I had what they call a “vitrectomy and buckle” where they removed the vitreous humor, tacked down the detached retina with lasers, put a “buckle” (a sort of band) around my eye to keep the shape, and filled it with gas to keep the retina pressed against the back of my eye.

That was a mean, painful recovery.  Had to keep facedown, lying, sitting or walking, for a week or so, couldn’t travel over mountains or by air because the gas would expand and the pressure would damage the retina, and it seemed to go on hurting for months.

But at the end I asked the eye doctor who’d done the surgery about things like recoil, and he said the repair was like a bone broken, reset and healed, or a scar after an injury, where the repaired part is stronger at the former break than it was originally.  He said he’d done a lot of trap and skeet shooters, who’d gone back to their sport with no problems.  And I’ve had no further detachment problems (knock on wood) since.

The buckle was supposed to stay there forever, but it got exposed and another guy removed it.  Oddly, that recovery was very quick and relatively painless.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for those replies & info. BR, I went thru the same process during recovery and lying facedown for a week after surgery was probably the hardest part. Currently seeing two distinct images & that pesky gas bubble so have taken to wearing an eye patch until things settle down. At least the pirate look keeps the grandkids amused . 
Good luck Kurt. I had just loaded up some .40/90 SS rounds for testing prior to my eye event so I'll put that on a backburner until next year.

Look after your eyes guys.....you only get one set of MK1 eyeballs.
One-eyed Spud