Strabismus Surgery Recovery

[gabesgurl]

Hello. I'm a 25 year-old female and I have coped with exotropia in my left eye for the majority of my life. I had eye muscle surgery two weeks ago to correct the alignment and the surgeon overcorrected my eye, (which I understand is typical for this type of surgery). I was told that the overcorrection was slightly more than what the surgeon would have liked, but he said that in time the inflammation will subside, my eye will relax and it SHOULD drift slightly outward as is typical for exotropic patients. My concern is that since I had the procedure done many, many years ago (unknown by me until after this surgery) the previous surgery will have a heavy affect on the healing process and outcome of this surgery. Right now my left eye is quite noticably turned inward and the inflammation is to such a degree that the tissue almost touches my pupil. Should I wait for the swelling to subside and anticipate an outward drifting after that time? Is there an average amount of time in which patients would experience this? Am I experiencing a normal recovery?    

[BrianF21]

I had my eye surgery 10 days ago.  I was n,ot born with a cross eye (although i had strabismus issues when tired according to my step-dad, who is an optometrist.  No obvious turning of my eye but having double vision.), but developed a crossed eye due to a physical injury. The redness is almost gone and swelling went away within two days.  It's been 10 days since my surgery and my eyes appear to be straight.  Yesterday I was having perfect vision, not double whatsoever, however today I'm experiencing double vision again.  Also, when trying to look at things with my peripheral vision I see double. I was wondering if in time my brain will correct itself and I'll regain my old single-vision.  Thank You.

Brian Fitzgerald  

[vleonardo]

i have esotropia on my left eye...my eye turns toward my nose and up....it really bothers me....big time...to the point i dont even want to have pictures taken of me...etc etc etc....i had surgery when i was about 17, now im 30....the problem seemed to go away after surgery....but starting 2 or 3 years ago i started noticing my eye started to turn inwards again!!! im in chicago now....and i really think i need a second surgery.....i went to a doctor here....when i google i can only find one doctor that has a clinic in western avenue or something....is he my only choice? i went to see him , he evaluated me and he said..."one possibility is that u can go blind during surgery or that u may end up the same way u were at the very beginning....i scheduled surgery and everything and then i backed up...does anybody here know who is the BEST DOCTOR in chicago to do this? theres got to be some name, theres got to be someone here....i just cant find anybody ...if u can help me please....my email is ***@**** thanks a lot....

[yemi1980]

Im 30 years old. i had my eyes surgery last week friday. my  redness is still there and swollen. my question is that how long will the swollen goes down. i was giving Tobradex. Please advise. email address is ***@****

[Nia222]

My daughter had the surgery on this past Thursday. The redness seems to be going away but on the outer part of her eyeball there is a big clear bubble. Looks like it's filled with liquid. I took her back to ER and they said it was a conjunctival cyst that wasn't a big deal. Well it's a big deal to me when it's bulging out and causing her to barely be able to keep that eye open. She was given tobamycin (sp?) it has an antibiotic and steroid in it. She is acting better today but this "bubble" in her eye has to go!!!! Someone please tell me if you know anything about this. Thanks

[Mack89]

I had the op as a child to correct my inward turning right eye. After a few years of straight eyes, the same right eye began to turn outward and got progressively worse as the years went on. I had the op again to correct this.
My problem is this; I had the surgery back in June and the surgeon over corrected the exotropia, which I was assured is the norm. Over the following five months or so, the sutures dissolved, the swelling subsided and the eye started to straighten up. I woke up yesterday morning with a really bad pain on the inside of the eye and later in the day noticed the eye was really red.
This morning I woke up and the redness was drastically reduced and the pain was a lot better but I noticed the eye seems to be looking inward again. I'm going to see my surgeon as soon as possible to discuss this but just wondered if you could shed some light on this? have you ever encountered this before?

Thanks in advance

[melindaaa]

I am 19 yrs old and I have suffered from strabismus since 2.My right eye goes inward and my left eye turns inward just a little bit.It is really depressing and embarrassing. I am planning to have a surgery after my graduation. The thing is that I am really concerned whether the surgery's going to be effective or not,or whether I'm gonna need to have another surgery after my first one. I actually wanted to have this surgery since I was 12 but I was really afraid of the results. Could you guys give me some advice whether to have the surgery or not? Thanks a lot