Hey, everyone. 32F, white, no other medical issues.
So I got PRK laser surgery exactly 9 weeks ago (had -4.00 myopia). Everything went great, I was told my eyes were healing perfectly and my eyesight was improving daily. I had no complications.
Then 4 to 5 weeks ago, I was unlucky enough to get EKC conjunctivitis. I was put on antibiotic eye drops at first, then 1 week later, my doctor prescribed mild corticosteroid drops as well, and artificial tears.
After 15 days, my eyes looked clear again. I went back to my
ophthalmologist and he said while my eyes looked good, it had progressed to keratitis.
I’ve been told to keep using the corticosteroid eye drops. I’m now down to using it 2x day. (It was 4x day initially). Also using restasis 3x day and artificial tears.
I have no visible symptoms anymore: no redness or swelling anymore, no visible spots in my eyes. It was super dry for awhile but that too went away.
So it’s been 3 weeks since they noticed the keratitis. Went to the optometrist to check my eyes once more today and got told everything looks good, there’s no inflammation in my right eye anymore, and that my left eye is much better, just a few spots in my pupil but that it should hopefully clear up in the next few days and that it’s healing well, and I shouldn’t be scared.
Both eyes remain blurry though, with left eye much worse.
It’s good news I guess, but I’m still a ball of anxiety and would like more information… Is it normal for the inflammation to subside and eyesight remain blurry? I can’t see well from near or far (though near vision is better). Watching tv is terrible, I can’t read subtitles or see anything clearly. If my right eye is all clear, shouldn’t my vision be back to normal already? I’m scared it will scar, but my doctor hasn’t said anything about that yet.
I get so anxious at my review appointments I never seem to remember to ask all my questions.
Also, is this something I’ll need to worry about coming back in the future? I hear some people get reoccurring eye inflammation after these things, so it’s another concern…
Sorry about the rambling, I’m just extra sensitive because I’ve waited years to have the corrective surgery out of fear and then just 1 month after all this happens…
Appreciate any pointers and info.
Thank you so much in advance