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Originally Posted by Juneplum
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no question is too stupid - especially concerning your eyes!
you can't blink as the suction ring is over and around your eyeball, so even if you wanted to blink, you can't. with the suction ring/cup you feel pressure, but it doesn't hurt - it's a little uncomfortable but it's bearable...
i forgot to add - your vision goes dark for about 2 seconds once the flap is cut, then it comes back. it's really neat that you can see all of the surgery take place but not feel anything.. you see the lights of the laser reshaping the cornea, but you feel NADA!!! all in all it was a very cool experience and like i sad, the worst part is right after up until you get home and can sleep it off.. that part SUCKS DONKEY BALLS!!!!
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I just wanted to say.. I was supposed to go in and get that one done.. the flap cut.. the healing times for the two are much different as I was instructed one way and then the other .. half way drugged up (my husband was there listening to it and making fun of my new paper hat and shoes)
anyways mine was a bit different.. I went there.. they re scanned my eye and found I could go for the laser as apposed to the flap. I forget what they gave me but anyways it really did a number on me..(it was some sort of sleeping pill I believe) I was saying to my doctor that I was fine and I needed more, but in reality I was out of it (according to the nurses .. the doctor and my husband) but anyways.. they give you a nice cap and paper shoes.. I forget what for.. but anyway, you go in and lay down on the bench and they will move you almost under the thing for your eye and right before doing so put this thing around your eye so that you can not blink at all.. then well for me it got a little loud but there was a number of flashing lights for about 20 seconds that I was to focus in on and then another number of lights to look away from and then it was over for that one eye.. and the doctor wiped it off .. it was really weird because.. I could see the wiping tool but I couldn't feel it at all. thus the same went the same with the other eye.
I dont know what my vision was before I went in.. all I know is I needed to wear glasses to drive.. to read and well in class so I could read the board.. now I'm at above 20/20
healing.. I was sent home with the normal packet of stuff.. I found the tape on goggles to be a nightmare and a half.. I was crying when having to take the tape off my face.. a lesson learned after a few days was.. baby oil.. if you use that.. it takes taking it off very easy.. as well as the stuff the tape leaves behind.. you cant use eyeliner for.. my doctor said 3 - 4 days.. and then I was able to on day 5 and got the ok.. however I wouldn't suggest it.. just because at that point your putting in so many eye drops whats the point really right?
later that day after my surgery (I got it done at 1pm and was out around 2ish I believe.. I was bouncing around and annoying everybody (my husband and my parents) around 4 and 5 (after a long nap)
following .. you need to wear goggles in the shower.. and at night to sleep in.. the shower was the hardest for me.. because it made washing my hair very hard to do... luckly for me I went to the salon a few times.. and well just had them do a wash dry and style for me at a discountcount rate (I asked and explained why before hand and got the thumbs up) my leeway for the shower goggles was 10 days.. and boy was I happy when that time was up.. for the first.. 3 -4 days.. during the day I did have same light halos and at night it was bad.. but they have since cleared up perfectly so nothing to worry about
one thing I would say is that my eyes were a bit more itchy after words for a few months and more sensetive to all things around me.. including but not limited to.. smoke.. dog hair (I've always been a little allergic but thats the only time I've ever had any problem) dry wind.. forgetting to put my eye drops in once and a while.. spraying my face with nose drops (didnt hurt.. just felt weird) I'm sure there is other things I'm forgetting ... but I had this done in march of 07 and right now.. I'm having no trouble at all and the dog hasn't bugged me since that first month
one thing I would suggest that saved me some money is look to costco for your eyedrops,the vials I believe are less there.. and the bottles (which is what I use.. easier to find in your purse) they cost a bit less then 20.. and a dollar or so more at target (or at least do so in my area)
the eye surgery its self (the one where they cut the flap) as 4k and the laser was quite a bit more.. aftercare with a different doctor incuded... (I went to a private doctor. and I wont say his name in here but if anybody from my area is looking for a great eye center drop me a pm and I'll be sure to give you all the info)
my last word is.. if you are thinking about it.. get it done it will be the best money you ever spend, if I had to do it again I would in a heartbeat.
no question is too stupid - especially concerning your eyes!
you can't blink as the suction ring is over and around your eyeball, so even if you wanted to blink, you can't. with the suction ring/cup you feel pressure, but it doesn't hurt - it's a little uncomfortable but it's bearable... 
