Anybody Had Eye Injections in Both Eyes At The Same Time Before?

[Fazza]

Having failed my eye screening a couple of years ago I've has laser eye surgery in both eyes but unfortunately it has stopped/reduced the swelling at the back enough so I've already had 4 injections in my right eye (3 months apart) and this afternoon I've had my first one in my left eye.

I'm pleased to say that the four injections I've had in my right eye have worked and the swelling has gone! As it's working in my right eye I've got to keep having the injections but I believe over time the frequency (currently every 3 months) will increase so I'll still be having them but just not as often.

It's looking like my next injection(s) will be at the same time in both eyes so I was wondering if anyone else here has had injections in both of their eyes at the same time and if they coped OK or wished they had had them done on different days?

 

[goodybags]

It’s up to you @Fazza they offer either
when I had both eyes treated (which I did for a period of time)
I always opted to have both done together

Because my eye treatment involves an early finish from work and appointments are hard to come by (at the time of day that suits me)
i hope you respond well to whatever injections your having
I’ve been having treatment for over 10 years

 

[Fazza]

So far the treatment is going well and when I had my first injection in my left eye (last Friday after work) the doctors had a quick look at the results of my right-eye and were startled at how responsive it has been (I can read the bottom line of the eye chart again) so things are (pun intended) looking good!

I get paid time off work for Hospital Appointments but I don't want to take too much time off work unless I have to.

I've got 3 left on my left eye and four left on my right eye so the next 3 lots of injections could be done at the same time to save both myself and the NHS time.

For around an hour after having the injection (for me) it's like looking through frosted glass which has been fine when I've just had one eye done, I can manage to catch the bus home.

When I have both of them however, as they will both be like looking through frosted glass for a short time I wont be able to get the bus and I'm going to need some assistance getting home as my sight is going to be very impaired for a short amount of time.

Also for 2-3 days or so the eye I've had an injection in feels like it has a bit of grit in it which (so far) I've been able to cope with as I have one eye that is OK, not sure what it's going to be like with both of them feeling like that though...

 

[Fazza]

UPDATE:

Yesterday I had injections in both my eyes so everything is a bit of a blur at the moment and a little sore/dry!

The only issue I had (and it's happened before) is that I need quite a lot of anaesthetic in my eyes else when they put the plastic thing in my eye to keep it open ready for when they inject, it was in quite a bit of discomfort so they had to put a lot more drops in to numb them - the second eye was really sore when they put it in and I just wanted to rip it out but waited a few seconds for the extra drops to kick in and then it was OK!

I now have a large floater in my left eye so I'm hoping it's just one of the temporary ones you get when having these injections.

The only think I didn't like about the procedure is that so they can get the waiting lists down, the injections are no longer done at the General Hospital and are now at an NHS Outpatients facility that it takes me 1.5 hours on the bus to get to and as I was the last appointment I was basically kicked out (as the staff were now going home) and had to wait for my lift home outside in the car park - at least with a General Hospital they are 24 hours so there's always a place to wait inside.

Not feeling any grit in my eyes (so far) like after all my previous injections but they are both rather dry at the moment which is a new experience!

 

[goodybags]

UPDATE:

Yesterday I had injections in both my eyes so everything is a bit of a blur at the moment and a little sore/dry!

The only issue I had (and it's happened before) is that I need quite a lot of anaesthetic in my eyes else when they put the plastic thing in my eye to keep it open ready for when they inject, it was in quite a bit of discomfort so they had to put a lot more drops in to numb them - the second eye was really sore when they put it in and I just wanted to rip it out but waited a few seconds for the extra drops to kick in and then it was OK!

I now have a large floater in my left eye so I'm hoping it's just one of the temporary ones you get when having these injections.

The only think I didn't like about the procedure is that so they can get the waiting lists down, the injections are no longer done at the General Hospital and are now at an NHS Outpatients facility that it takes me 1.5 hours on the bus to get to and as I was the last appointment I was basically kicked out (as the staff were now going home) and had to wait for my lift home outside in the car park - at least with a General Hospital they are 24 hours so there's always a place to wait inside.

Not feeling any grit in my eyes (so far) like after all my previous injections but they are both rather dry at the moment which is a new experience!

Like you @fazzai
I to dislike the clamp that most of the doctors like to use, when injecting
I find if I can really relax the whole process causes the least discomfort, a few of the Doctors I've seen in the past are happy to do the procedure without the clamp, like you I always encourage them to squirt plenty of anaesthetic in the eyes prior to the procedure