I had to tell ONE bragging story about my eyes. :)
Two days after my surgery, I woke up at 2am with a feeling of dried potato chips behind my eyelids. I immediately panicked, and had terrible visions about having to have corneal transplants because I'd just detached my corneal flaps and would never be able to see again. I was scared to even wake up Steve and tell him how stupid I was and that he was now the proud owner of a blind veterinarian!
At 6am, Steve woke up and I told him what happened, and I started crying out of extreme fear. He asked me if I could see... and I could - perfectly. But my eyes were miserable and no matter what I did I could not get them to feel comfortable. So I called the emergency number and they told me to give it a little time, and to call back if it wasn't better in a few hours. They suspected severe dry eye.
But, wake up to the sensation of potato chips behind your eyelids and see if you don't panic!
So at 8am on a Saturday morning, I called my regular optometrist, who was also my LASIK referring doctor. He graciously met me at his office 30 minutes later, and examined my eyes. He told me I was having an allergy attack, and put some drops in my eyes that solved the problem.
I cannot convey the sense of relief I felt! Steve was glad that he wasn't going to have to support his now-disability-thriving girlfriend for life. :)
As he was examining my eyes, the doctor asked me if I had put make up on before coming to his office. I said No, that I never wear it - literally. He said, "so your eyes are naturally that beautiful?"
I beamed. :)
Two days after my surgery, I woke up at 2am with a feeling of dried potato chips behind my eyelids. I immediately panicked, and had terrible visions about having to have corneal transplants because I'd just detached my corneal flaps and would never be able to see again. I was scared to even wake up Steve and tell him how stupid I was and that he was now the proud owner of a blind veterinarian!
At 6am, Steve woke up and I told him what happened, and I started crying out of extreme fear. He asked me if I could see... and I could - perfectly. But my eyes were miserable and no matter what I did I could not get them to feel comfortable. So I called the emergency number and they told me to give it a little time, and to call back if it wasn't better in a few hours. They suspected severe dry eye.
But, wake up to the sensation of potato chips behind your eyelids and see if you don't panic!
So at 8am on a Saturday morning, I called my regular optometrist, who was also my LASIK referring doctor. He graciously met me at his office 30 minutes later, and examined my eyes. He told me I was having an allergy attack, and put some drops in my eyes that solved the problem.
I cannot convey the sense of relief I felt! Steve was glad that he wasn't going to have to support his now-disability-thriving girlfriend for life. :)
As he was examining my eyes, the doctor asked me if I had put make up on before coming to his office. I said No, that I never wear it - literally. He said, "so your eyes are naturally that beautiful?"
I beamed. :)
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