Monday, February 13, 2017

Day 69 (LE) - Day 4 (RE)



On February 9th I decided to have my right eye operated. My left eye is 20/20 for the most part of the day. It still drifts early in the day and after 6:00 pm.

A big difference on this surgery is that my RE hurt very bad on day 1 and 2. I resisted the numbing drops since they slow the healing down.

Today, I am doing very well and I am typing with one eye covered. As expected, any light is too bright at this point.

I am thankful to God all is going well. This time, I have kept my eye moist constantly and even set my alarm up to get up about 2-3 times during the night. The "baby" gets thirsty(dried) and the Sytaine drops are going to work.

The Doctor is very pleased with the progress on the left eye. He told me that for being a post-RK patient I am well ahead of the curve. I think it is also due to my intake of vegetables(carrots, spinach. celery), vitamin C, fish oil and Lutaine supplements. The Doctor thinks the prescription should lock in at the 3-month mark. However, it might take longer for me since I have RK.



 

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Day 39


I did postpone the surgery on my right eye to February 9th.

My eye hurt a little bit for the past few days. I think another month will help my eye to gain more distance.

Currently my vision on that eye is 20/80. As far as reading computer screen and printed text, it feels great. The starbursts from the car lights has gotten better.

I am happy overall, knowing that it is progressing and that I need more patience. Thanks God I am doing it one eye at a time.

I noticed I am losing my "powerful" near vision I had experienced for the first 3 weeks. But that's how is supposed to be.





Sunday, January 1, 2017

Day 24 - Happy New Year 2017



01/01/2017

The new year is looking much better out of my left eye.

The trend for the last 4 days has been that the progress is very noticeable in the morning and it fluctuates throughout the day. Right now I am typing at about 20 inches from the screen and I see very clear.  It is still very difficult to drive at night, although I could because of my right lens with prescription. Lots of glare and starburst from vehicles headlights, added to the fact that my eye is tired and cannot see as good as it does during daylight.

My eye still gets very dried overnight. I am 11 days away from the scheduled date to operate my right eye and I am not sure if I would do it or not. If it were today, I would not do it. My left eye is currently not reliable to depend on it.

Overall I feel fine about the progress, it is slow and perhaps slower for post-RK patients.