After getting hungry, I forced myself to get up. I could see enough to do things but my vision was still quite blurry. I had the TV on but didn’t really watch it. The first 12 hours were actually quite hard for me to keep my eye open. I could open them, but it would only be a small slit to let light into my eyes. Even if I tried, my eyelids just didn’t want to move. So I didn’t fight it much and kept my eyes closed most of the day, just opening it when I needed.
I got about 3 hours sleep before my mum woke me up for dinner. My eyes felt alright after putting more anesthetic drops in.
I didn’t really wash in the evening, just wiped my face with a damp towel taking care to avoid my eyes = they said I shouldn’t get water in my eyes for the first two weeks. I tried to check my emails but the white screen on the 22″ monitor made me look away. I still didn’t feel particularly light sensitive but my eyes just didn’t want to open still.
At night, I couldn’t really sleep. I kept waking up everyfew hours because I had the eye masks taped to my face – which made me look like Ultraman! At one point, I tried to open my eyes but I felt as if my contact lens in my right eye got stuck which caused a sudden surge of pain in my eye but after a couple more blinks everything seemed OK again. I put all my drops in just in case and tried to sleep again.I’ll be due to visit the clinic again for the first checkup.
