2 weeks post-op
1st photo is today, 2 weeks after surgery. 2nd photo is pre surgery.
I'm going to write about my experience so the TLDR version is, I'm 90% happy with it so far.
I had esotropia in my right eye, measuring around 45 dioptres. The surgeon said he'd work at 35 dioptres and leave 10 for my brain to compensate for. He over corrected it on purpose and said it would eventually settle straight. I was really worried until yesterday though because it was turning outward basically all the time until I moved it inwards on purpose to focus. That made me very dizzy. When it points outwards things go blurry. It has been a struggle tbh but it's finally feeling like I have control of it unconsciously and only turns outwards when I'm tired.
I woke up in quite a bit of pain unfortunately. I now believe this was because they accidentally scratched my cornea during surgery, which is one of the known risks. I didn't realise that until day 3 when my eye started opening and I started getting severe sharp stinging pains. I was sent to A&E (ER) and was given different antibiotics, painkillers and some dry eye drops that I have to take for 2 months.
It's been a bit of a struggle tbh, what with the corneal abrasion, swelling, headaches, dizziness, balance issues, light sensitivity and all the multiple drops (some are 6 times a day) but I think it's been worth it so far. Don't let my experience put you off, I just wanted to be honest because before my surgery I saw a lot of posts about people waking up in zero pain, going back to work within a week and having no issues and it was upsetting for me to not have that. I'm just one of those people where nothing is simple :)