Post surgery reflections
It has now been a few months since i had my eyelid surgery. Time to reflect about this process. I have had these symptoms since being 14 or 15 years old. They did this non surgical procedure five times all together sometimes with anesthesia. My tear ducts have also been rinsed at the doctors office without putting me under.
Every single time the symptoms came back And i needed to book another appointment. Got told that as long as this non-surgical method works they are not going to do a surgery. So here we were coming back at the eye clinic and needing to be anesthetized every few years. Not fun at all and it cant be good for you in the long run.
Then finally over a year ago the eye doctor i met saw that there is more to this situation. He send me to a plastic surgeon to get an opinion about whether or not we should do the surgery. I was not expecting to get those news so the idea of having a surgery made me scared and upset because we would ones again need to go tru the whole anesthesia process.
After the consultation i felt more comfortable about going tru this process. The plastic surgeon was making me feel safe and I trusted her and knew I would be in good hands.
When i was in the hospital having my surgery everyone was so nice to me and told what they were going to do before doing anything, that really helped my anxiety. Everything went well no complications at all.
Recovery was easier than I expected, minimal pain and no bruises even tho she warned me that i might get some and look like a panda for awhile. This process lasted over a year all together partly because Covid was slowing things down as this was not an emergency.
I have thought before that a plastic surgery is something people go tru purely for aesthetic reasons ,so idea of going tru this was strange to me . To be clear there is absolutely nothing wrong with plastic surgery. Everyone is allowed to do what they want to their bodies and if it makes you happy go for it. But in my case there was a medical reason. I have later learned that plastic surgeons do reconstructive surgery as well.
A Few days go it was finally time to have my last check up with the surgeon .Everything looked fine and well healed.
She said that there is a small change we might need to do another operation 10–20 years in the future, but that is not certain we will have to see. Right now i am finally a symptom free! No more constant feeling of having a trash in my eye because my eyelashes are not irritating my eyes anymore,no teardrops running down my face and no itching.
I Hope it stays that way but it looks like the surgery was a success. I am feeling so happy and thank full right now. This is all behind me now. It has been quite an emotional roller coaster considering that nobody could come with me in the hospital thanks to the pandemic. But in the end i am so happy that i was able to go tru this process and everything went so well. ❤
