post-LASIK: day 1
14 January 2005 12:08![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jrtom(I was going to set the current music to "In Your Eyes", but this is, in some ways, even better. Although the fact that the other includes the lyrics "the light, the heat/in your eyes" is a plus, I admit.)
For those just showing up: two days ago, my eyes were -10 and -12 diopters (read: bats saw better than I did), and I got custom LASIK yesterday.
The operation was a bit odd (and tedious, since one of the beds I was on had no neck support, which makes a difference after 20 minutes); it was quite strange to not be able to see at all out of the eye that was preparing the flap (via laser rather than microkeratome, if you care), and much stranger to watch the flap being lifted. The discomfort was actually more pronounced in my neck than anywhere in my eyes. After I got home, the pain increased somewhat, but Tylenol pretty much took care of it.
Yesterday afternoon/evening I was supposed to rest and keep my eyes closed as much as possible. So I decided to go whole hawg and wore a set of airline eye covers over the eye shields (so that I wouldn't be tempted to try to see at all) and spent the time finding out what it's like to be really blind as opposed to just really, really fuzzy without lenses. Interesting.
For the record, Megan was very supportive; she took me there and home, watched the whole thing, and took care of me afterwards. (This while she's 9 - epsilon months pregnant.) Go Megan!
Results so far: 20/20 in one eye, 20/25 in the other. Halos around bright things. Not particularly unusually light-sensitive. No pain since yesterday.
Damn, this is cool.
By the way, I'd like to publicly thank![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
red_frog for supplying a sympathetic ear yesterday as I worked through my pre-op jitters, and for giving me more of a "user's perspective" of what to expect. I didn't bring a stuffed animal, but I did sing quietly to myself while waiting between the flap creation and the surgery. Hey, it worked for me.
Don't know if this is true or not, but I was told by one of the techs that they used to have music in the operating room, supplied by some CDs that one of them brought in. Then someone pointed out that perhaps Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder were not the best artists to be playing to that particular clientele. Even if it's not true, it should be. ;)
For those just showing up: two days ago, my eyes were -10 and -12 diopters (read: bats saw better than I did), and I got custom LASIK yesterday.
The operation was a bit odd (and tedious, since one of the beds I was on had no neck support, which makes a difference after 20 minutes); it was quite strange to not be able to see at all out of the eye that was preparing the flap (via laser rather than microkeratome, if you care), and much stranger to watch the flap being lifted. The discomfort was actually more pronounced in my neck than anywhere in my eyes. After I got home, the pain increased somewhat, but Tylenol pretty much took care of it.
Yesterday afternoon/evening I was supposed to rest and keep my eyes closed as much as possible. So I decided to go whole hawg and wore a set of airline eye covers over the eye shields (so that I wouldn't be tempted to try to see at all) and spent the time finding out what it's like to be really blind as opposed to just really, really fuzzy without lenses. Interesting.
For the record, Megan was very supportive; she took me there and home, watched the whole thing, and took care of me afterwards. (This while she's 9 - epsilon months pregnant.) Go Megan!
Results so far: 20/20 in one eye, 20/25 in the other. Halos around bright things. Not particularly unusually light-sensitive. No pain since yesterday.
Damn, this is cool.
By the way, I'd like to publicly thank
red_frog for supplying a sympathetic ear yesterday as I worked through my pre-op jitters, and for giving me more of a "user's perspective" of what to expect. I didn't bring a stuffed animal, but I did sing quietly to myself while waiting between the flap creation and the surgery. Hey, it worked for me.Don't know if this is true or not, but I was told by one of the techs that they used to have music in the operating room, supplied by some CDs that one of them brought in. Then someone pointed out that perhaps Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder were not the best artists to be playing to that particular clientele. Even if it's not true, it should be. ;)
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Date: 14 January 2005 12:14 (UTC)