• Take eye pad and clear plastic shield off the next morning.
• Keep the clear plastic shield and use when sleeping for 7 nights. Tape over eye with Micropore tape.
• Wash hands before cleaning eye or giving medications.
• Gently clean eyelids with a clean cloth using cooled boiled water.
• Put glasses on holding the end of the arms to avoid poking your eye.
• Do NOT rub or put pressure on eye.
• Shampoo hair carefully for the first 2 weeks. Avoid soap or water directly entering eye.
• No swimming for 2 weeks.
• No make-up for 1 week

• Shake bottle before use.
• Instil drops by pulling lower lid down and putting drop in pocket between eyelid and eye, then gently close lids (do not squeeze) for 1 minute.
• Restart all regular eye drops, tablet medications, and blood thinners.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• It is normal to have a sandy, gritty or dry feeling for the first 3-4 weeks.
• It is normal for your eye to be red, sore, scratchy and light sensitive for the first week.
• It is normal for vision to be blurry initially, but should improve every day.

PRECAUTIONS

• Do NOT rub your eye.
• Do NOT swim for 2 weeks after surgery.
• Do NOT wear make up around the eye for 1 week after surgery.
• Do NOT enter dusty or windy environments without protective eyewear or sunglasses.

WARNING SYMPTOMS

• Increasing pain, worsening vision, or excessive discharge from your eye.
• If you have any of the above then immediately:
  • Contact Dr Jonathan Goh 
    or
  • Go to the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Emergency Department.
    32 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne, VIC 3002.