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March 11, 2006
On the Recovery Road - 28 Days Later
Paying homage to one of my favourite movies of all time, this is the 28th days after my laser eye surgery.
My vision continues to improve. Right eye, as expected, is fantastic. Left eye, still not so great :) I _think_ it still have the same level of astigmatism (cyl 2.5 at 73 degree) from last week, but that's just a guess. In fact I'm a bit wary that it's regressing even more, because when I compare left and the right vision I can really see the difference, especially under low light condition. Until we do a refraction I won't know, so I guess nothing to wory about at this stage.
My day vision is great, it is not 6/6 (yet - I hope) but it's great. I'm loving it, I can't wait until I hit the surf in a few weeks time! Unfortunately my night vision is where I can *really* feel that cyl 2.5 on the left eye. As the light goes down, so does the vision quality.
One thing that I notice recently is the contrast that I'm seeing, both day and night. Because I've been wearing glasses for so long I've always seen the world through that glass. Often glasses get oily, scratches, dirt to make it a bit blurry. Even in a brand new glasses there is still that piece of glass in front of your eyes. Without the glasses I'm seeing all of the colour of my surounding with a new wonder. I start noticing how metallic is the fan next to my desk, how green is the tree at the back of my place, and how city lights are truly fantastic. Seeing without the looking glass is simply amazing.
Last Sunday over a BBQ, I had a chat with my optometrist friend and he said that my left soft lens bandage popped off is the most likely source of complications on the left eye. It's really interesting that out of 10 people who were there, 5 (including me) had had refractive eye surgery done. One person opted to use intra-ocular lense rather than laser eye surgery. One girl is now wearing glasses again after the surgery because of the regression. Fortunately her perscription now is much better than her old's one.
Yeah regression sucks, and she is a living proof that it does happen. I can only hope that it won't happen to me.
Posted by vhadiant at March 11, 2006 08:00 AM
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