Dear TracyS,
I would recommend that you see your eyeMD and express yourself as you did here. It is important to have your pain addressed.
Dr. Feldman
Sandy T. Feldman, M.D., M.S.
ClearView Eye and Laser Medical Center
San Diego, California
You need help with that immediately. You can go to an ER tonight and get medication for pain relief.
Tomorrow, you can go to another md or to your current eye doctor and insist THAT A TREATMENT NEEDS TO BE FOUND BECAUSE YOU cannot live with this pain.
You can find a RETINOLOGIST or another opthalmologist at www.aao.org.
A doctor will also answer you here--I am a long time retina patient, not a doctor.
Please write back if you need more help.
AnnaE
Thank you both for your time and responses.
Is there a pain medication specifically for eye pain? Or is regular pain medication prescribed? After having all the surgeries, I built up a tolerance to pain medication like percocet and mepergan.
I just want to know if there is an eye drop that will help with eye pain that is not related to dry eye...something that goes straight to the source?
Thanks again,
Tracy
I do not know the source of your pain is dry eye or not. But I can tell you that I had terrible eye pain after two eye surgeries. I didn't believe that dry eye was the cause, but when I had aggressive treatment for dry eye (Restasis, four punctal plugs, artificial tears every hour, and fish oil capsules) for six months, my pain eased quite a bit.
You need a new eye dr NOW!! I just had my second eye surgery two days ago (corneal transplant, cataract, and removal of a contact lense). When I went back to my Dr yesterday, he gave me some drops to help with the temporary pain. I don't know what they are, just 'soothing drops'. Believe me, if my Dr was as insensitive as yours seems, I would be outta there. Dr Feldman (above) is correct. Make yourself clear, and if you get no results, look in your local 'best of doctors' and find someone else. A good, caring Dr is the only way you can get better.
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