5-weeks post- Lasik, Painful Right Eye & Anxiety; Advice Please

[MS3517]

Hi everyone-
I've been reading this site for a few weeks now and have found it helpful and wanted to share my story and ask for some advice- please.

Five weeks ago I had femto second Lasik surgery on both my eyes. I had -4.50 in left eye and -5.50 in right eye. The first two days...

[nadz]

We are based in England and are currently in a catch 22 type situation trying to obtain Autologous Blood Serum by the NHS route - we have a prescription from our regional expert eye consultant but the local funding group have said No and there are real problems getting the eye drops from the Blood Service...

[tommyboy]

My Magic Wand

In the shower today, and continued on my drive into the office, I was thinking what I would do if I had a “Magic Wand” …

The bad things I would do:

Unfortunately, I have a lot of bad thoughts, most are now in the past – perhaps this is simply...

[tommyboy]

I need some advice please...

I am 19 months post lasik and was diagnosed with corneal neuralgia and dry eye syndrome in september of 2012.

I went on disability in September for 6 months. In september I was not in a good place, pain wise and physiologically. I tried to take...

[patientpatrick]

So I've been quadra-plugged for over 2 weeks now. I've experienced improvement in moisture in my eyes and have even had a little excess from time to time. The issue that I'm having right now is my eyes seem to squeegee out some excess moisture that collects in the creases of my eyelids. This stuff is...

[patientpatrick]

I had marginal success with collagen plugs in the lower punctas and extended duration in the upper punctas. I then had the lowers plugged with silicone plugs and noticed a bit more improvement but nothing huge. My eye doc. then suggested putting silicone plugs in all 4 puncta. This has been a very strange...

[patientpatrick]

I'm looking for a concrete study regarding the clinical use of Serum Drops that have helped regenerate severed nerves Post Lasik. I talked to my opthalmologist about serum drops yesterday and he hasn't heard of serum drops serving as a means to re-grow nerves, only that they are the closest fluid to...

[patientpatrick]

So I talked about punctal cautery with one of my eye doctors and he's very opposed to it. He stated that by burning sensitive tissue on the eyelids it could cause a cascading effect of inflammation that could make people suffering from eyelid disorders such as MGD even worse off then before. I know...

[patientpatrick]

One of the eye docs I've been talking too suggested using a Safigel 1day contact lens to treat my dry eye. Apparently its unique proprietary technology of hyaluronic acid releases from the contact lens. The plastic of the contact lens is bathed in moisture on both sides from this natural wetting agent....

[patientpatrick]

So I've been using Restasis twice a day. One drop in the morning when i wake up and one in the even just before bed.

I usually put a drop in my eyes and keep them closed until the drop is gone.

I've noticed that before I had plugs, the drop would remain in my eyes for...

[patientpatrick]

Okay I understand this was a study done on animals. But I'm realllllllly confused. I thought that the use of cyclosporine was supposed to help in the regeneration of nerves after refractive surgery?

Now it looks like it prevents the regeneration of nerves!!!

I'm so confused....

[patientpatrick]

This is just a really long vent. I haven't planned out a course of action but I'm feeling suicidal. I think the only thing keeping me from doing anything drastic, or planning to do anything drastic is that I recently became a dad a few weeks ago. The truth of the matter is, I was hoping that the arrival...

[patientpatrick]

I wish this was a triumph story, but all I can do is offer an update. I'm officially 14months post Lasik today and truthfully I'm not sure if I'm better or worse. In all honesty I think my progress has been a series of waves. If baseline for me is 100 I'd say I'm currently at 45. I had Lasik back in...

[patientpatrick]

I'm over 1 year post-lasik and suffering lasik induced dry eye. I'm assuming that my cornea nerves are still regrowing which is why I haven't been able to produce enough tears so far.

A) DROP - I've also heard that its best to put eye preservative drops every couple of hours whether your...

[patientpatrick]

How I wish they were tears of joy, or tears of relief, but to be honest, I think letting out a good cry felt real good actually.

Here's a link to my very first post.
http://www.dryeyezone.com/talk/showt...sik&highlight=

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