I am 6 weeks out from bilateral strabismus surgery and struggling with recovery. I am dealing ok with the still irritated sutured eye balls. Irritation is from sutures still dissolving/absorbing. It is the remaining double vision that constantly comes and goes. I had a good result in that I can actually fuse image at times now, but it is so unreliable. I just had post op check and I need 4 diopters of vertical prism to function safely. I have a 1% torsion remaining in one eye. Which I understand brain can supposedly learn to overcome? I am now using temp prism on my reading glasses and another temp on a pair for driving only. Trying to work on fusing the rest of the time with out correction. Ok, this is a huge improvement from 25 diopters horizontal, 8 diopters vertical and 15% torsion prior to surgery. Anyone out there with recovering from strabismus surgery experience-mainly path to achieving single vision? Anyone out there had a second strabismus surgery to tweak results? Am I expecting too much too soon? Possibly, I should just go on and get ground in prisms and get on with my life for now? Double vision of any amount is seriously annoying!
