedy recovery, and hopefully he doesn't lose his vision. n/t

[niyad]

28. I wish him the same care and consideration he votes for everyone else.

[Lisa0825]

30. BINGO. nt

[Coventina]

29. Fuck that guy. n/t

[Skittles]

34. would be great if this helped to make him a better person

but I very much doubt that will happen

[VarryOn]

35. I don't have to politically agree with a person to hope they don't suffer...

Over something like blindness or any other significant heal issue. It's the decent thing to do.

Representative Crenshaw could be more wrong on most issues. And he's often nasty with his opponents. I hope his current situation softens his hard edges, but don't expect it.

But, I understand, in these heated and politically charged times, how some can wish only the worst for someone with whom they disagree. I was much younger with a 'politics is all that matters' in 1981 when President Reagan was shot. I'm embarrassed over what I hoped and prayed (yes, prayed) for that evening. I would never do something like that today. Getting old chills one.

[Lisa0825]

36. Agreed. I don't wish him to suffer. I do hope he spends some time thinking

about the people who do not have access to the exceptional health care he is privileged to have.

[cinematicdiversions]

37. I wish him a successful surgery and a quick recovery. NT

[MissMillie]

39. What was his excuse before the surgery?

Twice he voted "not guilty" for the Orange One.

[Raine]

40. I wish him a positive outcome. nt

[alphafemale]

41. I wish him well, but have zero hope that this experience will give him an ounce of empathy.

No one should be blind.