jkm3253
03-20-2006, 08:42 PM
I called today where I had my surgery, and the woman told me I shouldn't be having any pain at all while healing, just dryness. Sometimes I feel like my eyes or eye hurts. I dont know if I am way too sensitive and experiencing anxiety due to vision fluxuations, I am kind of high strung anyway and sensitive. She made me a little worried, altho at my last check, the dr. said everything looked good. So I should chalk it up to dryness and nerves, right?
I am a little over a month post op. Thanks ahead of time for your input.
I am a little over a month post op. Thanks ahead of time for your input.
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Hating glasses
03-21-2006, 11:41 AM
jkm,
By "pain", what kind do you mean? Is it a feeling like you have an eyelash in your eye? Or is it kind of a bruised pain? I have had both. The eyelashy kind of jabby, stabby prickly feeling can be an eyelash that is either in your eye or just kind of stuck in the wrong position on your eye lid or under your eye. I have had that happen when my lashes get a little sticky from the eye drops. You may also have an eyelash in your eye. But, more often than not, if it is a lashy feeling, it is dryness. They feel the same and unless you can find a lash either in your eye or sticking in a precarious position around your eye, it is probably dryness. Just use your drops and see if it goes away.
If it is almost like a bruised feeling, I am a year and 2 months post op and I still get that feeling now and then. I don't know how far along in your healing you are but, if you are at the point where you can rub your eyes now, you may not even notice that you have been doing it alot and, you may just have bruised your eye a little. I tend to do it now and then. Or, given the time of year, it could be sinus pressure. I think the bruised feeling and the sinus feeling tend to feel the same.
But, if your eye is achey or something, I don't have an explanation for that. I have had that feeling in the past but, only a few times and it didn't last but a couple of seconds.
I hope this helps!
Take care and keep in touch!
By "pain", what kind do you mean? Is it a feeling like you have an eyelash in your eye? Or is it kind of a bruised pain? I have had both. The eyelashy kind of jabby, stabby prickly feeling can be an eyelash that is either in your eye or just kind of stuck in the wrong position on your eye lid or under your eye. I have had that happen when my lashes get a little sticky from the eye drops. You may also have an eyelash in your eye. But, more often than not, if it is a lashy feeling, it is dryness. They feel the same and unless you can find a lash either in your eye or sticking in a precarious position around your eye, it is probably dryness. Just use your drops and see if it goes away.
If it is almost like a bruised feeling, I am a year and 2 months post op and I still get that feeling now and then. I don't know how far along in your healing you are but, if you are at the point where you can rub your eyes now, you may not even notice that you have been doing it alot and, you may just have bruised your eye a little. I tend to do it now and then. Or, given the time of year, it could be sinus pressure. I think the bruised feeling and the sinus feeling tend to feel the same.
But, if your eye is achey or something, I don't have an explanation for that. I have had that feeling in the past but, only a few times and it didn't last but a couple of seconds.
I hope this helps!
Take care and keep in touch!
bowriter
03-21-2006, 02:47 PM
After the first couple of weeks passed, I would get this tiny ache in my eye, but it would only last about a minute or two. It would come and go, but it eventually just stopped. I figured it was my cornea adjusting. The doctor was a little confused by this but said everything looked fine (just like in your case). I think dry eyes and corneal adjustments are what my problem was. It wasn't severe, just weird. Like the person before me said, it could be sinuses too. It's hard to say. Mine finally quit after the first month. If it has been a long time for you, I would have them check it more thoroughly.
jkm3253
03-21-2006, 05:28 PM
Hi
Thanks for the input, both of you. I think mine is still adjusting from the actual procedure, I am barely over the one month mark. It does come and go, and I think that it comes more when I worry about how things are going,,,if that makes sense.
What are you using to take makeup off your eyes? I haven't been using much eye makeup out of paranoia.
Thanks for the input, both of you. I think mine is still adjusting from the actual procedure, I am barely over the one month mark. It does come and go, and I think that it comes more when I worry about how things are going,,,if that makes sense.
What are you using to take makeup off your eyes? I haven't been using much eye makeup out of paranoia.
bowriter
03-22-2006, 10:43 AM
I use the same stuff to remove makeup that I always have. Biore cleansing wipes. They're great and gentle. Eye went slow with the eye makeup. I started with a little and worked back up to mascara. I was a little nervous to put something so close to my eye for fear that I would poke myself! I'm back to wearing all my makeup again. I'm just really careful not to rub the eye hard when removing it. I just gently wipe it away (the mascara is the tough stuff) and then use a liquid cleanser to rub on and rinse off after that. So far, I've not had any problems.
Hating glasses
03-22-2006, 10:43 AM
jkm,
I am not the best person to ask about how I remove my eye makeup. I have very sensitive skin both around my eyes and all over so, while I can use something to remove the makeup on my face, I can't use anything but water and a wet cloth to wipe off my eye makeup. I don't wear mascara so, the water works better for me than it would for those who wear makeup that is more difficult to remove. You should use a cotton ball and gently run (not really rub) it across your eyelids. In my first month, I used Saline on a cotton ball. Not Saline Solution. That is different. My doc told me to get Saline and use that to cleanse the area around my eyes. You can best find it at a hospital pharmacy. I couldn't find it in the grocery store pharmacy. I actually had to go to my local hospital and ask for "Non-preserved" or "preservative free" Saline. Tell them it is the same stuff that a doctor would use to flush out a flesh wound. That was the only way that I could actually get the pharmacists to understand what I was asking for. Again, it is not "Saline Solution". That is specifically for contact wearers and is preserved. Keep in mind that if you use the Saline (which is just salt and water), if you get it in your eyes it will burn like the center of the Earth. But, that being said, I never got it in my eyes. I didn't soak the cotton ball but just got it damp enough to be able to tell that there was moisture on it when I ran it across my eyelids. That should help you take your makeup off a little. It isn't great but, in the early stages of your recovery, it is the best cleaning solution.
Sorry I was so long winded.
Take care and keep in touch!
I am not the best person to ask about how I remove my eye makeup. I have very sensitive skin both around my eyes and all over so, while I can use something to remove the makeup on my face, I can't use anything but water and a wet cloth to wipe off my eye makeup. I don't wear mascara so, the water works better for me than it would for those who wear makeup that is more difficult to remove. You should use a cotton ball and gently run (not really rub) it across your eyelids. In my first month, I used Saline on a cotton ball. Not Saline Solution. That is different. My doc told me to get Saline and use that to cleanse the area around my eyes. You can best find it at a hospital pharmacy. I couldn't find it in the grocery store pharmacy. I actually had to go to my local hospital and ask for "Non-preserved" or "preservative free" Saline. Tell them it is the same stuff that a doctor would use to flush out a flesh wound. That was the only way that I could actually get the pharmacists to understand what I was asking for. Again, it is not "Saline Solution". That is specifically for contact wearers and is preserved. Keep in mind that if you use the Saline (which is just salt and water), if you get it in your eyes it will burn like the center of the Earth. But, that being said, I never got it in my eyes. I didn't soak the cotton ball but just got it damp enough to be able to tell that there was moisture on it when I ran it across my eyelids. That should help you take your makeup off a little. It isn't great but, in the early stages of your recovery, it is the best cleaning solution.
Sorry I was so long winded.
Take care and keep in touch!
Brown_eyes
03-23-2006, 11:14 AM
I get little pains but they come and go. I had my 3 week post-op the other day and she said that the little pains, shadowing, fluctuations, halos, are all part of the healing process. I am having all those but have 20/20 and can see better than when I would wear my glasses or contacts!
bowriter
03-23-2006, 03:14 PM
I got those pains in my right eye which was done before my left. They lasted on and off for about 3 weeks. Now my left eye is getting those and its about 3 weeks post op for it. I suspect we'll get those pains off and on for awhile. Every now and then, the right eye does it again but it's getting fewer and farther between.