I am so happy to have read this and the picture is great because it is identical to what I have in my right eye on top…I will be able to sleep now. Thanks again!

I had laser surgery on one eye in 1997. I am back to wearing glasses now which is disappointing.

One of the main things that put me off getting laser eye surgery earlier was the infancy of the procedure.

When I finally got it done last year I felt the technology had been around long enough to be relatively stable. This was despite my eyes being stable perscription wise for 4-5 years prior.

Back in ’97 the procedure might very well have been seen as temporary in a lot of cases whereas now with advances in technology the results are a lot more permanent. Thus far my own procedure has gone flawlessly and I’ve still got 20/20 or better vision.

I’m aware that later on in life I’ll need glasses but I’d need them anyway (or contacts) if I didn’t get the surgery so might as well get a few decades of freedom while I can.

Hopefully by the time I do need glasses again further advances in the field will mean I won’t have to.

I remember the doctor, a top Sydney surgeon, said at the after op appointment “well that should see you right for a few years” HUH?

I wouldn’t have it again that’s for sure, after experiencing a strange dry eye pain which would wake me from sleep. This pain continued till I got new glasses then it thankfully stopped.

I hope you have better luck than me, I only wish the results would have lasted longer for me, I didn’t even get ten years clear vision and I was in the optimum group for results. Cheers, like your blog!

I think it’s because I had to wait around an hour any maybe the Xanax was starting to wear off. They also used the blade machine to cut the flap this time which was a bit unnerving as it’s very loud. I’m pretty sure they used the laser to cut the flap last time. On the plus side I don’t have any red blothces this time.

My right eye was measured again and is apparently 20/20. The numbers I got from last week translated into +1.25, this week it was +0.5 so at this stage I’d call the right eye a success!

I asked about the redness on the eye and they said it was normal for it to move closer to the iris and then dissapear.

The left eye is a lot more scratchy then the right eye. It’s not too bad with the eye drops though. Hopefully there’s no long term discomfort but I am a little worried, I couldn’t feel any dryness with the right eye initially (and still can’t).

Either that or maybe it’s some kind of red alien worm slowly eating it’s way to my pupil and then one day it will hatch and thousands of little alien babies will burst out of my eyeball.