Epi-Lasik Day Of

Well, I lived. We got there about 15 minutes early and they checked me in right away. Promptly taking my money of course. Erik came with me and was able to stay with me the whole time except the actual surgery where he got to watch through a window.

They first took a picture of my eye. I had to sit really still, which was hard because I guess I was nervous. Then they put some numbing drops in my eye, then explained all the goodies I was going to get: drugs, eyeware, etc. Then they gave me a valium so I'd relax (yeah!). Then the nurse remeasured my prescription to make sure nothing had changed since my evaluation a couple months ago. All was good there. The doc came in then, and looked at my eyes, then drew dots on both sides of each pupil. Odd. Then they gave me a hair cap and shoe caps and escorted me into the surgery room. The whole surgery was like 15 minutes including prep. Then we were back in the eval room. The doc said everything went well, and they went over the post-op stuff again. And I was out the door. It seemed almost too easy.

I was told I was -3, which I think is a different scale than my actual prescription which is something like -1.75. Either way, my eyes weren't bad. Which is, I guess, partly why it went so quickly. We showed up at 9:00 am, 15 minutes early, and were back in the car by 10:20. Crazy.

I could see right away. Things were a bit hazy, like I was standing in a really smoky room, but no pain initially. I got a prescription for percocet as well as two prescription drops (anti-inflammatory & steroids) and a bunch of Refresh Plus drops. I took one percocet right away - didn't want to feel any pain. So after a littlel lunch, I crashed out for a couple hours. Of course it wasn't the best sleep because I'm required to wear theses crazy eye goggles that I have to tape to my face, and sleep on my back.

I woke up a couple hours ago, feeling ok. I'm to put the refresh drops in every 10 minute I'm awake for the first day, which is crazy frequent, but I'm totally following all the directions. I have to do the 2 prescription drops 4 times a day for the first week. I go back tomorrow morning for a follow up.

Over all I feel good. My eyes are a little sore. It's been 6 hours since the percocet, so I took another just now. I really don't want to feel pain. Also, I was supposed to get some pain killer eye drops that they forgot to give me, so I'm being a little cautious and using the percocet as I'm allowed. I'll probably stop tomorrow, but they gave me 30 pills. I'm allowed one every 4-6 hours. The doc said "some people take them all, some just take a few". 30 pills? Are you kidding me? I definitely don't see myself on percocet for a week and a half. Come on people!

As for my vision, it's definitely better. I don't know how close I am to 20/20 but with the exception of a little fogginess, which isn't as irritating as I thought it'd be, I can see pretty good. I'm told it should fluctuate for the first month or so, so I'm prepared for it to get worse, but I really am pleased so far.

As I said, my eyes are a bit sore - kind of like I've been wearing my contacts for too long. Which makes sense I guess because I have these contacts on my eyes until Tuesday. Hopefully the discomfort will not last until Tuesday. It's not severe pain (and no, the percocet hasn't kicked in yet). So I guess I've gotten off pretty easy. As you can see, I'm ok to type on the computer. I don't think I'd have been good to go to work or anything, but it's not at all as bad as I thought it'd be. I actually just got done watching a movie (Juno - very cute). So, all in all, things are good.

I'll update tomorrow after the follow up, but my experience is going well so far.