One man’s voice

Is this really possible?

Posted on June 30th, 2007 in Geek Stuff, General, Personal Messages

I have very good vision now (more on that later)…

Yesterday morning I woke up with roughly 20/200 (left) and 20/400 (right) vision. I got out of bed, put my glasses on, went to the bathroom, took my glasses off, took my shower, put my glasses back on, went to work and basically experienced the bulk of the day like I have been since I was 10 years old.

I left work a little earlier than normal yesterday to go to an eye appointment. My appointment was at 3:45. My surgery was scheduled for 5:00. I went under the laser at about 5:10, came out at about 5:15 and could see dramatically better than before.

Now for the details
When I walked out of the surgery room I was checked by an ophthalmologist and given the green light on my condition. I was given packet of stuff (eye drops, sun glasses, a sleeping shield, etc) and was told that if I could it would be best if I went home and took a nap for the next four to five hours. I was told that I would experience some burning, itching, irritation and what not in my eyes over the next few hours, but it should subside after about 5 hours. I was told that that following day I should be ok with very little irritation in either eye.

I was also told that I would be sensitive to light for a little while and that my vision would be a little blurry for a little while (a few days to a few weeks).

Well, let me tell you, everything I was told was true with the exception of one thing… the first four hours. After my surgery we had two small errands to run that were on the way home. The anesthetic that was put in my eye for surgery wore off about three minutes after we got in the car, and my eyes started to burn like hell had taken a vacation under my eyelids. Then the feeling quickly turned to a feeling of molten glass pellets laden with boiling acid being ground into my eyes. The pain was utterly uncomfortable. I wouldn’t call it excruciating, but it is pretty dang close.

So I came home, went to bed and slept until about 9:30 waking up once and adding artificial tears when I did. At about 9:30, when I woke up, I noticed that the burning feeling had went away for the most part. I was, however, unusually sensitive to light. I actually had to turn my lights in the house off and wear my sunglasses for about fifteen minutes as my eyes adapted to being open. But soon after that I was able to take the sunglasses off. About an hour and a half later I was able to have my eyes open for a longer while with the lights on and without my sunglasses. Every now and again I would have to suddenly close my eyes because of a reaction to light, but for the most part, I was able to see and see well.

I woke up this morning for my follow up appointment and I was utterly amazed. I can see clearer than ever before with more detail than ever before. And I have a slight blur still from the surgery!

I went to the follow up and found out that I am no 20/15. Yes, that is right, I have better than perfect vision. I am so beyond stoked, I cannot put it into words. If you have ever considered getting laser vision correction surgery, stop thinking about it and get it done. Now.

My only suggestion to you is, immediately as possible after the procedure, go to sleep and stay asleep for about five hours. If you can do that, you will be golden. And about 12 hours later you will be able to see perfectly without any need for glasses at all.

THIS IS A FREAKING MIRACLE AND I SUGGEST IT TO ANYONE. And if you are going to use a doctor that you choose (which I recommend you do) and you live in or near the bay area, visit Dr. Scott Hyver. He is awesome.