Lasik Eye Doctors

[Irving]

Still recovering from mine. I'm not in pain or anything, I just can't see great yet. As the cornea grows back together, it meets in the middle of your eye and forms a ridge that blurs your vision. I got the surgery Thursday of last week and wore "bandage" contacts for a week while everything healed up. The first three days were painful, after that everything is comfortable, but your vision goes in and out. Saturday morning I could see nearly perfectly, but by the end of the day, and for the next few days, I was back to things being blurry. Yesterday started out fine, but as my eyes fatigued, everything got blurry again.
They kept saying that I'd have blurry 20/20 vision, and I didn't understand how you could see 20/20 and have it be blurry at the same time. I understand now, as I can make things out at a distance, and read signs, but only just barely as they don't stay focused. The worst part is that the blurriness is at ALL distances, so I can't just hold my face closer to see better. It is actually pretty exhausting trying to see all day long like that.
Now that the bandage contacts are off, I no longer have restrictions on exercise or running or anything, although I think they told me to maybe not go swimming or boxing for a month. Anyway, my eyes are supposed to start sharpening up a bit each day as the ridge flattens out. I'm really looking forward to that. What's weird is that my left eye was always a bit more blurry, but now just on chance with the way my eyes are healing, my left eye is the more clear eye. That's the update. I think the lasik guys have it way easier than the PRK guys do.

[ray1970]

Hope it all heals up good for you, Stu.

[Irving]

Hope it all heals up good for you, Stu.

Shoot, you just reminded me that there is a match next Saturday. I'm fully expecting to be able to see 90% by then.

[ray1970]

Shoot, you just reminded me that there is a match next Saturday. I'm fully expecting to be able to see 90% by then.

I found out today that having awesome surgically repaired eyesight doesn't make me shoot any better. Lol.

I'm sure if you're 90% by then that will be good enough.

[Jacket]

When I had mine sleep was the best for it. Bright light really fatigued my eyes for a week or so.

[Irving]

I found out today that having awesome surgically repaired eyesight doesn't make me shoot any better. Lol.

I'm sure if you're 90% by then that will be good enough.

I'd shoot a match right now. I just wouldn't set my expectations very high.

[Snowman78]

I will need to have mine re-done at the end of June, hopefuly it will be perferct this time.

[Irving]

You got the lasik right? I've got my month follow-up in July.

[Snowman78]

^Yep Laski

[Irving]

Follow-up. I can see pretty great. Loving not having to wear contacts I see halos around bright lights at night. Doctors tell me that night vision will come back and halos will reduce. I'm not seeing any real progress and am not really holding my breath. I honestly haven't been out in the dark much, so we'll see how everything feels this winter. Overall, very very happy, and like most other people, wish I did this ten years ago.