Yoga after retinal surgery - I need to read some experiences

Hi everyone!

This spring my life got a bit messy - instead of flying to my birthday celebration I got admitted to the hospital for an emergency surgery on my eye. I had two of them since it was a rather complicated situation and I’m fairly young.

According to the doctor I’ll be allowed to start exercising again in about 10 days. It’s been 3 months of couch potatoeing. My go to is yoga and swimming in the summer (which i could not do and it was generally a very isolating experience).

Now I read online that postures like downward facing dog, bridge/wheel, shoulder stand and standing forward bends have to be avoided but make up about half of a class (and I enjoy them too!).

I’m looking to read some experiences from anyone who might have been in my shoes in the past:

- how did you adjust the practice?
- were you able to resume a normal practice including those poses at some point? I would be very disappointed if I will have to avoid them for the rest of my life…

Don’t get me wrong I’m grateful everything was caught on time, even if my vision still needs improvement. But I’m feeling very discouraged about all limitations.

Thank you in advance!