Ok, so it's the day after my long awaited Lasik procedure. I really don't have much to say, other than WOW! It's an amazing feeling waking up and not fumbling for glasses.

Once I made it into the operating room, the whole thing only took about 10 minutes. Ten very uncomfortable minutes, but that's another story. I dread going to any kind of doctor. Especially one that is going to be slicing up my eye.

All in all, I'm really glad I did it. Now comes the fun part of adjusting to the new vision (and a little sensitivity to light, but that is supposed to go away).

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Ok, so I'm sitting in the doctor's waiting room and he comes in at about 11:05am to go over what's going to happen in the operating room.

I probably should have just asked to NOT know what was going to happen because knowing what's going on is really freaky. Here's the procedure in a nutshell:

• First you get prepped. Put on your little hair net and climb onto the operating table.
• Then you get a couple of eyedrops in your eyes to numb them completely. You can still see, but they are completely numb to the touch.
• After a minute or so, they take little clamps on clamp one eye wide open (the other is covered) and tape back your eye lashes.
• Next, they put a little vacuum up to your eye to pull it out slightly so it's easier to work with. Your vision goes completely black for a few seconds.
• Next, there's a little sound like an electric razor that comes over your eye. They're basically cutting the top layer of your eye off!
• The assistant puts a couple of eye drops in and then they use a set of tweezers to remove that top layer they just cut off. It LOOKS like they're removing your contact lens, only you weren't wearing contacts. They're taking off a piece of your eye. Freaky.

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written by Jeff, March 30, 2008

Do you have to do anything special after the surgery? Where did you get it done? I want to get it when I move back to the States (as it is ~?999/eye) here.

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written by admin, March 30, 2008

Nothing special. You just have to use various eyedrops every other hour. It's a pain.

Once you leave the DR, you go home, nap, wake up and feel like you have sand in your eye, go back to sleep, and then feel fine when you wake up.

The one thing they tell you over and over and over again is "Don't rub your eyes!" They even give you goggles to sleep in so you don't rub your eyes in your sleep or when you wake up.

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