pupil always dilated and eye severely crossed

[19sandar]

I had retinal attachment surgery (scleral buckle and bubble) four weeks ago.  My eye is small, my eyelid is still swollen and droopy and dark,  and my eye is red, too.  I kind of expected this.  But also, the pupil in my eye is always dilated and my eye is also severely crossed.  The inside corner looks weird--sort of mangled and raw.  Is this normal?  Why would it happen?  What should I do?

[19sandar]

Thank you for taking the time to answer questions.  I greatly appreciate it, and I'm certain many others do as well.  One of the reasons I am posting questions on this site is my retinal doctor's evasion of questions like mine.  He says:  "retinal detachment surgery is, as you know, a major surgery"  and  "we'll see in time what happens".   That's it.
Here's is some of my history--I am a severely myopic man, age 58.  I work as an airplane mechanic which requires detail work and strenuous physical work and takes place in a hangar where the atmosphere is dirty.  I had cataracts in both eyes and was scheduled for cataract surgery.  A couple days before my surgery, I suffered a vitreous tear in my right (dominant) eye.  There was a lot of bleeding in my eye.    As a result, my cataract surgery was postponed.   My doctor decided to do laser surgery on my other eye (left, weaker eye) to make my retina stay attached.  He didn't do laser on the eye with the vitreous detachment.  After two months, he felt I was ready for the cataract surgery.  My right eye, with the vitreous tear, did not come through with the positive result of the other eye.  My vision was not as shart and it wasn't improving like the other eye did.   Then two weeks later I got the retinal detachment and had to have attachment surgery the next day.
Immediately prior to the surgery, my doctor told me this:  "Some patients experience some discomfort for a day or two following this surgery."  He prescribed two days worth of Darvocet in the event I might need it.    I share this to show how far off what the surgeon says can be from the reality ahead.  Perhaps my doctor just didn't want me to feel scared at that point, since perhaps there were no other options.  But I wish I had been more scared from the very beginning.  Then I would have started researching my condition before deciding on the cataract surgery, then I would have had more consultations, gone slower, probably.  Maybe I could have pushed for different care and my results would be better.   I am glad that I found this site now.   And any help you can give me about what I might do next-- I would really appreciate it.
Thanks.

[Sandy Feldman, MD, MS]

Dear 19sandar,

I would recommend that you speak with your retinal doctor to determine whether your healing is as anticipated.

Dr. Feldman

Sandy T. Feldman, M.D., M.S.
ClearView Eye and Laser Medical Center
San Diego, California