http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php en Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:44:43 GMT vBulletin 60 http://lasermyeye.org/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=55 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:23:00 GMT I'm like 90% healed. Next month I will no longer be pouring sertoid drops in my right eye. I will also be doing my other eye then. I'm even taking more time off to recover (5 days compared to three). By next year I will have 20/20 vision. I can surf, contact sports, whatever. No more glasses. ]]> luckycharms http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=55 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=54 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:23:20 GMT good news, my vision has improved, I am around 20/50 no more ghosting, still a little blurry. Great up close vision. bad news - my dry eye is outta control. I have 4 plugs, restasis and still dry. It is so irritable most of the time. Even the Dr. is perplexed...ughhh maybe the restasis will work... good news, my vision has improved, I am around 20/50 no more ghosting, still a little blurry. Great up close vision. bad news - my dry eye is outta control. I have 4 plugs, restasis and still dry. It is so irritable most of the time. Even the Dr. is perplexed...ughhh maybe the restasis will work soon. Had I great day when I thought that I was healed- then back to bad. See the dr. friday. ]]> jenb72 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=54 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=53 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:24:16 GMT I had my lense taken out today. Huge sucess. I'm now down to the steroid drops and some drops. I wondered if the lense removal was going to hurt but when my doc started putting numbing drops in I knew my eye would be sore by the end of the day. And it is. He said I can return to a normal life tommorow even though I started yesterday. No issues. He said that I will not have any of those troublesome issues (dry eye, etc) if I haven't had them so far. Now I need to schedule a 2nd operation for my left eye. ]]> luckycharms http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=53 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=52 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:39:43 GMT I didn't want to go back to work until I got the lense out. Why? Because I work at an elementary school and the idea of a ball hitting me in the face is very real. I decided to go in. I explained to the students that I work with that I had an eye operation so that I would not need to wear glasses and therefore it was important to be careful.
I'm walking through the playground and of course I get hit in the face with a ball! Had I not been wearing a hat, I would have been smacked in the eye and for sure dislodged my lense. This is as rich as me losing my eye glasses yesterday.
I'm getting the sucker out tommorow and need to start making plans for eye #2. I don't think that I can funtion with one corrected eye and one uncorrected eye. Not happening.
I'm not looking forwarded to the declining quality of vision when the lense gets out. I do not want to buy another $300 glasses. I have RX sunglasses which works well in SoCal.I tried looking at reading glasses but they don't work. I guess I will have to talk to my eye surgeon and see what he says.
I'm just annoyed that I'm hardly through the recovery phase. I'm not even half way through. I've been wearing no glasses (excpet outside with my rx sunglasses) and have been getting around fine except that I can't see anything up close.
I do hope I have perfect vision by 09. That's my goal.:confused: ]]> luckycharms http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=52 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=51 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:41:57 GMT I started work today at a school. Was really chaotic. Somewhere between me leaving the house and getting into the car, I lost my glasses. I am so pissed but can't help but to laugh at the irony of having one PRK'ed eye and one unPRK'ed eye.
my vison started to decline arond 3pmmso how I am going to get through working 2 nights this week is up in the air. Also I am having the lense taken out Friday so my vision will be bad bad bad. ]]> luckycharms http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=51 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=50 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:46:36 GMT I might be getting some dry eye. I'm not sure though. My eye gets irked with the lense at certain times. I will find out when I get the lense out.
Vision not as good as yesterday. I start the steroid drops 4X a day tommorow. I called in sick to my job and mentioned my PRK. Now they want a letter from my doctor saying I'm fit to work. Whatever. Be careful what you say to HR. ]]> luckycharms http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=50 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=49 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:21:12 GMT I decided to drive today without the help of any glasses. I noticed a huge improvement in my PRK'd eye compared to my unPRK'ed eye. I started some ghosting but it's still better then wearing glasses.
I had a scare when I woke up from my nap. I thought my contact lense had fallen out. It was still in there. I wasn't sure if it was a little dry eye or if it had been moved out of place or what. The lense has been my number one concern because I have to keep it in until Friday (which seems like FOREVER). :mad: ]]> luckycharms http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=49 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=48 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:08:49 GMT I woke up with about 20/50 vision again. I still can't see much because it's blurry. I decided to patch my eye up again and wear granny sunglasses because my eye doesn't like the light. My eye was somewhat tender when I was putting the patch on. I'm not sure if that's "dry eyes" or from the swelling.
Speaking of dry eye, it seems that nights are the most comfortable for me. I can hardly notice any discomfort whatsoever. I can't see very well but I am in no discomfort. I have not experienced any ghosting but I have some starbursts which doesn't really bug me.
I was able to work out again, a little bit harder and longer. I was able to shave and it felt great.
My main focus is getting to Day 10 (Friday) so I can get this damn lense out of my eye. I might call my surgeon on Tuesday to see if I can get it out sooner even if it means coming in to an earlier appointment. I wish I could go into a drug induced coma for the remaining 5 days and have some nurse put the drops in for me.
I'm just worried that the lense is going to fall out.
Would I do this again? I guess. ]]> luckycharms http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=48 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=47 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:53:05 GMT I had PRK performed on my right eye on Wednesday. I decided to create a blog on my experience so that people can know what to expect and have the very same questions and concerns that I had prior to the surgery. Pre-op I wanted PRK because I got tired of wearing glasses. I felt it limited me. My... I had PRK performed on my right eye on Wednesday. I decided to create a blog on my experience so that people can know what to expect and have the very same questions and concerns that I had prior to the surgery.
Pre-op
I wanted PRK because I got tired of wearing glasses. I felt it limited me. My vision is 20/400 and RX was -4.75. I can't see anything without my glasses and feel that glasses are going out of fashion anyways. I just decided that I needed to do something vanity for myself.
I have thin corneas so I had to get PRK. I asked a couple of people who had the surgery done and got referals. This also helped me get a discount with the doctors. I consulted with two surgeons. One wanted $3600 and the other $4000. The 4K doctor offered me free drugs and the 3.6K doctor told me I had to get the drugs on my own. I decided to go with the 3.6K doctor because the 4K doctor had some rude staff and practiced all over Los Angeles. I wasn't going to commute to see him. Also the drugs I needed were covered by health insurance so I actually saved $400.
The doctor performed two tests on two separate occasions.
I decided to do one eye at a time. This would make healing faster and God forbid should something go wrong, I have one good eye left.

Day of Surgery
I came in to the office and signed release forms before I was given the valium. The valiulm didn't do anything. After 30 minutes, my eye surgeon came in. He led me into an office and put a bunch of drops into my eye.
I was led into the laser room. Despite seeing PRK performed on youtube, nothing can really prepare you for the surgery. When my surgeon removed the epilthiual, I saw nothing but grey. My doctor said that I was shaking even though I had taken valium.
He finished the laser treatment in 15 minutes. I didn't feel any different then when I first walked in the door. I actually saw better. I was able to walk to the store to get dinner.

Day 2
I went to my doctor who told me that I went from 20/400 to 20/50 in my right eye and that everything look good. The bad news was that he wanted the lense in my eye until next Friday for a total of 9 days!
Felt a little uncomfortable but not too much. I had problems with the contact. It was irritating my eye. I quickly learned that sleep was my best friend. I had some light sensitivity issues.

Day 3
I mainly stayed home. No real issues aside from the feeling of sand in my eye that intensified when I put in the drops that were supposed to make my eye feel better. Had some light sensitivity issues but ironically not in my room when I had the light on.

Day 4
Woke up with good vision. Felt confident enough to hit the gym as long as I kept the sweat out of my eye. That was the biggest thing for me as I am a gym rat. My eye was giving me trouble at work so I decided to cover it up with a bandage and wear those old man shades. I did that for about 4 hours and I think it helped.
Towards the afternoon, my vision got worse. I was worried that it was a bad sign but I assume that it's normal.
I have been lucky to not have any issues with dry eye. I had plugs put in prior to the surgery and consume fish and flaxseed oil supplements which are rumored to help with dry eye. I also put in artifical tears whenever I put in drops even when I don't need them. Ironically, my surgeon said that I had dry eyes prior to PRK. I guess I'm really lucky or it's the oils.
Most of the day was better. I'm on the computer right now wearing my glasses and I feel no discomfort. ]]> luckycharms http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=47 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=46 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:19:04 GMT Hi all:D

I heard about technology called zywave"zyoptix wavefront" it is the lastest laser technology for cornea very small error this small error cause what we see such as halo starburst double
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[note: SORRY AHMAD but copying testimonials from other websites is not suitable here.] ]]> ahmad http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=46 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=45 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:18:01 GMT My eyes are getting worse everday, the plugs and restasis have not worked yet but its only been two days. They are so dry and irritated, by night time its almost unbearable. I am grateful for theis site, the tips are great. I am actually eating an atomic fireball in hope that my eyes will water.... My eyes are getting worse everday, the plugs and restasis have not worked yet but its only been two days. They are so dry and irritated, by night time its almost unbearable. I am grateful for theis site, the tips are great. I am actually eating an atomic fireball in hope that my eyes will water. Plan to call dr. tommorrow, maybe I am having a reaction to restasis? I have stopped obsessing over my vision, now on this. I am already an anxious person. ]]> jenb72 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=45 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=44 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:05:16 GMT Eye are very dry developing over the last three days. Left more so, systane hourly. Developing headaches. Appt. at Dr. today for plugs, they tell me that this will improve my blurry vision. Lost my Ray Bans at the gym, so mad. the chepo sunglasses are'nt cutting it. had to vent to my record. ]]> jenb72 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=44 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=43 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:04:15 GMT dry, sore tired eyes. TC ro Dr. mon and wed. no response yet. Frustrated dry, sore tired eyes. TC ro Dr. mon and wed. no response yet. Frustrated ]]> jenb72 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=43 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=42 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:40:21 GMT Blinded by the Light, Bruce Springsteen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCu0VjAWX3o.
A good theme song for overcoming the iatrogenic laser. Everyone always seems to turn out alright in the song regardless of how screwed up they are or the ordeals they face. I can't find the screw to my own scull cap to check but hopefully the gap between my own ears is big enough that I'll be alright too.

Doctor My Eyes, Foreigner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCTYxIsLThA.
One of the best of the group. This 1972 hit is eerily prophetic in so many ways. There are even references to an inability to cry. This song wasn't expected to be a hit, but it reached #8 on the charts probably based on the strength of its lyrical content. I think it says something about the deep and mysterious connection between our eyes and our minds and that helps explain its popularity.

Number One Blind, Veruca Salt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnsM9PV6olQ.
"Blind me please." A humorous look back at the time I handed 5Gs over to the doctor. The song could have been written about LASIK. I won't spoil it, but you might have a difficult time figuring out the original meaning.

Foreigner, Double Vision. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxKCPjcvbys.
I can enjoy that foreigner song without even having a drink. My eyes are always filled with that double vision. Notice that the lead singer doesn't just sing the lyrics. He screams them. It's like his eyes are painfully dry.

She Blinded me with Science, Thomas Dolby. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o
Perhaps the silliest refractive surgery song also predates LASIK. Somehow both the song and the concept of using lasers on eyes have grown more ridiculous with time. All my tubes and wires. I can't find anything!

Please feel free to add to this list. ]]> OculusCaedere http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=42 http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=41 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:04:52 GMT I had assumed that I had allergies and was taking Claritan.About the 3rd day I noticed blurry vision in my one eye.My eyeball really wasn't dry just the front surface.The more I investigated I found that Claritan dries out the eyes even more.No more Claritan for me. ]]> Dee http://www.lasermyeye.org/forums/blog.php?b=41