Comments on: My one week checkup after Lasik eye surgery http://ozsoapbox.com/personal/laser-eye-surgery/my-one-week-checkup-after-lasik-eye-surgery/ because criticism isn't an armchair sport Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:14:35 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cuteface http://ozsoapbox.com/personal/laser-eye-surgery/my-one-week-checkup-after-lasik-eye-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-5716 Cuteface Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:27:27 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2409#comment-5716 Congrat... now you have two perfect eyes... Congrat… now you have two perfect eyes…

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/personal/laser-eye-surgery/my-one-week-checkup-after-lasik-eye-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-5715 ozsoapbox Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:06:20 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2409#comment-5715 Well the operation went well. I was a lot more nervous this time around for some reason. 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). Well the operation went well. I was a lot more nervous this time around for some reason.

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).

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/personal/laser-eye-surgery/my-one-week-checkup-after-lasik-eye-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-5714 ozsoapbox Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:39:40 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2409#comment-5714 Apparently. I noted I didn't have the red line near my pupil when I got out of surgery so I might ask them about it tommorow. I have noted though that the original red blotch that was on the outer white bit has moved inwards so I assume it's some sort of eye healing process. 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. Apparently. I noted I didn’t have the red line near my pupil when I got out of surgery so I might ask them about it tommorow. I have noted though that the original red blotch that was on the outer white bit has moved inwards so I assume it’s some sort of eye healing process.

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.

]]> By: Cuteface http://ozsoapbox.com/personal/laser-eye-surgery/my-one-week-checkup-after-lasik-eye-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-5713 Cuteface Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:04:36 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2409#comment-5713 You still have a bit of a red mark. Is that going to disappear? You still have a bit of a red mark. Is that going to disappear?

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/personal/laser-eye-surgery/my-one-week-checkup-after-lasik-eye-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-5712 ozsoapbox Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:02:10 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2409#comment-5712 That sounds plausible although I wonder what it translates to in perscription numbers. 1.5 metres of vision deficiency sounds like a lot. That sounds plausible although I wonder what it translates to in perscription numbers. 1.5 metres of vision deficiency sounds like a lot.

]]> By: CaptainDan http://ozsoapbox.com/personal/laser-eye-surgery/my-one-week-checkup-after-lasik-eye-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-5711 CaptainDan Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:48:41 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2409#comment-5711 I am no optometrist but I do know that a vision of 6/5 means that you can see at 6 metres what "normal" people see at 5 metres, 6/6 is self explanatory, therefore I would assume 7.5/6 means that you see at 6 metres what a baseline eye sees at 7.5 metres. I am no optometrist but I do know that a vision of 6/5 means that you can see at 6 metres what “normal” people see at 5 metres, 6/6 is self explanatory, therefore I would assume 7.5/6 means that you see at 6 metres what a baseline eye sees at 7.5 metres.

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