My PRK – Day One after Surgery
Today completes my first full day after surgery. I had to sleep with protective eye covers that made me look like an alien to make sure I don’t rub my eyes at night, or right after I wake up. I didn’t really need them, but I’m not about to make a fuss about something so minor. The tape they gave me as an adhesive is pretty damned strong. Peeling it off this morning was a tad uncomfortable, but luckily I didn’t adhere it to any hair.
Upon waking up, I put more drops in my eyes, ate breakfast, and headed out to meet with Dr. Grey (or was it Gray…I can’t remember now) for my first follow-up appointment. I was there at 8:15am….and the follow-up basically consisted of her looking at my eyes to make sure there is no scarring, to make sure the contact is still on and a basic eye test. She said that I was doing very well. Most people come in on day one and their eyes are not fully open and they are experiencing some discomfort. I had none of that. She was quite pleasantly surprised that my eyes were fully wide open, had a healthy glisten to them, and that my vision was pretty decent. I am nowhere near 20/20 yet, but she said that my improvement is better than average for a PRK patient.
I am scheduled to appear again on Monday at 3:00pm for my second follow up, to see if I can be cleared to drive yet. I will be meeting with Dr. Bainbridge on that day. It’s really irrelevant to me who I see, personally, as both Dr Grey and Bainbridge are pretty cool people (I met with Dr Bainbridge the very first time I went to the center a month and a half ago for my iniital consultation).
The day was pretty uneventful. I took the drops as described in the first post. I noticed that the Zymar leaves an aweful taste in my mouth that lingers for about a half hour. I’ve been trying to hide the taste with plenty of orange juice and the occasional chocolate ice cream.
I again spent most of the day on the couch doing nothing. My vision isn’t great enough to do any web browsing or readin (I still can’t really see this text too clearly as I type it), but I did manage to watch some TV. I could tell what was basically going on, but if there was any in-movie text (like the translations subtitles), it was a bit difficult to read, but I was able to do it.
Still no discomfort, which is good. With the TV watching, my eyes were getting a bit dry because one does not blink as often when they are watching TV, but luckily I have plenty of lubricating drops.
I also noticed that vision in my left eye is improving at a faster pace than my right, and it’s pretty weird having my non-dominant eye be the better seeing of the two. It’s taking a bit getting used to….I can’t wait for my vision to stabilize.
Anyway, off to bed….there’s really nothing to do to keep myself occupied that wouldnt tire my eyes out..and having them closed is beneficial to healing. So adios!
