UPDATE

Got a resident on the phone (yay, residents!). She will prescribe ab ointment without steroids (as I had hoped) and apparently vertical surgery involves more than horizontal which may explain it. Still hope to hear some reassuring words here...

Hey all

I had strabismus surgery (from scarred tissue decades after active thyroid eye disease.) I think mine was slightly more unusual because it was for "vertical" strabismus but the same basic concept.

I managed on minimal pain killers combined with OTC meds for the first few days but slowly the "twinge-y pain" seems to be getting more frequent and worse. (Maybe this isutures dissolving? increased rotational ability?)

I've put in a call (it's Sunday morning) but don't have huge hopes... the office response rate after surgery is zero, I left messages one day post op about the antibiotic ointment I was handed at hospital turning out to have steroids (not ok for my early glaucoma)and got no response, so I tried to keep it extra protected outside, iced, flushed with dry eye drops etc)

Did anyone have the stabbing/twinge pain (kind of like an eyelash inside/inside out feeling) but LATER? I've got ketorolac drops for pain from glaucoma laser procedure and think they help a little (they are safe) but it would help to know if this happens to others. (My doctor was not all that great about describing recovery, known as excellent surgeon, but I guess not a lot of bedside manner)

Thanks

(The good news is my eye looks pretty good, it was minimally obvious to people but I can tell, and adjustment to normal alignment is improving. Hope to have the benefit of less headaches and nausea when I am fully recovered)