Hi

My eldest son had a blocked tear duct, we waited quite a while to see the eye surgeon in the hope that it would unblock itself. By the time we had referral and then got in to see him my son was 2 years of age. His eye was constantly watering and whenever he had a cold would have a discharge coming from it.

He had the surgery when he was just over 2, was a very simple straightforward procedure, was probably only under anaesthetic for about 10 mins. The minute he came too in recovery one of us was allowed up there to be with him. He didn't have a bad reaction. He came back down to his bed, was a bit sleepy, then had some food to eat and watched Hi 5. By about lunch time we were allowed to leave. You wouldn't have even known he had just had surgery he was fine. And his eye was great. The surgeon actually commented that he had 3 blockages so I was glad it was done as they wouldn't have unblocked on their own.

Anyway approx 7 months later when he his first major cold since the probe I noticed the discharge was back (although not as bad) and also eye was watering again slight. Rang eye surgeon he was great and saw as that week. He said that his ducts were narrow and that could look at doing another probe but also suggested trying rhinocort first just to see if that helped before doing surgery. Surgery was booked for about 3 months down the track but by then his eye was fine and has been ever since.

I am glad that he had the op and can honestly say that he has not been traumatised by it at all.

Good luck in making your decision, it is always hard to know what it best.