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I think LASIK is a good investment. It was the best $5600 I ever spent!
Here is a recap of my surgery for those wanting to know about the pain, recovery etc etc., oh and b4 surgery I had astigmatism and I am not sure about my eyeglass prescription, but for my contacts, I was -4.75 in the left and -5.25 in the right. And I think they said my eyeglasses were in the -7, -8 range....
*I checked in at 1200pm for my 1245pm surgery.
*They gave me a valium to calm me down (ohhh it def did)
*I had LASIK with Intralase and Customwave done.
*Intralase means a laser does the cut to open up the flap in my eye as opposed to the mikrokeratome (sp?) aka a blade
*the customwave means the laser is all computer guided so you get better results.
The procedure:
I went into a room and they laid me down on a chair and they put this suction cup thingy on my eye so the laser could cut the flap open. its mild discomfort and you feel some pressure, then the freaky part is your eye goes blind for a few secs. they did the same to the other eye and when i opened my eyes, i was completely blind, sorta like there was a thick layer of fog over my eye. This part took like 5 mins. 50 seconds in each eye with the suction thingy.
The nurse walked me to another room where they were going to do the actual LASIK. they cleaned and sterilized my eye and put more numbing drops in and put that thing that keeps your open and so you cant blink. i had to be perfectly still and stare at the red dot which was kinda hard because my eye kept un-focusing. the laser part took another 50secs in each eye. then the doctor smoothed out the flap and covered my eye with it. and i was done!!!
After the Procedure
- No , I could not see right after. everything was very very hazy. when my hubby walked me to the car i had sunglasses on and my eyes closed because the pain was very intense and my eyes were tearing alot. the pain was similar to if you have ever gotten hotsauce in your eye, but i could not rub them!!!
-when i got home the pain was worse and i had to close all the shades, even with the sunglasses my eyes were ultra sensitive.
-i took a pain killer that they gave me and laid down for about 8 hours and put on these goggles they gave me so I would not rub my eyes.
-i woke around 10pm and I could see!!!! it was still hazy, but i could see!!!
- this morning I went for my post-op checkup and I am 20/20 in each eye. my eyes are dry so i have to keep putting drops in but the dr. said this was normal. i also have 2 other bottles of drops that i put in every 4 hours.
-my dr said my vision would be fine tuning itself over the next week or so bc its still a bit hazy. overall, i am thrilled with the procedure and recommend it. the worst is the 8hrs following the procedure where you feel like your eyes are on fire!!!
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