satpak77
Registered User
hey guys
Lots of great posts here, thoughtb I wouls share my own experience. I had my surgery on Tuesday April 3. today is Friday April 6. Dallas,TX area.
My surgery is/was wavefront custom PRK
Please see nuggets thread for the info on the laser, what happens when you lay down, etc etc. carbon copy with me. My dr used the Allegretto laser, which is reportedly the top machine as of present date.
Pre surgery, i put myself on a regimen of 1000mg vitamin-c every day, beginning 30 days from surgery. This was due to various articles indicating that vitamin c is shown to reduce the cases of corneal hazing. The dr on requested to begin that regimen one week out, but i figured it was just liked eating extra oranges and thus no harm no foul, so i started at 30 days.
After surgery until today, i am extremely (as in i almost cry) light sensitive and am wearing the darkest sunglasses the local Bass Pro Shops would sell. I was also issued a pair of basically sunglass version of swimming goggles to sleep in. I have no "pain" per se, just irritation and extremely red eyes since surgery. If a starnger saw me with no sunglasses they would probably think i was a serial killer or mad man, the way my eyes look. But no pain
Today is the first day i cam type on the ipad, and also see the contact list in my cell phone, albeit with difficulty. i do have alot of "ghosting" or whatever it is called, from illuminated objects such as a street light or big signs at night, i will see a image of the object but in the background. Kind of hard to explain but the dr said it was normal.
FYI that my vision was 20/100, the day after surgery it was 20/30, and this was only a day after my corneas got blasted with a laser. So i and the dr, are happy
Complaints/problems? I hate the contacts and being "laid up" basically all day since surgery blows. I downloaded some audiobooks onto my ipad but the first few days could not even tolerate the screen brightness for more than 3 seconds so i skipped the books. My entertainment was listening to the TV set.
I will post again in a few days. thanks guys
Lots of great posts here, thoughtb I wouls share my own experience. I had my surgery on Tuesday April 3. today is Friday April 6. Dallas,TX area.
My surgery is/was wavefront custom PRK
Please see nuggets thread for the info on the laser, what happens when you lay down, etc etc. carbon copy with me. My dr used the Allegretto laser, which is reportedly the top machine as of present date.
Pre surgery, i put myself on a regimen of 1000mg vitamin-c every day, beginning 30 days from surgery. This was due to various articles indicating that vitamin c is shown to reduce the cases of corneal hazing. The dr on requested to begin that regimen one week out, but i figured it was just liked eating extra oranges and thus no harm no foul, so i started at 30 days.
After surgery until today, i am extremely (as in i almost cry) light sensitive and am wearing the darkest sunglasses the local Bass Pro Shops would sell. I was also issued a pair of basically sunglass version of swimming goggles to sleep in. I have no "pain" per se, just irritation and extremely red eyes since surgery. If a starnger saw me with no sunglasses they would probably think i was a serial killer or mad man, the way my eyes look. But no pain
Today is the first day i cam type on the ipad, and also see the contact list in my cell phone, albeit with difficulty. i do have alot of "ghosting" or whatever it is called, from illuminated objects such as a street light or big signs at night, i will see a image of the object but in the background. Kind of hard to explain but the dr said it was normal.
FYI that my vision was 20/100, the day after surgery it was 20/30, and this was only a day after my corneas got blasted with a laser. So i and the dr, are happy
Complaints/problems? I hate the contacts and being "laid up" basically all day since surgery blows. I downloaded some audiobooks onto my ipad but the first few days could not even tolerate the screen brightness for more than 3 seconds so i skipped the books. My entertainment was listening to the TV set.
I will post again in a few days. thanks guys
