I had been very excited about getting LASIK done on my eyes. It would obviate the need for me to wear glasses all the time. Believe me, that was a big incentive. Earlier I had to carry an additional pair of glasses. And it annoyed me when I became aware of the glasses sitting by my nose. Also it would pain around the nose if I dozed off while studying, obviously with my spectacles on.
The biggest motivation was the need to feel independant. I hate depending on anything too much. It always worried me to think what would happen if I accidently broke my glasses. I would go half blind.
And thus the decision to undergo the surgery.
I read blogs on lasik, saw a video on youtube (was disgusting), and prepared myself for the procedure. But nothing could have prepared me not to be nervous on the day of surgery.
The surgery on the right eye was scheduled for 11 in the morning. I got into the surgery dress. A drop of local anesthesia was put into my eye. Apparently a drop is enough to make your eye insensitive to anything. Then I was taken into the surgery room. The room was air conditioned and I got goosebumps seeing the doctors there. I was afraid, too nervous.
My face was then covered with a sheet of paper, with a small gap where my eye was. I was told to keep both my open. I found that extremely difficult, what with lights just above my face watering my eyes. And I did not dare to move my body. The surgery started, wit the surgeon putting few more drops of some medicine. I do not remember the exact sequence of the procedure.
Most of the time it was something being put into my eye. When a suction ring was inserted into my eye, my vision faded and I could see with only the other eye. It was a bit of relief actually, not being able to see what was being done to your eye. But sadly, when the ring was removed, the vision was back. The lasers were activated and it was fun watching them. After the lasers were done doing their work, the surgeon put few moe drops of liquid in my eye, corrected the flap, washed the eye and then cleaned it.
And it was all over in a few minutes. But those few felt like eternity. I was praying for the proedure to complete before they even got started.
I could immediately open my eyes. The vision was quite hazy though. Inspection of the eye followed next. The doctor was pretty pleased with the surgery and said all went fine.
I got the next eye operated upon after a gap of ten minutes. So the whole thing was over for me in a hour and I was free to go back home. A pair of black glasses and a few eye drops were prescribed to me by the doctor.
It’s been a week already. I am happy with the surgery. I have no need of glasses now. The eye drops make the vision unclear, but the doctor says that it will clear up with time.
But it feels good to be able to see everything without glasses. My first impression was – everything seems proportionately bigger ! I love it.
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