Day 17 (Right), Day 7 (Left)

Yesterday was my first post-surgery, follow-up exam for my left eye. My vision is blurry for reading in both eyes, which I have been concerned about. I told the optometrist about the blurriness. She looked at my eyes with a microscope and said that I'm healing well. She said the blurriness is typical at this stage and to be patient, little grasshopper. She said that it can take up to six months for vision to stabilize after PRK. She also said that because my right eye was corrected for distance, my reading vision may remain somewhat blurry in that eye (I found this statement unsettling). But she emphasized patience. I asked her about the likelihood of needing touch-up surgery given the level of blurriness I have now. She said that it was extremely unlikely and that it wouldn't be possible to assess it until four months out.

She put a numbing drop in my left eye and removed the bandage contact lens with a metal implement that I couldn't see (tweezers, I think). The previous tech removed the bandage contact lens in my right eye with her fingers (with a little pinch) and that hurt quite a bit more and made me have a psychosomatic, germophobic moment about fingers in my eye.

In my vision exam, I was able to read about half the letters correctly on the 20/25 line with my right eye (14 days after surgery) and all the letters correctly on the 20/50 line with my left eye (5 days after surgery).

Now, keeping the advice of one of my most loyal readers in mind, I asked the optometrist about the "Must Wear Corrective Lenses" notation on my driver's license. A moment later, she handed me a little card and said I could put it in my wallet.

Thank you, Dr. Bindi.