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Wednesday, September 06, 2006 Hey! I am online! Surprised? :) Well, I am looking at my screen with my unoperated right eye now. Haha. Operated on my left eye yesterday noon and a follow up consultation this morning with Doctor Wee shows that my cornea is healing well. However, it is still not prefect eyesight for my left eye. At least not yet. Doctor Wee mentioned that it was common especially when I have an astigmatism of more than 200. Nonetheless, he congratulated me on how fast my left eye is healing and expressed his surprise on it too. Now, many of my friends have been asking me about the LASIK procedure and my answer is "I don't feel anything." Well, at SNEC, I submitted my appointment card at the cashier, paid for my left eye surgery and medication before I waited outside the Laser Suite. My name was soon called and I went in. The nurse applied some solution on my left eye and I was asked to wear the plastic gown and plastic wrap over my feet and sandals. Doctor Wee then checked my left eye before I was urshered into the surgery room. I lay down, quite comfortably I must say, and they covered my right eye. Doctor Wee placed something on my left eye to push my eyelid open. "Right, this was supposed to be the painful part which Daniel told me yesterday," I thought to myself. But to my surprise, it was not painful at all. Not even uncomfortable. In fact, I felt quite comfortable as if the doctor was trying to stretch my eye muscles for me. I was then asked to look into this infra-red dot above me. I was supposed to keep my right eye open too but unconsciously, I kept closing my right eye and Doctor Wee got to keep reminding me to keep both eyes open or it would be more difficult to focus. I think my cornea was flapped up soon after and I experienced a blackout. Doctor Wee pre-empted me on this and assured me that I would get my vision back soon and should start focusing on the red dot. When the darkness cleared, my left eye found the red ray but kept straying away from it. The area around the red dot was so glaring. It hurt my eye to look at it and there was some ray of green light near the red dot which kept distracting me. Doctor Wee kepting talking to me and reminded me repeatedly how crucial it was in this surgery to focus on the red dot. My eyes were not very obedient but I tried my best to focus one last time as Doctor Wee remarked that it was the final step where the laser will be beamed into my cornea. I stayed focused. On the red beam. Both eyes. I was tearing. Then, it was over and Doctor Wee added the anti-biotics drop onto my operated left eye. The whole procedure probably took about 5 minutes. My vision was slightly blurred while walking out of the surgery room and I sat down inside the suite. The nurse started instructing me to add the re-wetting drop every 15 minutes till I went to bed after which I can continue every hour after I woke up. After that, I could use generously as and when my eyes feel drop. There was also the anti-biotics drop which I was supposed to apply every 4 hours for 1 week. She then informed me to wait outside for the doctor to check my eye once more before leaving. After about half an hour wait outside the Laser Suite, my name was finally called again and Doctor Wee examined my left eye. He said all was well with no complication and he would see me the next day. I then headed home after that. My day went fine with no discomfort except that I had to apply rewetting drop every 15 minutes which is quite a hassle. Nonetheless, I followed the instruction diligently. So, now, back to how I feel and if LASIK is painful. Answer is there is nothing to feel, at least for me, and no, it is not painful at all. It seemed just like any other activity like writting, swimming etc. It is just the after-care that requires more attention and diligence. If this little bit of care can give me a perfect eyesight, why not? Well, I am certainly looking forward to operate my right eye tomorrow afternoon!
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