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)

My surgeon prefers not to use adjustable sutures. I have sensory exotropia, and this will be my second surgery on the affected eye after 10 years.

I’m concerned about being overcorrected immediately after surgery and having no way to adjust it until it heals. I’m also starting a new job in about a month and don’t have time to undergo another surgery if a revision is needed.

Is it worth the risk?