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@shakok

I'm not real sure if macular or corneal? I had cataract surgery about a year and a half ago. About 3 weeks after the surgery of the first eye (R), it started to hurt and felt like something was in it pretty much all the time. I'm not getting answers. The surgeon says there's nothing wrong. My regular optometrist said there's edema and told me to use Muro128 every night. I thought this was temporary but I still have discomfort in it but the feeling like something in it is rarely. I still use Muro128. I did go to another surgeon. He looked in my eye and said nothing is wrong and he didn't see any edma. He didn't dilate my eye or anything. I don't know what my next step should be or if there's anything that can be done.

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imallears | @imallears | Sep 3, 2022

@shakok

I had a retinal detachment in the right eye in the 1980s and cataract surgery in 2009. For the past 2 years I have been treated for macular edema in that right eye. I know of no way a doctor can see macular edema without dilating and having a series of tests. He can see, as your optometrist did, corneal edema.
I have shots of Avastin in a series of 4 shots and then testing. At testing time my eye is dilated and a series of pictures are take to see the progression (it is almost gone).
Please see another ophthalmologist who specializes in retinas and knows about macular edema. Muro are over the counter drops for swelling of the cornea and there are side effects from prolonged use including eye discomfort. You may not have macular edema but if another ophthalmologist does do tests on your eye (and I would insist at this point) he or she should be able to give you an answer.