Well i've had it done.
Surgery was at 1pm today.
A few people have asked me to let them know what it was like so I have decided to post a thread about it.
Firstly, I knew the procedure didnt take long, but didnt realise just how quick it is!!! The actual laser was only on each eye for about 30 seconds each eye!! To get eash eye ready took about 5-10 minutes. That was the worst bit.
You lay on this bed and was told to "close my eyes". - This was a bit daunting as I could hear things going on, but couldnt see.
Drops are placed in the eyes (drops?!?!? Felt like a whole bottle!! lol) This is the local anesthetic.
Your eyes are then prodded to make sure you cant feel anything, then more drops and you are told to stare at this little green light.
Then came the worse bit, an instrument was used to force your eye open and keep it open. It felt like my eye was gonna pop aout! Then I was told I would feel some 'slight' discomfort and pressure on my eye. 'slight'?!?!?!? What blx, IT HURT LIKE HELL!!!!! I have no idea what bit this was, but was definately the worse.
It then felt like they were brushing the eyes (my guess is that this was to clean the area). More drops, then I was told that my vision would disapear completely for a few seconds. Yet another dop and it was like someone had a dimmer switch and was turning it down, then off. A few seconds and it was the reverse.
I could then see the surgeon cut the flap.
Now I thought that the laser would be painfull, but it only lasted about 20 seconds and was totally pain free. But yes, you can smell the burning, not very plesent so when the next eye was done, I held my breath.
A protective lense is placed on each eye, and I was told to keep my eyes closed for 10 minutes.
The surgeon then checked my eyes and was happy, said "you can go home now"
They gave me drops to put into each eye every hour, and some protective shields to wear when sleeping (so as not to rub the eye)
I was also told to keep my eyes as closed as possible for the next few hours.
I did have to ask though, "was it all right to watch tv later tonight? and um maybe use a computer?!?" - YES was the reply
At the moment, my vision is FAR from perfect, to be honest I expected it to be by now. But after reading, it should be tomorrow when my vision should settle down.
Also at the moment I have "halos" which is where at night, you see a halo around lights - looking at streetlights is wierd to say the least!! (again this is common short term side effect.
So there you go.
"pain free" as they say?
Well the laser surgery itself is pain free, but the getting your eyes ready for it HURTS LIKE HELL!!!
"would I recomend it?" Definately!
I have to go back tomorrow to have the shield lenses removed and a check up, then again in a week, and again in a month.
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