Bionic Eyes

I had Lasik eye surgery on January 25. So far I am ecstatic about the results. I definitely would recommend it to everybody. The whole thing lasted about 10 minutes. There was about, cumulative, 60 seconds of sheer visceral panic when you have to will yourself into stillness. Then the 40 minutes immediately after while you are resting in a quiet dim room you are conscious of this increasing pain/discomfort in your eyes and you wonder "What the hell did I do?". But after that it was a breeze. From then on I opened my eyes and already I could see across the room clearly.

Overall the surgery itself was what I imagine being abducted by aliens is like. There was a room. Sporadic bright lights, sporadic blindness, the floating heads of my surgeon and the nurse that would come in and out of my line of sight, disembodied voices and the smell of burning flesh. With that said, it was totally worth it.

I had a next day follow up on Saturday and I was already at 20/20 from my previous 20/800. The doctor said it should get a little better than 20/20 by the time it's all said and done. I have another follow up this Saturday so we'll see what I have by then.

For now I'm just making sure I don't touch my eye and I wear sunglasses when I leave the house to prevent the wind from drying me out excessively and at night I wear an eye guard so I don't accidentally rub my eyes in my sleep. I was prepared to have a couple of blood spots in my eyes until my body flushes out the clots from the broken blood vessels but I only had them for less than a week before they completely dissappeared.. I had to administer steriods and anti-bacterial drops every four hours for this first week as well as a lubricant every 1 hour or more as needed for the next few months. The one hour interval is sufficient if I'm not working but I need to apply it significantly more often when I sit in front of the computer.

The first week it was so incredible. I felt like I had bionic eyes. For the first 2 weeks I continued to make the "taking off my glasses" motion before I stepped into the shower. Now in the third week I am still amazed and often find myself staring out the window of the office to a window of the neighboring office building which is at least a hundred yards away with a big grin on my face as I peep into the activities of that office.

I have to say that I did minimal research on Lasik prior to making and executing the decision. It just felt like the right time when I found out that I was a candidate and had it done within a week of making a decision. This seems to be a notable trend for my best made decisions. Decide and do people. In retrospect I'm really glad because I think I may have been a little more freaked out if I had done the research.