Welp, I had the procedure done at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. I had previously witnessed the procedure being done, so, I had an idea of what I was getting into.
When I got to the office (he perscribed 2 valium - 1 to take when I arrived at the office and 1 for when I got home to help me relax/sleep), the doc proceed to test my vision for the 3rd time to ensure the same results, took some other form of scan of my eyes (he said he was 'taking pictures') to ensure he saw the same things as he saw on my initial 2 consultations. After that, he went to prep the machine as the assistant started putting series of drops in my eyes. I'm guessing one of them was a numbing agent as I never felt anything on my eye during the whole procedure.
They then took me back into the room and laid me down on the table. Things moved very quickly. They taped my right eye open and then used a speculum (sp?) to hold it open. There was a bit of discomfort when they did the suction before the cut, but, it wasn't a big deal. Then I saw a series of lights and things got dark and then light again and then they started with the procedure. It went very quickly. There was a very faint scent of burning, but, I knew that was coming, so, it wasn't a big deal. When the machine was finished, he put the flap back and seemed to do some light brushing (guessing he was making sure the flap was taking hold and was in the right place). He wouldn't move onto the other eye until he was sure everything was ok with the flap. Once he saw it was ok, the same process was repeated on the other eye.
When the procedure was done, they put in some more drops and then gave me some dorky looking glasses to put on. Actually, they weren't real bad - almost looked like some of the clear lensed wrap-arounds that some of the helmetless riders wear. I was instructed to keep those on until my follow up this morning and that included sleeping in them. From the time I got to the office till the time I left, 50 minutes had elapsed - much quicker than I expected.
Once I got home, I popped the other valium and laid down to rest. Wasn't long before I was asleep. When I woke up, I could see, but, things were very hazy. I did my best to keep my eyes closed the remainder of the night except when I got up to put drops in. Very boring to only listen to TV for a few hours.
Got a good nights sleep and, when I woke up this morning, I could see pretty good, but, it wasn't perfect and things were a bit hazy.
I went to the docs for a follow up at 7:15 for him to check my eyes. 20-20 (saw all characters on the 20-20 line and a few characters on the 20-15 line) in the left eye and 20-25 (saw all characters on the 20-25 line and some characters on the 20-20 line) in my right eye when tested individually. This was great news for me as I have always had a slight astigmatism in my left eye and it was never really clear even with correction (couldn't bear to use the contacts that correct astigmatism). When using both eyes, I could see the 20-20 line and a few characters on the 20-15 line. He said that was good, but, don't get too excited. He said sometimes people come in the next day at 20-20 and it goes to 20-40 in a few days. Conversely, he said some people come in at 20-40 the next day and then get to 20-20 in a few days.
Right now, things seem pretty good, just a bit hazy. Keeping up with all the eye drops they provided (antibiotics?) and using plenty of the rewetting drops to keep them from drying out.
As of right now, absolutely delighted with the results, but, still too early to tell the final results and lots of healing time ahead of me.
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