I have 20/20 vision
Went for my post-op check up this morning and the technician checked my vision. “You have 20/20 vision,” he said, “And it’s only going to get better from here.”
It truly is mind-blowing. I keep having to remind myself “I’m not wearing contacts.” My brain is all “this is no big deal, I see this well all the time because I wear contact lens.” And then I remind myself that I’m not wearing contacts. And then I start looking around very carefully going “Oh my god, I can read that sign! I can distinguish EVERY SINGLE LEAF ON THAT TREE!” I’m actually really excited to go to sleep so I can wake up in the morning and look across the room and see my alarm clock. I’m sure this makes absolutely no sense to those of you who don’t wear glasses, but it really is these simple things that make all the difference!
And the fact that I am now free. I’m free from annoying glasses that fog up in the cold/get in the way/make me look ugly. And I’m free from having to put contacts in every day/worry about losing a contact/remember to bring glasses & contact case when I stay over at someone’s house. I’m free free free free free. Well, except that I’m a slave to eye drops for the next two weeks (I had to put drops in 22 different times today!), but that’s a fairly minor price to pay.
Oh yes, and I’d like to state for the record that LASIK eye surgery was absolutely pain free. Even the part where they slice your cornea (thank you anesthetic drops!) and when they vaporize parts of your eye with the laser. The only thing I didn’t like was the part where they apply suction to your eye. They do this right before the cornea slicing and my guess is that it is to puff out your cornea to make the slicing easier. But holy crap, it’s a weird sensation. Imagine putting a really, really strong vacuum cleaner right on your eyeball. It didn’t last very long, but I really did not like it. Thankfully, my surgeon has a very soothing British voice and kept saying, “You are doing perfect,” and “it’s almost over,” and “you are going to hear a buzzing noise now” (OK, that last part wasn’t too soothing. But, as I’ve said, cutting of cornea = completely painless. And the suction on the second eye wasn’t nearly as uncomfortable as the first one, probably because I was prepared for it. It was such an unfamiliar sensation the first time. Blarggh!
The whole surgery took about 10 mins and at the end, when I opened my eyes I thought, “Oh my god, I can see that technician’s face! I can see his face!”
Anyhoodle, my eyes are getting kinda dry from all this looking at the computer screen, so I’m going to hit the hay. But I’ll leave you with some photos of the damage I did when I took a spectacular fall for absolutely no reason, just outside Cafe Artigiano, on my way to the surgery. Warning: not for the squeamish!
And now I’m off to bed. Wearing these wicked awesome eye shields! You can just call me “Sleeping Beauty”!
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I like the alien bug eyes. They should make sunglasses like those.
Yeah! I am so glad to hear abotu you doing well! No more sterilizing mugs for contact containers or only being able to see the MASSIVE alarm clock at my Mom’s!
Keep us posted on how much better it gets.
Congratulations on your new eyes!