CONGRATS! Best tip I ever received? Get your little eye wetting drops (I can't recall the brand they recommend) and put them in the fridge. They feel SOOOO good in your sandy eyes after surgery. You will need to change your avatar after tomorrow
ENJOY & GOOD LUCK! Remember, once it is over you are going to have eagle-eye vision.
While getting the surgery, my surgeon gave me a stuffed raccoon to hold on to to keep myself occupied and give me something to squeeze if I got a little nervous, it was very comforting
Post by IrishBelle on Feb 12, 2015 20:16:37 GMT -5
Yay!!!! That's so exciting! You'll love it!
It takes a while to get used to not wearing glasses. I don't reach for them when I get out of bed anymore but there are still times when I think that I need my glasses and then I remember that I don't. It's the best!
I had mine done last year. It is amazing! (We were swimming last week and I was again amazed that I could both see well as soon as I took my face out of the water and didn't need to worry about getting water in my eyes/ losing a contact. So cool.)
Little things I figured out after the fact... I needed to put eye drops in every few hours for two weeks afterwards (steroid and antibiotic). Right after I put the drops in, my vision would be a little bit off (nothing terrible, but harder to read a computer screen, etc). Once I was done with the drops at the end of the two weeks, my vision was much much better and no issues at all. Halos at night were only noticeable the first week or two. Also, one of the eye drops gave a weird metallic taste in the back of my throat - took me almost two week to figure out that correlation! Just little things to watch out for Good luck!
I'm about one year out and I love it! Some of the best money I have ever spent!
Do you have sunglasses? If not it might be good to get some. I was a bit light sensitive afterward and needed them for driving. It was a surprise because I'd never worn them before.
I definitely want Valium. I'm already getting nervous.
Take nice, long deep breaths to calm yourself down, remember they do thousands of these procedures a year, and it will be over VERY quickly....and when they are done...those few minutes of surgery turn into years of no glasses & contacts! Good luck, girl.
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 13, 2015 10:01:19 GMT -5
Lasik was the best thing ever for me! It has been 7 years (holy shit) since I had it and it is still the best thing I've done. I had no issues, no dry eyes, nothing. I hope you have the same!
Post by tripleshot on Feb 13, 2015 21:29:42 GMT -5
My doctor wouldn't give me Valium either and I was freaked out the whole time. And they did each eye separately, two weeks apart. So I went through it twice. The bad memories are coming back.
Even with all that, I'm so glad I did it, and you will be too. Rest up and be sure to use all the drops as directed.