Routines
Today it is now twelve days after I had the LASIK surgery. Today I have to go back to Dr. Boothe’s office for a follow up exam. I still have not washed my entire face, instead I have been using moistened cotton pads to clean around my eye area.
I have been faithfully using my artificial tears every 30 minutes like the doctor said because my eyes do feel dry sometimes. I am not sure if this is because my eyes are really that dry or if it is because I am experiencing the “lip balm effect“. The lip balm effect is where yo become so accustomed to the extra moisture provided by using a lip balm that you feel that your lips are parched when you do not use the lip balm.
I have also been using my prescribed medications in my eyes, according to the schedule set up by the doctors.
Improving Vision
There is only a very slight halo or fuzziness around the edge of my vision right now so I am very much relieved.
I have to get my vision checked later today so hopefully there is more improvement, even though it has only been 12 days since the surgery.
I am still wearing my eye shields to sleep, although I stopped using the goggles outside. I did get a pair of ‘stunner shades’ (large sunglasses) to wear outdoors since my other pairs were a bit on the small (cute) side.
I stopped using the goggles to shower as well and I even washed my hair on the weekend, being VERY careful to tilt my head back and keep my eyes closed to prevent the water from entering my eyes.
By the way this is NOT my eye.
Today the doctor said I could go back to doing everything I would normally do except for swimming. This means I can now wash my face like a normal person instead of struggling with cotton pads to clean my face.
Vision is a little bit improved from last time but I forgot to get what the range was this time.
I have to go back in two weeks for another checkup. Don’t forget to come back and check out what happens next in LASIK Eye Surgery – My Experiences- Day 30.
Here are my past experiences with LASIK:
LASIK Eye Surgery – My Experiences – Day 1
LASIK Eye Surgery- My Experiences – Day 2
LASIK Eye Surgery- My Experiences – Day 3
LASIK Eye Surgery- My Experiences – Day6
You are brave. I’m practically blind (ok severely nearsighted) and one of the reasons I’ve not ventured down the lasik path is because my insurance won’t cover it. Are there any that do? If there’s a carrier that is selling a policy that covers it I may consider switching…
Jerry
I do not know of any insurance that covers it…but then I have not looked into that.
I looked at it as an investment in my eyes so I was willing to pay the price regardless of the insurance.
Hope you get well soon. Do you see better? Does it make a big difference?
Yes it makes a HUGE difference. I am seeing the way I used to see before I had to wear glasses and contacts.
It saves time in the morning and at night because I do not have to clean my lenses and store them.
I also save space when packing because if I have to spend the night away from home I do not have to think about taking glasses, contact case, contact cleaner and lens moisturizers with me.
I can go out in the rain and not worry about glasses fogging up.
I can go swimming without worrying that my lens will pop out.
Before getting the sugery you need to understand the risks involved.
Those nerves that they cut may not grow back as they were before.
The dry eye that may occur, may be with you for life.
Those feeelings of burning, foreign object, itching, they may not just be post op. but for the resst of your life.
This is not a rick free surgery. It is estimated between 1-5 % of patients are not happy with the outcome, but surgeons are not required to report or record these instances.
I paid $3,000 for one eye….so did not go for the discount option.
Look at http://www.dryeyezone.com for the true meaning and suffering involved in dry eye.
Hi Bernmee:
If you read on to the last article in my LASIK series you will see that I am not having any complications. I no longer deal with the dry eye and don’t have the foreign object problem.
My vision is great and I am happy I had the surgery.
i want khnow how much you paid for the surgery in global
Again, thanks for sharing. I think just in case I decided to have the procedure, I should be very very strict in following the doctor’s advice for a faster healing process.
Yes you should be very strict when following the doctor’s advice because you do not want anything to go wrong. Most people go back to work right away, but since they told me about wearing the goggles and putting in the eyedrops all the time I decided to do my surgery when I had a few days off. That way I could wear my goggles all day long and not have to worry about interrupting my work to put in the eye drops.
I’m on the day after the day after surgery and it feels like a full time job administering all the eye drops! So glad I had it done though as my vision was terrible before and I want to be able to swim and see at the same time when I move to Asia next week. One unexpected but welcome side effect i’ve had is that the skin on my face is amazing! No water, soaps, moisturisers, make up etc means that my skin is free from blemishes and is actually glowing, probably from all the natural oils! It was great to read your experiences so far and I’ll be checking again over the coming Weeks of my own recovery.thanks! 🙂
Yes it is a full time job with those eye drops!!! I had a crazy regimen I think the first day I had to put them every hour. I was off work for the two weeks after my surgery so it was not a problem.
Be sure to follow your doctor’s directions carefully as it will really help with your recovery. I even wore my goggles in the house so that I would not accidentally rub my eyes.
I was a bit ridiculous with protecting my eyes but when I went in for my checkups my doctor was always very pleased with my progress.
Good luck and all the best with your eyes.