Post op

[Donna R]

Hi.... here I am starting my 4th week post-op, I have been doing Physical Therapy 3 days a week near my home, my balance is better, but still facial paralysis on the left side, and my left eye still doesn't blink, I guess it takes time, but it seems pretty cloudy when I look out of my left eye, almost like a film on it....I hope I haven't tried too many different drops, I went to the eye doctor for a post-op check up, and they said my eye looked good, and it just takes time.  Has anyone had this cloudiness in the eye?

--Donna

[jazzfunkanne]

hi that is normal when the eye doesnt close over, my eye was like that for a while, i gt the gold weight inserted which helped with eye closure, the better your blink becomes it should get better.

[nancyann]

Hi Donna:  I have constant 'blurriness' from the lubricant I use daily.  I have a platinum weight in my eyelid to help me blink.  
Others here have used an external weight as they were getting movement back; since I never had any movement return, I 1st had a
weight put in my lid at 4 weeks post op.
You may want to look into the external eye weight if the docs are expecting your facial nerve to regenerate (I think it's called Blinkeze ?  Hopefully others who have used it will chime in).
Always good thoughts,  Nancy

[Donna R]

Thanks so much for the information..yes, the doctor told me that in time, the facial and eye nerves would return to normal...I noticed if I try really hard my eye closes a little bit on it's own...but nowhere cllose to being the same yet...I am sure it's too early......actually, for the cloudiness, I thought it must be the thick eye drops and ointments leaving like a "film" on my eye, so today I bought an eye wash and tried that, and that took away the clloudy vision, so I figure maybe in the meantime I can use that in the morning, then the Refresh drops during the day and see how that works...

--Donna