Yes I went for it. Did the scary cut out a flap in your eye thing that makes everyone cringe just thinking about it. For a former contact wearer, it honestly wasn’t bad at all. If you wear contacts you are most likely used to poking around with your eye, you can probably put your contacts on without a mirror and those frequent eye visits are just another exam anymore.

The procedure itself was like 15 minutes for both eyes. No pain whatsoever. I was mildly uncomfortable the first day but I did wear sunglasses they provided so I know that helped ease my discomfort. I’m one month post op at this point, and this is what I have to share.

1. each eye might not feel the same. My right eye was more hazy, blurry for like a week afterwards. It made me really nervous because that was the eye that my contacts always seemed to give trouble to. I do have mild astigmatism but I don’t recall which eye was worse. Currently both are eyes are seeing the same. My vision is 20/15 in both eyes (I was seriously blind before this) so it was SUCH a miracle to have such perfect vision after a 15 min procedure.

2. Dry eyes. I was told it’s common, can affect everyone and can go away within days or last for months or years. What I didn’t expect is how it actually felt. When you say dry you think no tears, gritty, maybe itchy. My eyes at times felt lazy. It felt like my muscles were working slower and took longer to adjust. This FREAKED me out but the ophthalmologist reassured me that they healed well, and that I need to start using lubricating eye drops throughout the day. I began noticing things like forced hot air, heat, dry conditions really affected them so it made sense that it was related to dry eyes. 2 weeks later I’m not using lubricating eye drops 2-3 times a day and lubricating gel at night and it’s really been helping. I’ve been using systane eye lubricating drops, that’s what was recommended and they work so well. I’ve tried numerous artificial tears and drops in the past with my contacts and nothing gave me relief like this does.

3. Eye fatigue. I know it’s all part of the healing process, but my eyes felt heavy, strained like they worked out, for at least the first 2 weeks. I read my books at night in bed and it’s harder to do now because I feel like I have to focus harder to read and it causes eye strain and fatigue and I end up passing out sooner than I used to. I was told this can take time to adjust, but also maybe I will start using a brighter night light for reading.

All in all, I’m SO happy that I got lasik done. Besides the minor things above, it’s such a blessing to be able to wake up, and go to sleep being able to see EVERYTHING. I think what finally motivated to get this done now is thinking, what am I going to do 20 years or 40 years from now? I can’t imagine being 80 and wearing contacts and I certainly don’t want to wear glasses everyday. I honestly wish I got this done 10 years ago.

– Inna