20/20

The surgery went perfectly!  Here I am hopped up on Valium "to take the edge off" - uh, can I get some of this every day?  I mean really, I have an "edge" every day!

We went in at 8:00 am and I was on my way home by 9:45.  I took a pain pill and a sleeping pill and that was pretty much it for the rest of the day.  I woke up every couple hours on my own and would put in some plain drops just to keep things moist, then I would drift off to sleep again.  Then around 6:30 I got up to get something to eat and was stunned...I mean stunned at how well I was seeing!

Now for the graphic portion - to be honest, the worst is when they cut your cornea to make a flap for the laser to work on your actual eye - at the moment they pull back the flap you are blind - it all goes dark.  I had some panic at that moment, but they give you these squeeze balls and I really gave them a work out!  You feel some pressure while they're cutting the flap, but there's no pain - the numbing eye drops take care of that. 

This morning when I went for my follow-up visit I was told the flap was perfectly aligned and already healing nicely and that my vision was 20/20.  Yep, 20/20 the very next day.  I'm giddy!  Of course now I'm going to treat myself for some seriously cool sunglasses!  So, it has certainly been worth it for me.  Now I just have do prescription drops for a week, regular eye drops for a few weeks as needed, and sleep in eye goggles (quite lovely!) for a week.  By summer I'll be cruising at the pool glasses-free!