However, if you have diabetes, do not take insulin or diabetes pills. Bring all your medications, including eye drops and insulin, with you to the hospital. We may want to check the labels. W.K. Kellogg Eye Center at least two hours before your surgery is scheduled. You will be called the workday before your surgery and told what time to arrive.
Most patients return home the day of surgery or the morning after surgery.
Please be sure to arrange ahead of time to have a responsible adult to drive you home from the Eye Center after surgery. You may not drive yourself home or take a cab alone. If your surgery is done on an outpatient basis, you will go home the same day and you need to arrange to have a responsible adult stay with you the first night and bring you back to the Retina Clinic the next day. If you have any further questions about how to prepare for your retinal detachment surgery, call your ophthalmologist. This information is not a tool for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional care.