So I finally did it! I had my eye surgery today.

The procedure was really quick and the entire office visit was only about an hour and a half long. The actual procedure took less than 10 minutes! It was a piece of cake.

They examined my eyes, and then proceeded to give me some post-op care instructions. I popped a valium and then waited for about 15 minutes.

They brought me into the surgery room. It was freezing. I'm glad I brought my coat.

I relaxed on the reclining chair, and they lowered it into a full horizontal position. An assistant covered my left eye with a rubber patch with many holes which made it mostly see-through. She flooded my eyes with a numbing solution. Then they put an adhesive strip over my top and bottom lashes and used a speculum to keep my eye lids open.

With the eye propped open, they flooded my eyes with some liquid drops and then put a round piece over my cornea. After wiping my eye and applying more solution, they switched the laser on and started some sort of countdown. Perhaps it was a countdown until the laser was ready. (I'm not really sure.)

They told me that they were ready for the laser and to keep staring at the red light. At this point my vision has been very blurry (and watery) at best. Once the laser started, you could hear some static bursts, and you semll a burning chemical smell. Within 15-20 seconds they were done with the laser and was flushing my eye with more liquid. They put a "bandage" on my cornea which turned out to be a zero power contact lens.

The other eye was repeated in the same manner and was equally quick, easy, and painfree.

Right after it was over, they raised me up, and I hopped up and could see pretty well. My eyes were feeling pretty good.

On the way home, the my eyes were very sensitive to light and started to tear up and sting a little (all normal). I kept my eyes closed most of the way home and took a 2 hour nap when I got home. It's been about 9 hours since the surgery, and everything is pretty good.

I can see fairly well. For the hell of it I tried on my old glasses. I guess my vision is much better than it was before because the glasses felt like "someone else's prescription."

The only problem I have now is that after taking that nap before I'm not really tired to go to bed. I can't really watch too much tv or be on the computer too long because the long periods of staring at both screens dries my eyes out and I have to keep putting drops in them. Besides, I probably should be watching tv or on the computer anyway. So what is there left to do except sleep. I'm not tired, but I'll probably try to go to bed early.

Hopefully my vision gets even better tomorrow...

Labels: eyes, Lasik, prk, surgery, vision

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