I finally had Lasik corrective surgery this afternoon. I've been thinking about it for years but the three eye infections I've had in the past year and the rather new difficulty I've been having focusing though the scope pushed me to go ahead and have it done.
The procedure itself was terrifying. Reminded me of a scene from "A clockwork orange" when they propped my eyelids open and stuck that suction cup on there. It was pretty painless thanks to the numbing eye drops but I wish they lasted 12 hours.
Everyone I talked to who had done the surgery told me that as soon as it was done they sat up and were amazed at the results. I sat up and couldn't see shit. Everything looked like I was underwater. The numbing eye drops began to wear off on the drive home and by the time I got into bed (45 minutes) it felt like someone had thrown sand into my eyes and followed it up with some pepper spray. The two valium they gave me helped me to get a 90 minute nap but that was it.
8 hours later I can finally see again. Things are still a bit hazy and focusing on things up close (like the computer screen) is difficult. I'm told that tomorrow morning will bring a dramatic improvement and I pray that it does as I'm not impressed so far.
Hopefully things will heal up and I'll be able to begin shooting like I was able to a few years ago. I recently had a couple of issues corrected on my rifle so I have high hopes for my skills once I'm back in the prone again.
Anyone else have similar problems when they had lasik?
The procedure itself was terrifying. Reminded me of a scene from "A clockwork orange" when they propped my eyelids open and stuck that suction cup on there. It was pretty painless thanks to the numbing eye drops but I wish they lasted 12 hours.
Everyone I talked to who had done the surgery told me that as soon as it was done they sat up and were amazed at the results. I sat up and couldn't see shit. Everything looked like I was underwater. The numbing eye drops began to wear off on the drive home and by the time I got into bed (45 minutes) it felt like someone had thrown sand into my eyes and followed it up with some pepper spray. The two valium they gave me helped me to get a 90 minute nap but that was it.
8 hours later I can finally see again. Things are still a bit hazy and focusing on things up close (like the computer screen) is difficult. I'm told that tomorrow morning will bring a dramatic improvement and I pray that it does as I'm not impressed so far.
Hopefully things will heal up and I'll be able to begin shooting like I was able to a few years ago. I recently had a couple of issues corrected on my rifle so I have high hopes for my skills once I'm back in the prone again.
Anyone else have similar problems when they had lasik?
