OZURDEX® and Floater

[MichaelJH]

Unfortuneately the Eyelea injections did not work (I will post a more detailed update another time) and so I was given an OZURDEX® injection. Whilst I thought the Eyles injections painful this was agony (I seem virtually immune to those useless numbing drops). Now things are settled I sometimes see a rod shaped floater towards the top of my vision which because of the optics of the eye means it is towards the bottom. I assume this is the OZURDEX® implant. Is it normal for it to be visible like this?

[Koalajane]

I am getting worried now as I am due to have the Ozurdex implant in the near future. I will ask for extra drops I think but it is about 2mm long so could well be what you are seeing

[MichaelJH in reply to Koalajane]

Sorry I didn't mean to worry you. As background I am rather resistant to anesthetic. I needed three injections to numb that eye for cataract surgery, wasn't put to sleep by the calculated dose when I had bypass surgery and can take 8 Tramadol a day!

[tallyho]

yes it is normal and you are correct it is the implant I hope it works better for you than Eylea.

[Shimano]

I also find the anaesthetic drops useless to alleviate the agony of injections. Am also allergic to iodine. I now get lidocaine injections but they only work if left for five minutes prior to the jag. Still painful but not agonising. If you are on painkillers already you may have built up tolerance. I wish you all the best. It ain’t easy!

[tallyho]

yep this is normal( as far as I have heard) but your brain will learn to ignore it but do mention it next time you go.

[Hidden]

Yes normal to see it. It shrinks and disappears as it dissolves over time and your brain dismisses it.

Re anaesthetic when I was having ozurdex I was always given numbing drops like with lucentis or eyelea PLUS then an anaesthetic injection into the eye before the ozurdex.

I would have said this was vital.

I had many painful lucentis/eyelea and worried about ozurdex but they were fine. Never felt the anaesthetic injection either.

The only weird thing I had a couple of times was my eyeball being massaged by the injectors gloved finger. Couldn't feel it exactly but weird. I learned it was because the ozurdex implant can leave a little " tunnel" as its pushed in because its the size of a grain of rice and they squish the eye to close it up to prevent infection entry. I never had infection.

[Koalajane]

I only had the anaesthetising drops before my ozurdex implant and I can honestly say I did not feel a thing. I only knew it had been done because I heard the click. The doctor who injected was used to doing them and was so fast and brilliant. This surprised me because I always feel the Eylea injection