text: is it ok to return to school the next day following a retina surgery? i need an answer today so dont tell me to go ask my docter. can you guys just tell me what to expect, what they'e going to do? and yeah, if its possible to return to school the next day. well i tore my retina when i was in primary school and i had to have lazer surgery - i was almost blind if i hadn't gone to my optomertrist when i did, another 24 hrs and the sight in that eye would have gone.  but i wasn't able to go to school for weeks and i had to stay lying down for those weeks .. i had to really take it easy so i wouldn't suggest going back to school tomorrow ..