This girl. :)
I had LASIK done on July 12th. I started to get super nervous the day before and decided to do the most intelligent thing I could think of to calm those nerves. I Googled. A lot. So much that I was convinced that I was either: a) going to go blind and never get to see what my children look like as they grow up; or b) somehow manage to rub, bump, or mess with my eyes enough to cause the flap they cut to just fall off, thus, resulting in scenario a). I was already trying to decide between a seeing-eye Great Dane or a seeing-eye pony. At the time of surgery, my decision was still unclear.
Turns out, none of that happened and my new eyeballs are utterly amazing. I'm still in the midst of putting a billion eye drops in throughout the day (one of which makes me look like I'm crying milk), but a little over a week out, I'm seeing clearer than I've ever seen in my entire life. I had no idea what I was missing. Even with contacts or glasses on, my vision wasn't always the best. Now, I find myself just staring...especially when I'm outside. I'm floored by how crisp everything is. Just like everyone said who's had it done, I should've done this a long time ago.
Besides the crazy factor of actually seeing a surgeon lifting a flap of my eyeball up and over and the burning scent of my eyes getting lasered, AND the first few I-hate-my-life hours afterwards, it was totally worth it. The surgery, which only lasted about a minute per eye was done at about 2:30 p.m. Dean brought me home, I climbed into bed and kept my eyes shut (with the exception of putting drops in every hour) and slept until about 8:30 that night. By 9:00, I was downstairs eating dinner and watching TV with very little discomfort (with my really attractive post-surgery sunglasses on, of course). It was nuts. I still can't believe it worked. Every morning and night, my routine is completely thrown off because I don't have to start out by putting in or taking out my contacts. I end up standing there confused for several seconds and not knowing where to start. So weird. :)
Dean is scheduled to get his eyes done in about three weeks! Woo-hoo! :)
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I'm so proud of you, and SO insanely jealous too:)
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