For those of you out there wondering where I’ve been lately…

Does anyone out there have the personal experience of having gravel in their eyes? I’d like to compare notes, you see.

I left for laser eye surgery about two weeks ago, and only just got back. The specific surgery I received was PRK, which I can’t say from personal experience as being more painful, but it sure seemed that way when I’m sitting in a darkened optometry office waiting to see the doctor with all the other people who got the same kind of surgery. And, of course, all the people who got LASIK are all parading around all happy about how good their eyes are now. But the PRKers are all groaning in pain, a most incredibly uncomfortable experience and I’d certainly hate to repeat it, at the same time though, I am quite happy to have gone ahead with the surgery.

Those of you out there with decent eyesight probably don’t understand exactly why those with glasses will put up with pain just to have what you were given from birth. I wore corrective lenses for over eighteen years, between itchy contacts and scratched up glasses, I can honestly say that I got very tired of it all. Without those lenses, I couldn’t count the fingers on my outstretched hand…

And if you’re curious about the surgery itself, well let’s get the down and gritty. Imagine first, someone taking a miniture powered buffing machine and using it to take the protective coating off your eye, pointing a laser at you while you watch the smoke drift up off your own eye, then experiencing three days of incredible pain that feels vaguely like gravel in your eyes. And this is not to mention the headaches or light sensitivity, which is also quite an interesting experience, I might add.

So, people asked me when I got back how the surgery went. Eh, not bad. It had it’s moments.

Next week, I’ll be going through the New Mexico concealed carry course, so I’ll be sure to leave an update on that.

Posted in uncategorized on February 9th, 2005 by Fox | RSS 2.0 |