But first, the entry that didn’t make it:
Last entry before lasik
I’m off to the eye doctor in less than 15 minutes, so this will be my
last entry before Lasik. Wish me luck!
Why must it rain though? I have to walk across the street and I’d
prefer to be dry when I get there. Alas.
Oh yes, Happy Friday!
And back to today…
I tried emailing that entry above but alas, it didn’t make it!
I can see without my glasses! But it’s still a little cloudy/hazy. But I can see! I’m told to use the artificial tears constantly. And so I will. 😉
The worse part about the surgery was the WAITING. I got there at 12:30pm, as directed. Sat around, got checked in, sat around, got prepped for surgery (along with five other people), sat around, got prepped by the surgeon, sat around. In the last bit of sitting around, I wondered who would be first as I watched the nurses prepare the room (the walls are glass, so you can watch someone getting their lasik done if they’re on the closest table). I ended up first! And I ended up on the table closest to the glass walls. So yes, people were watching me get my eyes lasered. 😛
I remember “Breakaway” by Kelly Clarkson playing as I waited for the doctor, but I don’t remember the song after. One of the other patients was brought in as I waited and he was prepped as well. But I was first.
Twas a WEIRD sensation, but the procedure didn’t hurt. When the laser started, I smelled a strange smell and I wondered if it was the laser on my eye. 😛 My left eye was done first, then my right. The right one was more uncomfortable for some reason, but not unbearable.
All in all, it was perhaps ten minutes. When I walked back into the waiting room, someone marveled at how fast it was. When you’re on the table, it doesn’t feel fast. Even with the nurse counting down the seconds. But then again, it didn’t feel like an eternity either.
I couldn’t do anything after the surger. No tv, no computer, no reading, no video games. So I slept a lot and “listened” to the tv. Okay, I glanced over a couple of times. But I never got on the computer. 😛
Now I get to see what it’s like to take a shower with the new eyes…
