After your injections for wet macular degeneration
What instructions does your doctor give you for when you get home after your eye injections? Use moisturising drops? Antibiotic drops? Don't shower for a day? Rest your eyes? Any of the above, or other instructions? Wendy, Advocate
No advice apart from taking it easy.
Wendy my Mom had wet macular degeneration and I accompanied her for dozens of. Injections. Not once did they ever instruct her about after care. That is also the case for my sister who has the injections. Sharon Moore Advocate
thanks. After a fairly serious procedure like injections in the eye, I would have thought there would be some instructions for home. Perhaps my Dad isn't forgetting anything after all!
It is a bit strange?
HI, I just got my first injection, and the office gave me a whole sheet of paper about what to look for, what might be on my eye. Also gave me a small bottle of drops if my eye felt scratchy. Clearly spelled out I could shower, but should avoid getting water in my eye for 3 days. I'm surprised all doctors don't give something like that out.
But I am lucky enough to live near one of the top hospitals in the country, and I was also lucky enough to see a top doctor there.
Good luck.
Hi, Wendy,
Yes, I do feel lucky, healthwise in many ways. I'll soon be 75 and grateful for my health. I buy them online from a company called Persavita. They're expensive, but fortunately I can afford them. I am surprised saffron isn't sold over the counter in Australia. But I only visited there over 30 years ago. And loved it.
Best of luck.
EdI actually found some supplements today with saffron in them. Problem is they also have lutein, zeaxanthin and zinc which are also in my AREDS2 supplements. I don't want to double up on those. I'll keep looking. Best wishes, Wendy, Patient Leader. 
I'm given eyes drops to use for 2-4 days, told not to rub my eye or get water in it for the first day.
thank you for this information. I would be interested to know if the drops are antibiotics or simply moisturising drops. Wendy, Advocate.
