refractive eye surgery

After Lasik Before Lasik

This site tells the story of my lasik surgery and refractive eye surgery . I had conventional lasik surgery on June 18, 2004.  Not everyone wakes up with 20/20 vision the next day. I had very blurry vision for several days, double vision for a couple weeks, could not see my computer screen for several weeks, and ended up significantly under-corrected. My eyes were also very dry, and I would wake up several times during the night and to put in drops.  Read about refractive eye surgery and my blog for the full story.

I then had a wavefront lasik enhancement on Sept 23, 2004. The day after, my vision was perfect. Then, as that first week wore on, I began to have a lot of eye strain, and couldn't see up close. I felt an awareness of my eyes working hard to change focus as I looked around at different objects at different distances (not just close up objects). I went to the lasik doctor, who said I was +1 hyperopic, and that's what was causing the eye strain. He said that it was a normal part of the healing process, and he expected my eyes to regress toward normal vision. The eye strain lasted about 3 weeks, and then my near vision returned, and my eye strain lessened. The eye strain came and went for several weeks, and then finally went away.  I now have 20/20 vision and am very happy with my result. It was a long difficult (five month) journey.  Find more information about  refractive eye surgery in my blog.

Pages in this site:

• refractive eye surgery
• MyLasikSurgery.com
• Lasik Blog
• Select a doctor / Questions to Ask
• About Monovision
• My Old Eyeglasses
• Lasik Links

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