It’s officially been a year since I had my cataract removal + eye shunt surgery, so I wanted to finally give you guys an update. There’s some good news and some bad news.
From what my doctor has told me, I do have some vision loss due to damage to my optic nerve. Because of that, it’s been a little difficult finding the right prescription since my vision still seems to be adjusting. Some days my vision is really cloudy and blurry, and other days I can actually see decently in random spots of my eye. Doctors have suspected the inconsistency is because of my uveitis.
The good news is that I’m healed for the most part and managed to get my inflammation under control using drops as well as taking humira. Im slowly weaning off the drops and I got my stitches removed about 3 months ago. Recovery definitely hasn’t been perfect or linear but I’m grateful to at least be on the other side of surgery and continuing to monitor things.
If anyone else has experienced fluctuating vision after glaucoma surgery/shunt surgery, I’d honestly love to hear your experience because this whole process had been ALOT for me