LASIK and the day after
So prior to all the surgery, my vision really wasn’t so bad. I think my prescription was -1.25 and -1.75. Minor myopia, but enough to get a little “Corrective Lens” printed on my driver’s license. I always wore my glasses because I figured out early on that it’d just be easier to keep ‘em on since I was in class all day and now, at work all day. I tried to get contacts once, but that didn’t work out, so it was either keep the glasses or go get LASIK. My appointment with Dr. Hyver was made last summer, and the day had finally come. Wavefront custom LASIK – *insert dundundun sound from horror movies*
I was pretty nervous, and I don’t think waiting around in their office really helped much. I arrived a little early, underwent a bunch of tests, and then had the surgery. When I first got there, the waiting room was packed, and there were very few open seats. By the time I got out of there, I was the second-to-last person out. They do warn you ahead of time that the entire process would last around 2 hours… So getting there early didn’t really help.
They could tell I was nervous too. The minute I walked into the surgery room, I was handed two beanie babies to hold onto. I guess that is so that I don’t grab onto the doctor and shake him.
Even though they put in numbing drops, when they were stretching my eye out to tape my lashes down, I could feel a little stinging. It was a minor discomfort, and maybe I just have a low threshold for pain. They tell you that you can’t feel the laser, but I did… It’s like a buzzing against your eye – kinda strange. It didn’t hurt. It was just a strange feeling. I swear they should have put restraints on my body because when they put that laser against my eye, I felt my body moving back in surprise. It sorta catches you off guard even when they tell you it’s coming.
Also, you can tell when they put the various layers of your eye back on. Haha, sounds kind of gross, but I thought that part was pretty nifty. While the waiting and tests took quite some time, the actual LASIK itself is a short procedure. I’d say that I was in there for around 10 to 15 minutes.
I went in again today for a post-op checkup. On the drive there, I noticed that I could read street signs. They were a little hard to focus, but I could tell what was written. And when they gave me the eye test, I could tell things were better because I could read the lines that were once fuzzy dots on a white background. The verdict? 20/15 vision – woot! I have to go back in a month to see how things are, so after the Spain trip, I am going back in.
In the meantime, I have to get used to seeing my face in the mirror without glasses… No more hiding behind the frames!
