Retina Associates provides four tips to prepare for face-down recovery after retinal surgery: 1) Buy or rent special equipment to help maintain the face-down position, such as chairs, cradles, and pillows. 2) Plan meal preparation since keeping your head down can make cooking difficult. 3) Reorganize your home to easily access items you'll need while facing down. 4) Plan activities you can do in the face-down position, such as listening to audiobooks, reading, or watching movies.

1. Four Tips to Prepare for Face-
Down Recovery after Retinal
Surgery
By: Retina Associates

2. Four Tips to Prepare for Face-Down Recovery after
Retinal Surgery
Under the guidance of Dr. Cameron Javid, Retina Associates in Tucson, Arizona, treats vitreous
and retina disorders with a focus on ensuring patients are fully informed regarding their eye
conditions and treatment plan. Retina Associates utilizes the latest medical technologies to identify
and address ailments, including situations where patients require retinal surgery to correct
problems.

3. Four Tips to Prepare for Face-Down Recovery after
Retinal Surgery
Like many other surgical procedures, retinal surgery requires strict adherence to post-operation
instructions to facilitate successful recovery. This may includes maintaining a face-down position
for several days. However most procedures do not require strict positioning. Here a few tips:

4. Four Tips to Prepare for Face-Down Recovery after
Retinal Surgery
Buy or rent special equipment. Retina Associates will loan you the face down equipment at no
charge when available.
There are numerous types of special equipment available to help you retain the face-down position
while supporting your head and body, including special chairs, tabletop face cradles, face-down
mirrors, and face-down pillows.

5. Four Tips to Prepare for Face-Down Recovery after
Retinal Surgery
Work out meal preparation.
Keeping your head down can make creating meals or cooking difficult. Determine solutions for this,
such as finding someone to assist or cook for you or preparing small, ready-to-eat meals and
snacks before the procedure.

6. Four Tips to Prepare for Face-Down Recovery after
Retinal Surgery
Reorganize your home for accessibility.
Rearrange your living space so that you can easily reach things you need, such as toiletries,
medications, clothing, and dishes. For example, move objects to lower shelves or set up baskets
and trays on the floor. Consider going from room to room to identify what items you’ll use regularly.

7. Four Tips to Prepare for Face-Down Recovery after
Retinal Surgery
Plan activities to keep you occupied.
Face-down recovery will limit the activities you can engage in. Write a list of enjoyable ones that
you can do and gather necessary items in advance. For instance, you can listen to audio books,
read books using face-down chairs, or watch movies via personal DVD player or face-down mirror.
iPads work well for viewing in the post op face down position.