LASIK

Must take care of eyes more now... coz i just underwent LASIK!

Decided to go for it as my contact lens had just expired (2yrs) and I am supposed to be making a new pair. But recently, people around me have been going for LASIK and since I have been pondering about this for some time liao too, i thought, why not? So i asked PQ for her doc's contact and off i went for it...

Went for my pre-LASIK assessment on Monday, where i took a couple of tests to ascertain my power and to assess if I am suitable for LASIK. And yes, i was! Booked the surgery date in the same week 2 days later, so fast!

The actual surgery... Actually I wasn't that nervous on the day before the surgery, in fact i was more of excited when my colleagues asked me about it. But on the day itself, it certainly was abit scary... I was wondering if i would be so scared until I faint, then how?

Went into the surgery room and lied down. The doc taped my right eye and clamped it to prevent blinking and talked to me to calm me down. The only thing I should do, he said, is to focus on the blinking red light.

After a while, he applied some pressure, which i presume was some thing over the eyeball to allow him to cut the cornea. With it, my vision darkened totally (i thought i was fainting... haa) before the red light comes back on, but fuzzy and blurry now. And I could smell the laser or some burning smell, and the doctor went "25% complete, 50% complete and u are doing very well, 75%, 90% and done." And after some washing, my right eye was done!

And the same for my left eye! However, he had to apply the pressure thing over my eye twice as the first one does not seem to be the correct size. Also, for my left eye, the doctor put in a contact lens after the op to protect the cornea.

The whole operation was really fast, maybe 5 mins max for each eye? After the op, it just seems like a dream. There isn't really much pain (only pain i felt was when the pressure was applied on my left eye), but i did feel a bit uncomfortable though in the middle of the operation when i suddenly thought "OMG i am wide awake now and the doc is now cutting my cornea but i dun feel anything!" Haha...

After the op and today's post op review, the doc kept saying "Perfect!" when he looked at the fruit of his labour. Haha. My left eye is still red today after the op, which the doc explained was due to my over-nervousness during the op where i squirmed my eye. This might have caused some blood vessels to burst and perhaps the reason why he put in a contact lens to protect my left cornea. But it will be fine and the redness will go away in a few days time.

The redness is the only problem i am facing. Still, i have to put eyedrops every now and then as advised by the doc, and not only when i feel blurry (sign of dryness).

About 36 hours after the operation now... And I am feeling great! And seeing great too!