PRE-OPERATIVE and POST-OPERATIVE EYE DROPS :
We require patients to have their eye drops before surgery.
Please pay attention to the instruction schedule we have provided you as well as the directions on each bottle.
Please bring all of your eye drops to the surgery center and to all your follow up appointments.
Following the instructions for your post-operative medication drops will provide you with optimal healing.
If there are any questions about your drops, please contact our office.
FOOD & MEDICATION INSTRUCTIONS :
Do not eat or drink anything after midnight (12:00 am) the night before your procedure-- not even water.
If you are on heart or high blood pressure medication you may take this the morning of surgery with a small sip of water.
If you are a Diabetic, do not take your diabetic medication the morning of surgery.
Please bring it with you to the surgery center.
ARRIVAL TIME :
Surgery schedulers will call you with arrival time information once they have finalized the schedule for the day.
DAY OF SURGERY INSTRUCTIONS :
You must arrange to have someone bring you to and from the surgery center.
A taxi or bus is not acceptable.
Wear comfortable clothing.
Please do not wear any make-up the day of surgery as it is an infection risk.
Plan to be at the surgery center for several hours.
POSTOPERATIVE APPOINTMENT :
You will be given an appointment to see Dr.
Husain for follow up.
We will remove your patch, check your vision and eye pressure and you will be given instructions on how to use your drops postoperatively.
If you have any questions, please contact us at our Irving office at 972-254-4297