had cataract surgery June 6, then complications

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4. Wow, you have been through the ringer. I think what you have gone through it is prudent to seek a

consultation at the Cleveland Clinic. Ideally you will be seeing a retinal specialist along with others

I guess I would want to know if the retinal bleeding was due to a retinal tear or worse, a retinal detachment. I sure wouldn’t want to delay treatment if that was the reason.

Steroid drops can make you intraocular pressure go up, but it would be unusual for just steroid drops to make your BP go up.

If you IOP is too high, they should have given you drops for that, to try and bring the eye pressure down.

If they are giving you steroid drops for inflammation from the cataract surgery, the nurses advice to not just stop the drops is probably sound. Steroid drops that have been used for some time, need to be slowly tapered off to avoid rebound inflammation. Also, if your eye pressure is significantly high they should be addressing that also.

I think you need to find out more information, such as will delaying a month endanger your vision.

It might be prudent to make a list of questions to address your concerns, and maybe keep the appointment with the retinal clinic to find out exactly what you are dealing with, the plan of action, and risks involved.

I hope you are able to get everything under control

Take care