In other news, I recently gave up the battle of wearing glasses, bit the bullet of bravery and had LASIK done on my eyes. The procedure sucked, I kid you not; and, given the fact that I am a scaredy-cat, I nearly peed (how do you spell that?) my pants while it was being performed.
They give you a half dose of Xanax before the procedure, but it barely has time to kick in before they start. They expect you to lay there and let them stick things in your eye without moving, they expect you to be still while they put something called a suction ring on your eyeball; they say, "you'll feel a little bit of pressure..." and so you expect *a little bit of pressure* on your eye, but it feels like a CAR was just set there. It's over REALLY quickly, thank god... but scary as fuck.
Halfway through the procedure the Xanax kicked in and I was chilling, and the part where they actually peel back your corneas and perform the procedure on the underlying tissue of the eye sounds really scary, but it's actually a hallucinogenic light show that you get to watch in awe. It takes only about 30 seconds per eye, and the nurse actually counts down for you while it's happening.
Then it's over with, you get up in a drunken state and go home. You're supposed to keep your eyes closed for at least 6 hours post-op, which was not a problem considering you've just had a milligram and a half of good drug and you want to sleep.
I vaguely remember Steve making me eat a baloney sandwich before I fell asleep, and 2 seconds later (6 hours later) waking me up to eat dinner. I love that drug. :)
Today was my 2 week recheck, and my doctor told me I'm the poster child for the surgery. I am seeing a little better than 20/20 and my eyes are healing wonderfully. Suffice it to say I've been extraordinarily anal retentive about them - whining if anyone gets near my eyes - but it's paying off.
I can't tell you how wonderful it is to wake up and see the mountains from my window without having to find my glasses first. :)
They give you a half dose of Xanax before the procedure, but it barely has time to kick in before they start. They expect you to lay there and let them stick things in your eye without moving, they expect you to be still while they put something called a suction ring on your eyeball; they say, "you'll feel a little bit of pressure..." and so you expect *a little bit of pressure* on your eye, but it feels like a CAR was just set there. It's over REALLY quickly, thank god... but scary as fuck.
Halfway through the procedure the Xanax kicked in and I was chilling, and the part where they actually peel back your corneas and perform the procedure on the underlying tissue of the eye sounds really scary, but it's actually a hallucinogenic light show that you get to watch in awe. It takes only about 30 seconds per eye, and the nurse actually counts down for you while it's happening.
Then it's over with, you get up in a drunken state and go home. You're supposed to keep your eyes closed for at least 6 hours post-op, which was not a problem considering you've just had a milligram and a half of good drug and you want to sleep.
I vaguely remember Steve making me eat a baloney sandwich before I fell asleep, and 2 seconds later (6 hours later) waking me up to eat dinner. I love that drug. :)
Today was my 2 week recheck, and my doctor told me I'm the poster child for the surgery. I am seeing a little better than 20/20 and my eyes are healing wonderfully. Suffice it to say I've been extraordinarily anal retentive about them - whining if anyone gets near my eyes - but it's paying off.
I can't tell you how wonderful it is to wake up and see the mountains from my window without having to find my glasses first. :)
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