Scleral buckle surgery: 1.5 weeks post-op
Hi there!
I was diagnosed with a retinoschisis 5 months ago and the doctors told me that it just needs to be monitored twice a year. However, a doctor told me that I should go to the retina specialist where they have the OCT devices which can capture more than the standard optic nerve OCTs I've been getting twice a year.
Then, on 25/2 it turned out to be an old detachment which progressed very slowly and was caused by round holes in the retina. Apparently, I had them for a long time but my doctor never saw them...
The retina specialists wanted to wait for 1-2 months to see if a demarcation line develops, which is basically a barrier built by the body and indicates a stability/old detachment.
It actually never progressed but I noticed more flickering in my peripheral vision - I always thought that it's visual snow syndrome.. as soon as I talked about my symptoms, they scheduled a surgery, which was on 5/5.
Surgery went well and the subretinal fluid is draining slowly. There's still some fluid under the retina but they're just waiting till the body "absorbs" the fluid. I still have the symptoms I used to have before surgery but the light wave I saw 5-6 times per day is almost completely gone.
The buckle obviously increased my nearsightedness, and due to the fact it's my only functioning eye with -7 before surgery and almost -10 prescription after surgery, I'm very worried about my situation.
I really want to know if we can use lubricating eye drops 1.5 weeks after buckle surgery as it feels like there's sand in my eye.
Thanks in advance :)