In a message dated 5/26/01 12:09:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>
>         I have searched the archives for information on laser eye surgery
> while nursing. The few I saw seemed to discourage laser surgery while
> nursing.  A mom called me and has a three month old and plans to have
> surgery next week as she feels she would benefit from improved sight.
>
>         The eye dr. says she needs to pump and dump for 5 days as she will
> be on the following meds: oculflox, pred-sorte fluress, tropicmide opth
> sol, so she is pumping now to save milk and get used to pumping. Does any
> one have recent experience with these meds. I searched Dr. Hale's site and
> did not find them.  The mom is definitely planning the laser surgery so I
> don't think she will postpone surgery till weaning. Any one have any recent
> information on laser eye surgery while breastfeeding.
>

LASIK is generally not recommended while pregnant or nursing because the eyes
can change due to the hormones. Does this mother know that after she weans
she might end up with not perfect vision? My Dr. wouldn't do mine till a few
months after my daughter weaned. And, I'm not sure why she wouldn't be able
to nurse on the meds they give you after. In my case, they were all eye
drops. And, I was on them for 7 days. One was simply an antibiotic. One might
have been an antiinflamitory. Another, I believe, was a steroid. Maybe you
could search for those meds in their non occular form? Shortly after my
LASIK, I had a retinal detachment and ended up with surgery for a scleral
buckle. I wasn't nursing at the time, but just out of curiousity, I searched
for info on those meds and nursing. They were all ok. They were a dilator,
antibiotic, and a steroid. (Those I had to use for well over 6 weeks)
Teresa Vinisky
PA

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