post surgical complication to be aware of
The cataract surgery went well and I had no problems until just after I finished the course of drops. On friday 5th September I started having some pain and weeping and spoke to someone who asked many questions and then told me that it wasnt an emergency but they would see me the following wednesday,10th. 5 days later, on september 8th, the pain was becoming worse and went to specsavers on Monday and they told me to go straight to the eye hospital. The consultant thought it was a scratched cornea but after 2 more days of severe pain I went back and saw another doctor who said it was herpes virus and explained why it can sometimes happen after cataract surgery. If I had been seen when I first reported the problem I would have been able to avoid many days of pain. I think that if a patient reports problems they should be seen as an emergency by whoever performed the operation or at least be advised to go to the eye hospital. I am now fearful of losing the sight of the affected eye.