Retobulbar Hemorrhage after Blephorplasty

@nettiemae also - have you discussed with anyone just using Botox to fix the symmetry? Might get you 99 percent of the way without subsequent surgery

Anyone have a aponeurosis repair (ptosis) repair? I had to have one after my retro bulbar bleed during my iniatial bleph repair. The bleed started with the aponeurosis repairdf on the right so was not completed due to the bleed. I resulted in a droopy eyelid. Last Friday I had the repair. My eyelid is more open, but it is so dry and I am not sure I am closing it everytime I blink....it is like a constate irritation. Anyone out there had aponeurosis (ptosis) repair that can tell me if this is their experience. Thanks in advance!

NettieMae -
I do not have the same condition, but I noticed that nobody answered here and I want you to know I'm sorry you had to go through this. It's tough when surgery to correct a condition causes another condition, I've had that happen. I am day 2 post-blephar rn and seem to be healing well though the corner of my left eye feels too tight, when I lift my left eyebrow, it stretches way up. I'm hoping this is just part of healing, I won't know if it fixes itself for a while.

Now that it has been a few months since your surgery, how is the outcome?

@mauimermaid how kind of you to reply…I believe the swelling is down as much as much as it will be. When I squeeze my eyes shut tightly, the L closes less than the right. My eyes are asymmetrical with L being more open than right. L eye is so dry I had to go on Restasis, glycerin, and constant drops (or so it seems!) to keep the eye from drying out! Long story short, I wish I had the eyes back that I had when I was born! Too late for that! I was a very rare bird….this happens so very rarely, I understand, and I was the unlucky one! Hope yours goes well which most likely it will. It takes a few weeks for swelling to go down and that may help the tightness you feel. Best regards and good luck!

I am 4 days into this same issue. Retrobulbar Hematoma.
How are you doing now?

I am experiencing double vision
I had an emergency LCC
My eye is swollen and drooping
Wearing eye patch immediately to manage ..everything.

I can’t find very much about Retrobulbar Hematoma so any information would be helpful. I have good doctor care, just don’t know what to expect…
What are some things that I might be able to expect. I am Very scary, frustrating and concerned.

@hyjexxxx555 did you have your hematoma as a result of surgery? Mine happened during a blepharoplasty and pTosis repair. It was the first time it had ever happened to this oculoplastic surgeon in her 18 years of practice. Her advice to me was to wait nine months before any repair was discussed. My eye was swollen shut for a good two weeks and then gradually it opened more. Because the muscles were so stretched from the hematoma I had a repair last May. So it was nine months after the hematoma that I had the repair. The result of the repair was that now the eye that had the hematoma is more open than the eye that did not. Again, I have to wait nine more months to see if she’s going to try and even out my eyes. At this point, I’m so over it. I may leave it alone. I wish I had the eyes that I had two years ago instead of the ones that I tried to repair with a bletrophoplasty because it’s certainly backfired for me. I wish you the best and if you have any further questions, I’m happy to discuss further with you. To make a long story short, it was all tincture of time. I would stay in very close contact with your physician that treated you for this retrobulbar bleed. My physician was fantastic for following up with me and answering all my questions. I have included a picture immediately after the retro bulbar hemorrhage and another of me, one year later, after the repair, nine months later, after the hemorrhage.

Mine happened on Thursday lasts week from an incredibly random situation. I had a difficult vomiting episode (the flu). Violent only because my eyes started to bulge and swell shut after the first episode, then 3 more that afternoon and I was a mess. I only used ice packs to ease the swelling for my eyes for 24 hours. When I woke up the next morning (Friday), my left eyes swelling was getting better but my right eyelids was drooping, swollen and parts of my head hurt like a dull pain/ache I couldn’t shake. So we went to the doctors office first thing in the morning who sent us to the optometrist/Dr. and they rushed me to the ER. I had a ct scan and then quickly they did the LCC surgery on my right eye. Diagnosed as Retrobulbar Hemotoma.

My right eye sees double and I have to wear a patch on it to function or I feel queasy and will get sick. They need me to not cough, sneeze or vomit..I am on antibiotics…
Nothing feels different either my eye sight as far as improving except the pressure dull ache has lessened. I go back to the doctor tomorrow morning. I just don’t know if I literally have lost my eye sight and will live like this forever or what.

No driving? Functioning, so hard this weekend…

I found a few articles yet they do not address long term effects they way I am wanting… I know everyone is different.. I just went to hear real people living with this.. and what to possibly expect.

I will share a picture yet I don’t know how to do it on this thread tool. This is my first day in this so thank you so much for responding to my question!

@nettiemae Your eyes look great, thank you for sharing.. really appreciate it.

@hyjexxxx555 please let me know how your are doing. I do know if that when a retrobulbar hemmorrage occur, it is an true ocular emergency. I hope yours was not extensive. I hope it have improved immensely.