RevRagnarok's Journal: LASIK Journal: Day Three

Well, I woke up this morning thinking somebody was robbing the house. Not really related to my eyes, except that when I awoke to the sounds I couldn't open my eyes. They were so dry and gooey that I seriously couldn't open them. I kept them closed for a few minutes trying to wiggle them to produce tears. Eventually I was able to open them up. (BTW, nobody was in my house who wasn't supposed to be!)

I decided not to go to work. My right eye is still being troublesome. It feels like I have a dry contact lens. In fact I don't really believe my vision yet because my brain is being fooled into thinking that I am wearing an uncomfortable contact all the time. I can now use the laptop for up to an hour. At work I am lucky enough to have a 20 inch LCD so I know it would not be as troublesome/painful as a CRT. However, being able to work for about an hour and then needing to rest for a half hour seems kinda useless to me. So I figure one more day since it is Friday and then hopefully all will be good by Monday.

Thankfully the drops don't burn any more at all. I still need the lubricating drops, especially my right eye. It is the itchiest, but the weird part is that my right eye feels dried out, but the left eye is the one that has the most fuzziness.

I'm doing OK it seems. Gonna go over to some friends' tonite to watch some movies. Hopefully I won't have too many problems. I'll have my stupid goggles tho. :( I will let you know if my night vision is seriously affected.

It doesn't fit anywhere else in this story so figured I would just mention that I now get some tears in my eyes if I have a nice big yawn. But very little lubrication otherwise. Also, if you are reading this trying to consider to do it or not, don't worry - this is all standard side effects, that supposedly can last 3-6 months. I think I'm doing great for two days out!

  - RR