Today is the day before my All-Laser LASIK Refractive Eye Surgery! I am not really anxious at the moment, but I attribute that to my attempts at trying to recover from the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl last night ... to the Giants ... and to a Manning no less. Ugh.
I just went through the packet of information the doctor gave me after my appointment on Friday (now that my eyes are back to "normal" after being dilated). I was told before I went through the packet, that there are a lot of "worst-case scenarios" laid out but to not worry much and call if I have any questions or concerns. I understand that they need to put it all out on the table and that complications, both serious and minor, are unlikely, but it is still slightly unsettling to read! I will sign off on all of it and my mom (you need a witness) will also sign the paperwork prior to arriving at the surgery location. It is important to note: If you show up to the surgery facility without all of the paperwork, they will not operate, which makes total sense because they are all consent forms. I will be picking up my prescriptions today as well. I also need to take these with me to the facility tomorrow or they will not go forward with the procedure. I will be getting a prescription for Valium that needs to be taken one hour before the surgery (TOTALLY necessary!!!), a steroid eye drop as well as a prescription for Vigamox, which is for the treatment of bacterial infections. Luckily, since I've been wearing contacts for so long, the once scary eye drops are now nothing to me. I think this is also why I am not overly nervous about having a procedure done that involves people being all up in my eyes ;)
I am going to go into work for a half day tomorrow since my surgery isn't until 3:40pm. I also think if I'm sitting around my apartment by myself, I'll just start getting more nervous than necessary. My mom is meeting me at my place and we'll head to the surgery location! Conveniently, it is 10 minutes from where I live in Manchester, so that's helpful! Afterwards, my mom is bringing me back to my place to pick up Remmie and we'll head to Nashua so I can stay with my parents for the night ... juuuuust in case anything happens where I need a little help :::knock on wood::: Also, I'm taking the next day off of work and have a post-op appointment in Nashua at Nashua Eye anyhow, so it makes it easier for everyone, I think. If all goes well, I'll be back at work on Thursday. Thinking about it now, I was much more nervous when I was set to get my wisdom teeth out, so I'm feeling pretty good about this!
I haven't worn my contacts since Sunday, January 29th and I will never wear them again if all goes as planned! I was not allowed to wear makeup today and the same will be for tomorrow. I also cannot wear any lotions or perfume/body spray tomorrow. After the surgery, I can't rub my eyes for several days for risk of reopening the incision, I know, gross. I don't see this as being a huge problem because while wearing contacts, I would avoid rubbing my eyes anyhow. If I did, they would flip around and I'd have blurred vision until they fell back into place, or fall out (because of my astigmatism, my contacts were weighted and had to stay virtually movement-free for me to really see out of them. I couldn't just pop them in in the morning without looking for a marker showing me which end was up). That, and rubbing my eyes would mess up my mascara ;)
If I have time tomorrow I will be sure to post, if not, I will post after my surgery! I can't wait!
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