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shellycom
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      03-02-2005, 06:21 PM
Will these pupils ever be the same size again?

My mom had cataract surgery on both eyes 4 weeks apart. It's been
close to two months since the first surgery on the left eye and for the
most part, it's been a miserable experience.

She apparently experienced a tremendous amount of pain during the first
surgery and told the doctor she could feel him "digging in her eye"
as she started pulling away. They did something then continued the
procedure. About two weeks after this surgery she saw a different
doctor to remove one of the three stitches that didn't lie down...she
couldn't take the pain anymore.

This eye now has a lot of dryness and everything has a glare and is
bright. Physically, you can see the pupil has jagged edges all around
it and it's quite large...looks about 4.5mm without actually
measuring.

She saw yet another doctor to confirm she didn't have retinal
detachment but wasn't able to get the required referral to return for
the follow-up appointment. This doctor did note a collection of blood
in the eye.

She returned to the first doctor to have her right eye cataract surgery
done which is the doctor who did the first cataract surgery on the left
eye. She thought that having the second surgery would result in the
same vision as the left and they would match...in other
words...everything would be brighter and the glare would be less
intense.

However, it has been three weeks since the right eye procedure, which
went well, and everything appears darker. And the physical appearance
of the right pupil is drastically different from the left. The right
pupil looks about 2mm and the left looks about 4.5mm. So to look at
her with these different pupil sizes, and her eyes are light
bluish-gray, they don't look normal. Looks kind of freakish
actually.

Will these pupils change to be the same size over time?
Can surgery fix them?
Can surgery fix the glare?

She's going to her doctor this week for her 30-day post-op
appointment. Should she ask this doctor any specific questions?

 
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