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Pain in eye after cataract surgery: When does it get better?

Eye Conditions | Last Active: Dec 28, 2023 | Replies (73)
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@bluekittymom

I had cataract surgery 9 months ago on both eyes. After the right eye surgery, I had stabbing pain if I moved my right eye too extremely, looked far to the right or looked down sharply. I was told that it would go away. It has been 9 months, and if I move my right eye too far down or right, I hit an instant 20 on a pain scale of 0-10. This is not great when I'm driving. Left eye is fine.

Any thoughts?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Sep 5, 2022

Hi @bluekittymom, I appreciated your posts in the discussions about map dystrophy and dry eyes. Most helpful. I wanted to get you connected with others about this ongoing pain issue you're having 9 months after cataract surgery. That's why I moved your post to this existing discussion on the same topic where members like @rnlorena @rwinney @ausmansk @dutchmanmichiel @gocy and more have shared potential solutions:
- Pain in eye after cataract surgery: When does it get better? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pain-in-eye-after-cataract-surgery-1-year/

It must be so frustrating to have total success in one eye and such painful complications in the other.

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