Wife feels like a grain in the eye. I assume she is feeling the cut from surgery? She did not feel it before. Could it be because she started work 2 days ago so constantly looking at the screen is causing more eye dryness, hence she started feeling since yesterday? Google says eye or eye nerve that get cut during cataract surgery take 2-6 weeks to heal and regenerate. Tomorrow will be 2 full weeks since surgery. Visually eye looks same as non operated eye Thanks.
yes , dryness does cause the feeling of graininess! i used Lubricant eye drops. especially during the work day, It really helps, she should try it.
last week my right eye was hurting , when to the dr, found out i had a piece of lint wrapped around an eyelash, with the end poking my cornea! instant relief when he took it out!
Some of her eyelashes fell when I cleaned her eyes. they were bunched up together from all the gels and drops she had stuck on them for last 2 weeks. Will they grow back?
I know that feeling very well, it feels like some foreign object is in the eye. It comes and goes from time to time, I have no idea why it comes and goes.
Sometimes I use eye drops for dry eye, sometimes I just ignore it, and I usually forget it quickly.
should grow back.
Most likely reason is dry eye. The lubricating eye drops (I use Systane preservative free) really help with that. I had that feeling on and off for months. I also take a flaxseed oil capsule daily - still do even though the lubricating eye drops are used infrequently now - more if I am up late and tired.
they will grow back. Also I suggest artificial tears for at least the time she is on drops and maybe for a while after.
for the first few days after surgery i felt gritty at the point of insertion, my dr said it was from thr glue used to seal up the cut. after that dissolved, the feeling returned elsewhere. dr said dry eye use lubricating drops…all is better now
Glue? Had no idea. Wow learn something everyday!
My surgeon said 3 months of corneal hyperesthesia until nerves heal completely . I’d say he was right about that.
I, like others, have had a few episodes since the operation that feel like a corneal abrasion: painful, watery. One was severe, the others mild, and all without any clear foreign body or reason for an abrasion. Resolved within 24 hours, as corneal abrasions should. I don’t have other dry eye issues beyond what I had before the operation, i.e. long computer use causes burning that improves when I remember to blink.
One of my second opinion docs said I had blepharitis, recommended flax seed oil like @Sue.An2 takes. That can cause crusting of eyelashes.
I’ve had what @Mutti3 describes…years ago an eyelash grew inwards and scraped for a couple weeks until I saw an eye doctor. Haha: it’s a problem Shar-pei dogs get too! 
I would not recommend adding any additional drops to her regimen while she’s still on post-operative meds. At least not without checking with her surgeon. Lubricating drops and artificial tears may seem simple (and may be, in an eye not getting other meds), but with 2-3 other drops going in there, you’ve got polypharmacy so just double check before adding anything over-the-counter.
I agree, it is always a good thing to check with the doctor before you add other type of drops.
But when I was at checkup day one after surgery, I was told I had dry eye, and they said that it is not possible to use too many artificial tears, they said the more I used the better. After the second surgery I was instructed to use these artificial tears at least each hour for two days, and I could take extra as much as I wanted.
I really did not feel there was any problems, but off course I did what they said.
Wife was given eye drops and lubricating gel couple of days after the OP. We did not buy anything from over the counter.
From today we are down to just one type of drop from 3 types ( no steroid drops and Floxal anymore). We can apply lubricating drops and gel as much as required.
Wife is back to normal. No roughness, looks like it was a 1-2 day thing caused by going back to work.
So now we are down to-
- Yellox in the morning and evening
- Tear drops during the day
- Visco tear gel when sleeping (Every other night I will alternate with Vitamin A based lubricating gel when going to bed)
I will also start applying Vitamin A based lubrication gel on her right eye when she goes to bed to get it ready for the next operation.
I am using artificial tears and would ask you if you discard them after only one use? can the individual containers be used up?
The type I have used comes in a size container that is good for at least one week of use, so these can be used up.
Just don´t touch the tip with your fingers, then the remaining drops can be contaminated.
If they are individual ones without preservatives like in the attached image then they are meant to be used within 12 hours once opened. I use them for 1-2 days though for myself.
For wife who had cataract surgery I use them within 12hrs.
As Viking said, don’t touch with your fingers the area from where the drops come out (with any type of eye drops actually).
Thanks love the picture those are what I use. x
i’m sure there is a technical term for glue, but dr likes to keep it simple for me haha
seriously though, how else do you think the hole is patched to retain pressure and fluid after surgery?
i’ve watched several youtube videos of the procedure before and after surgery and also watch the videos i have of my own exchanges.. still very interesting
what the nurse suggested to me while using all the Rx drops, use the single use vial up per eye to help wash out all goop. i also lost eye lashes, but they grew back. unfortunately my eyelids have now drooped, but not interfering with vision just yet ahhh the signs of aging aren’t they fun 
Our private eye doc suggested that too. To use the multiple tear drops in the morning to wash out the gels and other stuff that have built up overnight.
Wife was taking Floxal, in gel form and it was very sticky and blur inducing, 4 times a day!!!
Was not easy to wash it off with the drops though. One week later we got liquid version of Floxal and that was much better!
I think the gel version must be superior though.
i have watched several videos never noted that a ‘glue’ was applied. will ha e to watch again.