So this week, I have had my second appointment after the first surgery. All is well, and in fact, I cannot wear my current glasses to drive anymore, the correction for distance in the left eye bothers me. Neither can I read through them, the left eye doesn't correct enough for reading, and the right is still blurry because I haven't had the second surgery yet. SO, I now have some reading glasses from Target to tide me over. They are 1.5 magnification, so about the weakest ones out there, but they work great. I now own the first pairs of non-prescription sunglasses I have had since I was 15.
After the second surgery, which will take place on the 15th, I will have to wait until the eyes get completely healed and settled down, and see where we are as regards glasses. I may well end up with progressives again, just to make sure I can see both computer and reading material, and not have to put on and take off glasses all the time!
After the second surgery, which will take place on the 15th, I will have to wait until the eyes get completely healed and settled down, and see where we are as regards glasses. I may well end up with progressives again, just to make sure I can see both computer and reading material, and not have to put on and take off glasses all the time!
I am also determined this week, while I am free of physical restrictions before the next surgery, to get my exercise level up , and my diet back under control. The surgery isn't as traumatic as I feared, so, no more "comfort food." Gotta get back on the healthy road.
Two weeks later...
I have just had the surgery on my right eye. It feels more irritated to me than the left did. Could be because I mowed the lawn yesterday and exposed myself to a whole bunch more irritants than usual...
Anyway. Doing all right so far with just regular sunglasses and my reading glasses. Will know more in a few weeks when the right eye heals and we can see better how things will shake out.
My weight is still up, and so of course, my blood pressure was higher this time out. It came down satisfactorily, though. I probably just made it worse, because I drank coffee with my belated breakfast from McDonald's. At any rate, I am back to four times a day for two of the eyedrops, at least in my right eye, and I have drops that go in the left, too, for at least another day or two. The right eye will get the twice a day step down in about a week.
I still feel kind of blasted from the sedative they gave me. I need to sleep a little, since I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night. Just wasn't sleepy , for some reason.
I have just had the surgery on my right eye. It feels more irritated to me than the left did. Could be because I mowed the lawn yesterday and exposed myself to a whole bunch more irritants than usual...
Anyway. Doing all right so far with just regular sunglasses and my reading glasses. Will know more in a few weeks when the right eye heals and we can see better how things will shake out.
My weight is still up, and so of course, my blood pressure was higher this time out. It came down satisfactorily, though. I probably just made it worse, because I drank coffee with my belated breakfast from McDonald's. At any rate, I am back to four times a day for two of the eyedrops, at least in my right eye, and I have drops that go in the left, too, for at least another day or two. The right eye will get the twice a day step down in about a week.
I still feel kind of blasted from the sedative they gave me. I need to sleep a little, since I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night. Just wasn't sleepy , for some reason.
I will write more tomorrow after my post-op appointment.
This is actually Thursday, the day after my post-op appointment. The right eye had more scar tissue in it than the left, one reason for it being more irritable than the left eye was. So far, everything looks fabulous. The pressures in my eyes were down to 11 and 12 yesterday morning. (Would be a little higher today perhaps, because I had coffee with my brunch).
Sometimes, the reading glasses aren't good enough, but that is usually when faced with small type in poor light. The waiting for things to get stable enough to do a refraction for new glasses is going to get on my nerves, no doubt. The enforced inactivity also gets on my nerves. I can do a bit more tomorrow, but I'm still supposed to take it easy today. Makes me feel worn out and sleepy. Makes my body ache because it isn't moving enough.
This has been quite an experience so far, will be interesting to see where I end up...
