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LASEK: Discharged

Rob — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:10:17 +0000

Well. Had my final check up this morning, approximately 11 months after my laser eye surgery. The optician agreed my eye sight was better than 20/20 and that she would discharge me as a patient which concludes my treatment!

11 months on, I can say I don’t need to rely on glasses anymore. I do notice my left eye is better than my right and I am now ever so slightly long sighted but for everyday things I can see both near and far. My eyes do get tired after a long day which does affect vision quality but I find a good nights sleep helps a lot.

Would I recommend it? Yes. The only thing I have to say is not to expect superman perfect vision after the surgery. The aim is to get rid of those glasses or contacts you wear everyday.

LASEK – 8 months on

Rob — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:43:11 +0000

A short update on my eyes. My vision is still perfect and I’m very happy when I go travelling or am out and about. I can see the seas, the stars, the forests and the clouds! There are still the odd times when I feel I need eye drops but I don’t think I have dry eyes in general. Also, I find if I concentrate too hard on my computer screen in the morning then my eyes will be a bit blurry for a few hours…but I think I had that problem before surgery anyway.

LASEK – 4 months on

Rob — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:22:31 +0000

Haven’t blogged for a while but thought it would be good to post about my eyesight. It’s now four months after surgery and everything is really clear, but..

About a month ago, for a period of about 2 weeks, my left eye was giving me seriously bad double vision. I would wake up fine but after starting work (staring at the computer screens) my vision would turn bad and stay like that for the rest of the day. I was close to calling Ultralase and saying, what’s going on?? But since then, everything has become really clear again. My vision only goes slightly off if I really stare at the screen too long or am really tired but can still see everything fine.

So I’m quite happy with the result. Another check up next month – not sure if that’s the last one or if there’s one more. Laser eye surgery should be made available to everyone. I think most people with glasses/contacts just get used to it but you don’t know what you’re missing until you get given your eyesight back!

20/20

Rob — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:02:59 +0000

It’s almost coming up to 8 weeks post LASEK operation and I had my check up this morning. I could read better than 20/20 but I’m ever so slightly long sighted now. Ultralase said that those who were previously short sighted will find that during the healing time the vision will tend back to short sightedness so I might be lucky and it will all zero out in the next month or so! Good news at least and I can definitely see an improvement in my vision. I’d say about 75% of the time it is now better than when I had glasses. My eyes are still healing and still using the eye drops. Right eye feels a bit gritty occassionally. I was given more anti-inflammatory drops because I ran out when I was in Japan so need to make up for 2 weeks of drops.

I’ve booked another check up in 3 months.

Hello 2010

Rob — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:30:00 +0000

It’s been a little while since I last blogged, so hope you all had a nice Christmas and are enjoying this new decade. This might surprise some of you but I celebrated the new year in Japan only to return back to the snowy and cold UK. It’s been a pain trying to clear the snow off my car in the morning and driving has been dangerous so I’m quite glad to see most of the snow melt today. My parent’s home (yes, still living with parents) is freezing in this weather so hoping to get some insulation installed soon – should have been done long ago.

I’ve never been in the habit of making new year’s resolutions but I decided at the end of last year to try and pursue an MBA (Master of Business Administration) to improve my managerial skills. It just seems like an appropriate thing to do at this point in my career, even if I may not be in a position to be a manager. I also want to improve my Japanese and possibly take the new JLPT N3 exam next December – still waiting for results from my last exam. What else…try and save money for my own house (been doing this for years and getting no where) and just to enjoy life e.g. travel.

My eye sight is pretty good now about 7 weeks post surgery. I’ve been glasses free, well, ever since surgery. My right eye doesn’t seem to be as sharp as my left but with both eyes combined, I can see pretty well. Been relying less and less on the eye drops which is a good thing and have another checkup this week!