I can see!!!

WARNING - POTENTIALLY GRAPHIC PICTURES BELOW! LOOK AT YOUR OWN RISK!

I went in for Lasik this morning and it went perfectly! Brandon and I showed up there 30 min before our surgery time. I thought they had us come that early because we would be doing things but we actually just sat in the waiting room for 30 min while I got more and more nervous with every passing second. Finally at 10am we met with the surgical coordinator and she explained all of the eye drops I would be using afterwards and we set up post op appointments. She also gave me a valium so I could come home and sleep afterwards.

Then I went into the exam room and they numbed my eyes and did a couple little tests. I got all ready in my surgery garb.



Surgery was really ... wierd. I wouldn't say it hurt, but I was very uncomfortable the whole time. (Which wasn't that long I should add, I was probobly only in the surgical suite for 10 minutes total). You know when you're getting a filling at the dentist and it doesn't really hurt but your whole body's tense and you just can't relax? That's how I felt. The staff was awesome though and really helped me feel a little more at ease. They were all women, the surgeon, the doctor, the helpers, everyone. It was great. It felt like how I would assume it would feel to give birth with midwives. They were very nice and supportive. One lady was right next to me and encouraging me to look at the top of the light (which is actually MUCH harder than you'd think when your eyes are numb and everything's blurry). Another lady was doing the count down for each part of the surgery. The surgeon would tell me every little thing to expect and what she was doing.

The hardest part was when they made the flap. I felt a ton of pressure like someone was pushing on my eye really hard as they were putting on the clamp to keep my eye open wide and then my vision went black. It really felt like my eyes were closed because I couldn't see and my eyes were numb. There was a lot more pressure and about 20 seconds later they were done and they did the other eye.





I got a little break while they took me to the other laser machine. This part wasn't as uncomfortable but it was really wierd. I could see them moving the flap around on my eye. I could see them moving my eye around. My vision would go fuzzy then clear then fuzzy again. It was just really wierd.

After about a min on each eye of that, they were finished! I got up and I could see! Seriously. It looked fuzzy but I could see to walk down the hall which was more than could be said of 20 minutes beforehand. On the way home, I could read the billboards. It is amazing.


I came home and took a 3 hour nap and that was helpful. I'm supposed to keep my eyes closed as much as possible today.

I have 7 different eye drops I have to take about every 2 hours. I have to take each type of drop 5 minutes after the one before. So, basically I am doing drops for 35 minutes every 2 hours. It's only like that for the first two days then I don't have to do it as often.

My vision is improving as the day goes on (now it's barely just a teeny bit fuzzy)and supposidly it will be even better in the morning! The scratchiness is going away too. It still kind of feels like I have some sand in there though. I'm excited to see how unfuzzy and comfortable it will be tomorrow! I'll keep you all posted!