I can see clearly now, my contacts are gone
Okay, so I have been seriously remiss in posting to this. When I logged in, I saw that it had been four weeks since my last post and thought, "No way...so much has happened between now and then!" And yet, I've written about none of it.
A month ago, I got my eyes Lasiked....let me tell you, this never gets old. Ever. I went in for the surgery and was given some Valium...which really did nothing for me until after the surgery when my finally got the message that it should curl into a little ball of relaxed-ness. The surgery was AWESOME. I've had 5 surgeries now, but this was my fave by far. To start with, I was awake for it - always a cool thing. You lie down on a table and they do the surgery one eye at a time. First, they numb your eyes and give you dilating drops. In my case, since I have dark eyes, they gave me dilating drops 3 times. Let me tell you, the sun was VERY BRIGHT for the next 2 days. Not a fun thing, just in case you were wondering - vampires now have my utmost sympathy. Then they put Clockwork Orange tweezer things under your eyelids to keep your eyes open. The doctor was wonderful, he talked me through the whole surgery and told me what to expect.
Here comes the part that some people have been freaked out by - you go blind during the surgery. The doctors and nurses had informed me of that and even told me during the surgery when it would happen, so I expected it and wasn't too scared. Still, there was a moment of "Oh my God...I can't see. I could and now I can't. Did I blink? No, I couldn't have. I'm blind! Augh! Oh...wait...there's the light...okay, not blind." The room just very slowly fades away and goes dark, and then it goes beyond darkness. Ever been in a cave and had all of the lights turned off? It's just like that. When they did that to my first eye, I was a little frightened...but with the second eye, I knew what to expect. I actually thought that it was very cool the second time around...I mean, my eye is wide open, yet I can't see. It's kind of amazing. I actually told the doctor (once I could see again) just how cool that was...he laughed and told me that in his 17 years of doing the surgery, he has never had a patient tell him that was cool. What can I say, I'm an odd duck.
Then the laser gets to work. Along with the noise that it makes comes a horrid, burning smell...it took me a few moments to work out that I was smelling my eye burning. Then I just shoved that thought away because...well...ew! Then it was done. The whole surgery took 5 minutes. I then came home and slept for about 12 hours. So much for Valium, what a boring drug!
Life is just incredible with these eyes. I'm still a little amazed when I wake up in the morning and can see. Sometimes, at night, I still think I need to take out my contacts. But for me, the most amazing part is when I wash my face. I had never thought about this before the surgery, but that's one thing that I never EVER did with my contacts in. I've slept in my contacts before...not often, but it happened. Sometimes I would wear my contacts into the shower so that I could see when I was shaving. But never EVER would I wash my face with soap when I had my lenses in. Now though...I reach for the towel, and I can see where it is. I open my eyes and can find my cleanser. It is truly magical.
I got my first bill in the mail the other day. I'm about to pay my car off in another 2 months I think, and it's funny to me that after that, the only thing I won't legally own is my eyes. That thought amuses me for strange reasons.
In any case, Lasik? Totally worth it so far as I'm concerned, especially for contact lens wearers. I went in for a check-up this past week and they told me that my vision is 20-15. For those of you that don't know, that's a step above 20-20, and 20-20 is perfect vision. Amazing! I love my eyes, love my eyes, love them.
A month ago, I got my eyes Lasiked....let me tell you, this never gets old. Ever. I went in for the surgery and was given some Valium...which really did nothing for me until after the surgery when my finally got the message that it should curl into a little ball of relaxed-ness. The surgery was AWESOME. I've had 5 surgeries now, but this was my fave by far. To start with, I was awake for it - always a cool thing. You lie down on a table and they do the surgery one eye at a time. First, they numb your eyes and give you dilating drops. In my case, since I have dark eyes, they gave me dilating drops 3 times. Let me tell you, the sun was VERY BRIGHT for the next 2 days. Not a fun thing, just in case you were wondering - vampires now have my utmost sympathy. Then they put Clockwork Orange tweezer things under your eyelids to keep your eyes open. The doctor was wonderful, he talked me through the whole surgery and told me what to expect.
Here comes the part that some people have been freaked out by - you go blind during the surgery. The doctors and nurses had informed me of that and even told me during the surgery when it would happen, so I expected it and wasn't too scared. Still, there was a moment of "Oh my God...I can't see. I could and now I can't. Did I blink? No, I couldn't have. I'm blind! Augh! Oh...wait...there's the light...okay, not blind." The room just very slowly fades away and goes dark, and then it goes beyond darkness. Ever been in a cave and had all of the lights turned off? It's just like that. When they did that to my first eye, I was a little frightened...but with the second eye, I knew what to expect. I actually thought that it was very cool the second time around...I mean, my eye is wide open, yet I can't see. It's kind of amazing. I actually told the doctor (once I could see again) just how cool that was...he laughed and told me that in his 17 years of doing the surgery, he has never had a patient tell him that was cool. What can I say, I'm an odd duck.
Then the laser gets to work. Along with the noise that it makes comes a horrid, burning smell...it took me a few moments to work out that I was smelling my eye burning. Then I just shoved that thought away because...well...ew! Then it was done. The whole surgery took 5 minutes. I then came home and slept for about 12 hours. So much for Valium, what a boring drug!
Life is just incredible with these eyes. I'm still a little amazed when I wake up in the morning and can see. Sometimes, at night, I still think I need to take out my contacts. But for me, the most amazing part is when I wash my face. I had never thought about this before the surgery, but that's one thing that I never EVER did with my contacts in. I've slept in my contacts before...not often, but it happened. Sometimes I would wear my contacts into the shower so that I could see when I was shaving. But never EVER would I wash my face with soap when I had my lenses in. Now though...I reach for the towel, and I can see where it is. I open my eyes and can find my cleanser. It is truly magical.
I got my first bill in the mail the other day. I'm about to pay my car off in another 2 months I think, and it's funny to me that after that, the only thing I won't legally own is my eyes. That thought amuses me for strange reasons.
In any case, Lasik? Totally worth it so far as I'm concerned, especially for contact lens wearers. I went in for a check-up this past week and they told me that my vision is 20-15. For those of you that don't know, that's a step above 20-20, and 20-20 is perfect vision. Amazing! I love my eyes, love my eyes, love them.