Darlene's Sugery

[Cheryl R]

Darin, Welcome as a postie.                  Is your Refresh the heavier Refesh Liquigel?        That has been my favorite and helps more than just the lighter weight tears if that is what you have been using.             There is an even heavier Celluvisc also which is good but makes the vision blurrier.   The night does need the heavier even gel.          Finding the right way to protext the eye at night is interesting.          I used a dab of gel around saran wrap type product and over the eye.    Others have used other ways and your hospital may have its own idea.   
Your family is missing mid 80's down here in central Iowa.                Good luck in your recovery!                Cheryl R

[bsharpintexas]

Darlene and Craig,

So glad things went well! My wife Pam just had surgery on June 15th. Pam's left eye would not close at first. Here is what we did for the dryness.

- In the hospital
  - Eye drops every 1-2 hours
  - Refresh PM gel on eye every four hours
  - Gel on eye before taping shut at night
  - Taped eye shut at night with the white hospital "paper" tape (start on eyelid down to cheek)
  - After taping eye, covered eye with gause square and then taped that down (we never used the eye patch)

After about 10 days at home she was able to close her eye more and we did not have to tape her eye at night anymore.

This worked for us but everyone is differnt.

Pam also had some problems sleeping sue to the steroids. They gave her insulin as well. The steroids also made her hot (I had a few layers of clothes on in the hospital). She is almost done with the steroids and the sleeping has not been a problem for awhile.

Hope this helps.

Craig - Welcome to the AN Spouse club!

Take care,
Bryan and Pam

[Darlene]

Bryan and Pam,

Thank you for the information, I did it yesterday and it really helped.  I am seeing a little improvement so I hope I too will not need to tape tonight.  Thanks for your help.   Take care, Darlene