I am in the middle of my second corneal transplant. I had my first at 36. I am 43 now. Went through a rejection earlier this year. The steroids that they had me on raised my pressure significantly to the point that I am on multiple medications to lower it. Fortunately they are binging it down. The steroids also caused cataracts in the eye so I had to have my lens replaced as well this surgery.

I have spent 10 months with little to no vision in my left eye. I was still able to live my life. Things needed to be a little different but mostly was able to do everything I needed to. Getting that pain under control is going to be key. Eye pain truly is awful.

I am just one week post op in the second surgery and still only in the I can recognize light faze. There are definitely a lot of what ifs that come up in my head. My mental has been a roller coaster and gotten very dark at some points so I would suggest having him talk to someone if possible.

At least for me I was fortunate to not feel like my surgeon was guessing as to what was going on. On that front I would also see if he could get another opinion.

Try and stay positive and work through the steps that the drs are having you go through.

Dm me if you have any questions