Samstag, 30. Mai 2015

2.5 months day

Today marks the 2.5
Months day since surgery. Vision-wise my vision is very stable and feels equal or better to my vision with newly fitted contact lenses. My only problem is that my eyes still are a bit dry - taking tear drops every 2 hours. Hope this will get better soon!

Dienstag, 12. Mai 2015

2 months day


Today is exactly two months since my trans-PRK surgery.

Generally I would say my vision is stable and good. The only "problem" I have is that I still have to use tear drops during the day, especially in the office. I have a feeling this gets better and better though, i.e. less and less drops.

My vision is sharp and I can work with my 8 computer screens in 2 rows without any problems in the office.

Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2015

Day 55

Today was the fourth morning I woke up without taking steroid drops. First two days without felt weird, like the eyes felt swollen and more dry then usual. It all turned around day 3 though, could go down to dropping tear drops every 3 hours or so and this morning I woke up without feeling very dry in my eyes, just a bit dry. Let's hope this is a trend, if so, I expect to stop using tear drops altogether around the 3 month mark. 

Sonntag, 3. Mai 2015

Day 52 - first day without Steroid drops

Today I stop with steroid drops ...which is great as I now only have the tear drops left. At the one month checkup the doctor told me she thought I would need tear drops for about 3 months, until tear channels and nerves are healed. This is yet to be seen, but I have feeling the eyes get less and less dry.

Before the surgery I didn't really have a problem with dry eyes. I could have the contacts in the office from about 10 to and leave them in to I went to bed around 23. I usually had glasses 7 to 10 to give the eyes some air. I had problems when I drunk alcohole though, after 3-5 drinks my eyes got really dry and started to run tears. This problem is completely gone now after the surgery. I do have to drop tears a bit more often when I drink though.

The tears I use are a preservation free tear called "Protagent SE". It is quite expensive but the surgery came with a "free medicine first year" package so I get  any amount I need for free first 12 months. By then I hopefully don't need any more artificial tears, time will tell.