Change in Eye Sight?

[KCSG 38]

I'm near sighted but since my surgery, my glasses and contacts are worthless! What the heck happened? Crazy!

[SuNMooNStaRS816 423]

I'm near sighted but since my surgery' date=' my glasses and contacts are worthless! What the heck happened? Crazy![/quote']

How long since surgery?

[KCSG 38]

3 days

[skibunn42004 7]

Mine was the same way for about 3 weeks. It got back to normal. I am not sure why?

[ScottsGirl 106]

Same thing happened to me too! Both my surgeon and eye doctor said that they had never heard of that happening before. The eye doctor did go on to say that if you're diabetic and your glucose levels are lowered that your sight may change a little. However, my sight is pretty much back to normal, maybe just a tad better than before!

[SuNMooNStaRS816 423]

I just read a post on another sight today concerning eyesight worsening over time. That person is no longer even allowed to drive. She is 2-3 years out. Her dr explained to her that it was the loss of fat from behind the eye and possibly irritation of nerve inflammation behind the eye. This is scary. I will definitely be doing more research on this subject. Today is the first I have heard of vision problems caused by WLS. Not being able to drive is serious business.

[enigmachik 403]

If you are only three days out it is most likely just a side effect of the pain meds and/or anti-nausea meds; both are known to cause vision issues. Once all meds have worked their way out of your system, your eyesight will likely return to pre-surgery levels. My eye-sight was affected for a couple of weeks, but it's fine now.

[altzma 4]

My eyes were blurry for the first 5 days but got better after I stopped my pain meds.

[Kimmy1813 77]

My vision was blurry for the first 3 or 4 days after surgery.

[AtlantaRed 651]

Mine did that after my gallbladder surgery. It was the pain meds. My eyes were blurry. I took out my contacts, not better. Looked in the mirror and they were hugely dilated. I stopped taking the meds since they weren't helping anyway. Took a couple of days until it cleared up.