I had cataract surgery on both eyes 1yr ago. 3 weeks after my right eye was done, I had a horrible eye/headache in and behind my right eye. woke me up 3am on a Sunday. I went downstairs in the dark to get some Tylenol. When I turned the lights on in the kitchen, It felt like a lightning bolt shot thru my eye and knocked me to the floor. Called emergency# to eye surgeon. they sent me to Wills Eye center. After four injections in my eye, turns out I have Endophthalmitis.
It's been a year now and I'm still going frequently to both the surgeon and an Inflammation specialist at Wills Eye. At my last visit he told me that I will probably be on eye drop steroids the of my life. He also said there is a small possibility I could possibly need surgery if it gets worse. Endophthalmitis is very rare from cataract surgery, so don't let this scare you from having it done. my vision before this happened was the best of my life.
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