Eye Surgery

[Rangerscott]

Originally Posted by eBBs15

I still have dryness a year later... but only in the am when I first wake up. my eyes are so dry it KILLS to just open them... I have to be very easy about opening my eyes... and almost pull my eyelids away from my eyes... or the pain of the eyelids dragging across my dry eyes is MURDER!

but it goes away after about 30 seconds... but it's a hell of a way to wake up I'll tell ya!


oh and it's slowly decreasing in both frequency and intensity as I get further away from the day I had my surgery... so hopefully it'll stop all together.... SOON!!!!

Do you put drops in before you go to sleep?

[Adeptus_Minor]

Lasik has been great for me.
I actually am way overdue for an eye exam. It's been ~6 years since my surgery and I think I may need a minor adjustment, but it could just be all this night work and bad sleep habits messing with things.

[Evadd]

i had PRK done; my corneas were too unevenly shaped for Lasik. i don't regret it, despite the dryness i have now. it's mostly noticeable when i'm up late (i'm on call at the hospital, and it's dry as hell in there) or when i first wake up. i've actually learned when i wake up to keep my eyes closed, and then either grab some eye drops that i keep on the head of my bead or open my eyes slowly. i never would have thought that you could train yourself not to open your eyes when you wake up, but you can...weird stuff. if i do just pop my eyes open, my eyelids will stick to and literally tear my cornea (microtears - it's painful as hell for about 30 minutes afterwards).

so, other than searing eye pain, it was totally worth it.

i did need a touch-up on both eyes afterwards; got the left done and still waiting to do the right. the left is about 20/15 (as opposed to about 20/400 before), and the right is somewhere like 20/35 or so.

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

Do you put drops in before you go to sleep?

I used to... but they make it worse in the AM... especially the gel drops...

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Hydrant

I never really had any problems with dryness. Every now and then I would start to notice it, but I would just carry some Visine around with me, and tried to avoid getting a direct stream of wind to the eyes. Nothing that I would say was uncomfortable. As far as halos at night, for the two weeks they were bad but I could still manage, and after that I would get a small halo around lights, but they were hardly noticeable.

Lasik... it was killer. Stay calm during the procedure and feel free to curse when they plug your tear ducts... one of mine was too small and it took them about a dozen tries...

Halo, no halo for me... they told me that before I even got it done. The halo is from your pupil dialating beyond the scar tissue. My pupils don't dialate that far, so it was never an issue.

[z06boy]

Nope but hope to at some point. I wear contacts now. Hope it went well for you though.

[AquaPython]

hope it went well.
my friend said it was the best thing he ever did.

[skiergirl]

Lasik is awesome! had it done in Jan with no problems what-so-ever. The dry eye thing was only for a few weeks after as they healed. I had none of that at all after abut 1-2 months. It was money well spent in my opinion...! no issues with night vision either.

PRK I have heard nothing but horror stories about the length of time to heal.

[Gas Man]

I did lasik like 7yrs ago... AWESOME!!

[sherri_chickie]

I did it 4 years ago and LOVE IT! My really bad eye has regressed a bit, but not a whole lot, I may get a touch up, but I love being able to see.