Day 3 Post-op - Thank you, Restasis

Today started out much better than yesterday!  I only woke up a few times in the middle of the night with a little dry eye, but nothing crazy enough to make me feel the need to put drops in.  I am sure this is because of the Restasis drops I was prescribed yesterday.

My eyes are still dry, but I have to keep reminding myself that I had a freaking laser cut through my eyes.  Since the surgery happened so quickly, and because I was awake for the entire thing, it's hard to comprehend how serious it actually was and how bad the outcome could have been.  It really seemed like a piece of cake.  I'd rather have that procedure done 100 more times before I'd ever volunteer to have my wisdom teeth taken out again.  Honestly, a paper cut being introduced to hand sanitizer is much more painful and annoying than what I'm experiencing.  I joked with my dad the day after the surgery when we were arriving at the post-op appointment.  I slammed my knee against his car door while getting out and said that was more painful and uncomfortable than the actual surgery.  Who would've thought?

Last night I came home and became best friends with an icepack.  That helped me forget about any dryness and wanting to rub my eyes in between drops and helped with any puffiness around my eyes.  Thinking about it now, I kind of want to go home and hang out with it again.  Sounds like a fun Friday night to me ;)

As far as what I'm experiencing today, I still feel like I have over-worn contacts in my eyes.  My eyes must be adjusting to the "full-on air" I wrote about before because I'm not squinting or feeling the need to close my eyes every few minutes today.  My left eye is still a little foggy, but really nothing to complain about.  I do notice better vision today, though, so that's pretty awesome!

All-in-all everything seems to be going really well.  I hope nobody reading this takes any of the negative stuff that I'm writing as complaints.  I am just trying to write an honest account of all of the good and the bad for anyone who is really interested in learning about this corrective surgery.  The vision I have now and the amazingly positive experiences I've encountered to this point FAR outweigh any of the little annoyances I've experienced along the way.  At this point (it's still really early in the process) I can comfortably say I highly recommend this to anyone who is on the fence about it.  Being awake is what freaked me out the most (not to mention the whole "corneal flap" thing ... woof) and that was not even close to as scary as I thought it would be.  I couldn't have asked for a better experience with the team I went with at Nashua Eye Associates and Lens Doctors.

For now, I'm anxious to go out this weekend and see some friends (that has a whole new meaning now)!

If anything new develops I'll be sure to update.  I'm sure John is excited to see me in my new eye shields this weekend! They really are the cutting edge in fashion ;)

Bye for now! :)

***Side note: Showering is "interesting" to say the least.  I have to avoid getting any water near my eyes, so I basically have to break my neck when washing my hair and hold a facecloth to my eyes and "blindly" shower ... which is ironic since I have near-perfect vision now ;) Just worth noting!***