u/Initial-Pickle-3344

Hoping to hear about your experience following retinal laser surgery. 2 weeks ago I had an in office procedure to laser a retinal hole (upper left peripheral) and lattice degeneration (upper mid-right peripheral) in my left eye. It took a week for the dilation to wear off but my pupil finally went back to normal. A week into recovery I noticed a dull constant pressure pain in the back of my eye which lead to severe headaches. I went in for my 2 week follow up and they told me everything is fine. The scars look great and that the pain Im feeling behind the eye is probably a migraine since im prone to migraines and the procedure probably irritated a nerve.

But here is what Im dealing with now. The vision in the lasered eye is not 100%. I told the doctor that it felt like the prescription on my glasses/contacts was to strong in the eye that was lasered. My vision seems sharper and more crisp in that eye. He just said to give it a few more days and was very dismissive about it. So now I have to deal with constant eye strain for who knows how long. Has anyone else experienced this?

TIA!

Hoping to hear about your experience following retinal laser surgery. 2 weeks ago I had an in office procedure to laser a retinal hole (upper left peripheral) and lattice degeneration (upper mid-right peripheral) in my left eye. It took a week for the dilation to wear off but my pupil finally went back to normal. A week into recovery I noticed a dull constant pressure pain in the back of my eye which lead to severe headaches. I went in for my 2 week follow up and they told me everything is fine. The scars look great and that the pain Im feeling behind the eye is probably a migraine since im prone to migraines and the procedure probably irritated a nerve.

But here is what Im dealing with now. The vision in the lasered eye is not 100%. I told the doctor that it felt like the prescription on my glasses/contacts was to strong in the eye that was lasered. My vision seems sharper and more crisp in that eye. He just said to give it a few more days and was very dismissive about it. So now I have to deal with constant eye strain for who knows how long. Has anyone else experienced this?

TIA!

3 days ago I had a laser procedure to treat a retina hole and lattice degeneration in my left eye. My eye is still dilated 3 days later and slowly improving. I think its from the amount of drops I received. Today Im noticing a shadow or a blob in the very bottom of my vision. Almost like there's something on my bottom lashes. Has anyone else experienced this? And will the shadow go away or improve? Also what about prolonged dilation? they told me it could be more than a week before the dilation improved.

EDIT: I heard back from my doctors office, they told me they used 3 different dilation drops and one of them can last over a week. They also said that the shadow or blob Im seeing could be where they lasered and it could perhaps improve in the next few weeks. Im hoping it does improve.