Post Surgery - The First 2 Weeks

It's been just over 2 weeks since my surgery now and I'm please to say I've had no complications so far! (not that I expected any!).

For the first week I had to wear the eye shields at night. They're slightly uncomfortable at first but you do get used to them quite quickly. The annoying part is that you have to tape them to your face with surgical tape (the same tape I use to tape my eyes shut). This tends to leave some glue behind and the wipes that are supposed to remove it tend to just smear it around your face.

I also had to continue to tape my eyes shut at night for the first week to prevent them from overly drying out as I am still sleeping with my eyes partly open. This proved difficult! Taping one eye at a time does not work as the open eye pulls the shut one open slightly and you just end up taping the eye open. In the end I worked out that a routine of ointment in each eye, tape each eye and then blindly taping the shields to my face was the best (obviously this means I had to be fully prepared turn the lights out and go to sleep straight away otherwise the entire process would have to be repeated after sorely ripping all the tape off when I suddenly remembered I wanted a glass of water or to answer a text msg on my phone!)

For the first week I religiously used the antibiotic and Blink eye drops. I didn't feel that I experienced much dryness as I didn't give my eyes the opportunity to dry out.

The second week has been less demanding dropwise. I now only need to use the Blink drops and even those I can get away without using too often. I do find them more necessary at night however as my eyes become tired. I have used the ointment during the day for extra lubrication at times.

I have also taken the decision to continue to tape my eyes shut at night past the initial first week. I tried without and awoke in the morning with very dry, red and scratchy eyes. Best to be on the safe side.

My vision has also settled down now. I haven't had a hazy day since the first week and my night vision seems to be improving with the shrinking down of the starbursts and halos. I hope that that continues to avoid an adjustment in the future.

My next appointment at the clinic is on 29th July. I'll update more on my progress after that.