Day 52 - first day without Steroid drops

Today I stop with steroid drops ...which is great as I now only have the tear drops left. At the one month checkup the doctor told me she thought I would need tear drops for about 3 months, until tear channels and nerves are healed. This is yet to be seen, but I have feeling the eyes get less and less dry.

Before the surgery I didn't really have a problem with dry eyes. I could have the contacts in the office from about 10 to and leave them in to I went to bed around 23. I usually had glasses 7 to 10 to give the eyes some air. I had problems when I drunk alcohole though, after 3-5 drinks my eyes got really dry and started to run tears. This problem is completely gone now after the surgery. I do have to drop tears a bit more often when I drink though.

The tears I use are a preservation free tear called "Protagent SE". It is quite expensive but the surgery came with a "free medicine first year" package so I get  any amount I need for free first 12 months. By then I hopefully don't need any more artificial tears, time will tell.