okay all done, had the surgery today
the actual surgery took like 5 minutes for both eyes total, didn't really hurt at all... my vision is still a little blurry right now, it should improve in the next 3-5 days.
here is the process i went through (on surgery day) for those that wanted to know
1. get to doctor, run second round of tests
2. go to operating area, get .5mg xanax, blood pressure & heart rate monitored
3. eyelids swabbed with some iodine type stuff, forgot the name of it
4. taken over to another room outside of the surgical area
called me over to surgery
5. sat down in chair, they line you up with the laser device then move it away
(below happened for each eye)
6. doc comes in, tapes top eyelid open, sticks speculum in eye to hold it open
7. numbing drops inserted, they make you stare at a green light.. then they put this small vacuum type device on your eye to hold it in place... when it turns on everything sort of goes grey and you cant see anything... then he sticks some circular thing in there that i think he twisted... this is what cut the flap in my cornea (yes, i did feel the cut but it wasn't that bad, just strange)
8. then he puts some other drops in there, uses a cotton swab to dry up the excess
9. moves laser device over eye, tells you to stare at a red light... then he uses some tweezers to lift the cornea flap up (this was weird because after he did this everything went very blurry... the little red light i saw clearly became a huge blob)
10. laser lines you up, and turns on (it makes a clicking noise real fast)... lasts about 3-5 seconds (yes, i smelled a little bit of it)
11. flap is closed, more drops applied and thats it
20/15 now
