Doing real well. Good job on it, no needles, just eyedrops, one iv, which is a piffle, and stare straight at the light, which is real, real bright. <\/p>\n
Of course you have doubts—I’m pretty possessive about the body parts I was born with, but the new one is functioning well. Only real pain was the incision pain after surgery, managed with 2 Advil—about like getting soap in your eye level pain—and the fact you have one eye dilated a whole lot, and the other not.<\/p>\n
The new lens is set for distance, and it’s already way sharper than the other one. Still having a little filmy (too much light) effect, but I’m real happy.<\/p>\n
Most of the time (3-4 hours) was waiting. The operation itself is about ten minutes. They hand you a bottle of oj and a plastic eye shield and tell you come back tomorrow (for the followup exam.) Now one eye sees in slightly browned tones and one eye (the new one) sees brilliant whites.<\/p>\n
It’s a wonderful age we live in. Now I’m under don’t-bend-over restriction and no lifting anything heavier than a milk bottle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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