The smell of burning eyes is the same as burning flesh. Go figure.
I went for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). The predecessor of LASIK that was surpassed in popularity by the spedy recovery associated with LASIK. For my purposes, and for the sheer fact that I plan on continuing to engage in contact sports, PRK was the best option because there was no corneal incision required. Just eye epithelial delamination with alcohol and a manual scraper.
The procedure itself? The machine was huge. I Ididn't have a lot of time to look around the room but I laid down on a bed, was given two stress balls (and xanax about 40 minutes before the procedure), and swung under the machine. It looked like I was under a UFO. The actual lasering of my cornea? It looked like this blue flickering light and slight popping sounds. After the laser did its job, my eyes were rinsed with ice cold water. Ouch. After the anesthetic wore off - pain pain pain. I have a regimen of drops and a prescription for Lyrica in case of pain.
As for recuperation? My eye sight will be hazy/blurry for a few days while the epithelial cells grow back. I took off from work for 5 days so my eyes could recover. With LASIK, you can pretty much be all set to go within a day or two. With PRK, a little bit longer. I can see better but it's not great right now. But in comparison to my eyesight before, it's amazing that I can make out the time, the letters on this screen, shapes people's faces, etc. without my glasses for the first time sice about 1st grade. My eyes were a -5.75 with astigmatisms of -1.75 or so in both eyes. I'm totally psyched.
The girl also came over and brought me popsicles. And kept my company. How cute. Actually, the eye doctor is a friend of hers. He's a big ol' 'mo and se told him to take good care of me and that she was dating me. hahah. Her 24th b-day is tomorrow. We're hitting up Buddakan. Sweet.
I went for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). The predecessor of LASIK that was surpassed in popularity by the spedy recovery associated with LASIK. For my purposes, and for the sheer fact that I plan on continuing to engage in contact sports, PRK was the best option because there was no corneal incision required. Just eye epithelial delamination with alcohol and a manual scraper.
The procedure itself? The machine was huge. I Ididn't have a lot of time to look around the room but I laid down on a bed, was given two stress balls (and xanax about 40 minutes before the procedure), and swung under the machine. It looked like I was under a UFO. The actual lasering of my cornea? It looked like this blue flickering light and slight popping sounds. After the laser did its job, my eyes were rinsed with ice cold water. Ouch. After the anesthetic wore off - pain pain pain. I have a regimen of drops and a prescription for Lyrica in case of pain.
As for recuperation? My eye sight will be hazy/blurry for a few days while the epithelial cells grow back. I took off from work for 5 days so my eyes could recover. With LASIK, you can pretty much be all set to go within a day or two. With PRK, a little bit longer. I can see better but it's not great right now. But in comparison to my eyesight before, it's amazing that I can make out the time, the letters on this screen, shapes people's faces, etc. without my glasses for the first time sice about 1st grade. My eyes were a -5.75 with astigmatisms of -1.75 or so in both eyes. I'm totally psyched.
The girl also came over and brought me popsicles. And kept my company. How cute. Actually, the eye doctor is a friend of hers. He's a big ol' 'mo and se told him to take good care of me and that she was dating me. hahah. Her 24th b-day is tomorrow. We're hitting up Buddakan. Sweet.
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good to see you are still kickin it with the youngin!