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Has anyone had bilateral rectus surgery for eye alignment? Did it solve your diplopia, or just cosmic? (self.Blind)
submitted by Trick-Regret-493
I have to go under for the surgery..I'm not looking for medical advice, just personal experience.
Also I have a report from my visit but it has so much medical jargon I can not make sense of it. If you think you can help me understand my report y comment if I can DM you.
Thanks
Also I have a report from my visit but it has so much medical jargon I can not make sense of it. If you think you can help me understand my report y comment if I can DM you.
Thanks
Elystriel 4 points 1y ago
I had bilateral realignment surgery in 1989. It was mostly successful, however, I still have issues with alignment when I'm very tired, and I still need prisms in the lenses of my glasses to keep my eyes aligned throughout the day. Much better than it was, but definitely not perfect.
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
Thanks for the input. Did it help with the double vision? My right eye is out and up about 15*
Elystriel 2 points 1y ago
It definitely corrected the double vision. The doctor said that it saved my sight in the weaker eye. I still have some issues with double vision when I'm very tired, or when I've been reading for a while. But it's a major improvement over what it was prior to the surgery.
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
That is very encouraging thank you. How long do they put you on there for? Does it hurt? I'm nervous lol..
Elystriel 2 points 1y ago
It was so long ago, that I don't remember a lot of the details. The one thing that stands out to me is that they didn't trim the strings from the stitches until after I had woken up from the surgery. They wanted to make sure everything was aligned correctly before they did that. I just remember being very groggy from surgery and seeing the scissors coming towards my eyes to cut the strings and being a bit freaked out. That was really the only uncomfortable part of it for me. You could see the stitches in my eyes for a few weeks after the surgery, but it wasn't as uncomfortable as I thought it would be.
temp-i-dunno 1 points 1y ago
I dont know if you're still wondering , but I had the surgery not too long ago and I'm having another soon, it didn't hurt for me although the sight of it itself is scary, I find the anesthetics don't work too well but maybe that was just my personal experience
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
My prisms don't help much bc of off in 2 directions...
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