Saturday, February 11, 2006
8 weeks - The eyes are great!
Well, it has been 8 weeks since I've had LASIK and my eyes are fantastic!
While I've still got some halos around lights at night, it's nowhere near as bad as right after the procedure. I haven't noticed the "double image" problem for quite a while and I'm not having any trouble focussing in the mornings.
Ironically, while my eyes are fine, I still have 'phantom glasses'. Whenever I go to rub my eyes, I still have the habit of reaching my fingers 'under' my glasses. If something is a bit hard to see, I still 'push' my glasses back up my nose. Before a shower and before sleeping, I still reach to 'take off' my glasses. I guess there's till a bit of work to reverse 20+ years of habits!
As another example, when I wanted to look at something very closely, I used to remove my glasses and hold the object an inch away from my face. That used to allow me to see great detail, but it would take a minute to 'refocus' after replacing my glasses. Now, however, I can't focus at such a short distance, and prefer to study objects a foot (30cm) away from my face!
I mentioned my LASIK the other day at work and somebody said their wife just had LASIK the day before, at the same clinic! Her procedure didn't go so well, with what sounded like some suction problems that left one eye sore and red. After this first eye gave problems during the procedure, she didn't want to continue with the other eye, but the surgeon 'highly encouraged' her to continue -- which is good, because she probably would have lacked the courage to return. Fortunately, this second eye came through just fine, but the first was giving some pain at the 'back' of the eye.
Then somebody else chimed in about another employee who had had the procedure in Melbourne several months ago and was still experiencing dryness. I don't know if he had intraLASE, but it just shows that 'results can vary'!
-- Fabbo
Tags: LASIK Laser Eye Surgery
While I've still got some halos around lights at night, it's nowhere near as bad as right after the procedure. I haven't noticed the "double image" problem for quite a while and I'm not having any trouble focussing in the mornings.
Ironically, while my eyes are fine, I still have 'phantom glasses'. Whenever I go to rub my eyes, I still have the habit of reaching my fingers 'under' my glasses. If something is a bit hard to see, I still 'push' my glasses back up my nose. Before a shower and before sleeping, I still reach to 'take off' my glasses. I guess there's till a bit of work to reverse 20+ years of habits!
As another example, when I wanted to look at something very closely, I used to remove my glasses and hold the object an inch away from my face. That used to allow me to see great detail, but it would take a minute to 'refocus' after replacing my glasses. Now, however, I can't focus at such a short distance, and prefer to study objects a foot (30cm) away from my face!
I mentioned my LASIK the other day at work and somebody said their wife just had LASIK the day before, at the same clinic! Her procedure didn't go so well, with what sounded like some suction problems that left one eye sore and red. After this first eye gave problems during the procedure, she didn't want to continue with the other eye, but the surgeon 'highly encouraged' her to continue -- which is good, because she probably would have lacked the courage to return. Fortunately, this second eye came through just fine, but the first was giving some pain at the 'back' of the eye.
Then somebody else chimed in about another employee who had had the procedure in Melbourne several months ago and was still experiencing dryness. I don't know if he had intraLASE, but it just shows that 'results can vary'!
-- Fabbo
Tags: LASIK Laser Eye Surgery
# posted by Fabbo @ 5:39 am 
