23.5 months

23.5 months today - not much new to report. Trying a new Type of Systane drop and a spray called "Tears again". I have a feeling they work pretty good, I drop quite infrequent. Will make a larger update here after I pass the 2 year mark.

22 months update

So, more then 22 months have passed since my TransPRK eye laser surgery. Not much changes to report since my 21 month update, I still see very good and I use even less lubricating eye drops compared to one month ago. I think I am starting to get my nerve recovery status back over some threshold where I soon don't need to drop any more. Compared to the same time one year ago, I am dropping significantly less. Getting more and more happy with my decision to do this surgery.

Next update in a month.

21 months update

11 days late with this one and now it's Christmas Eve so I make it quick. Nothing much changed since last month, only thing is that I drop a bit less lubrication drops, but I am still using that. Still hoping it will all be fine at 24 months. Merry Christmas !

20 months update

Now at 20 months, still nothing really new to report. Same story as at 19, still seeing very good, and still dropping some lubricating drop. Winter is coming here now, generally with drier air, will be interesting to compare my drop frequency this winter compared to a year ago, expect it to be lower. More on this in my 21-24 months reports.

19 months

At 19 months now - no real news to report. Dropping a bit less artificial tear drops versus at 18 months, otherwise all the same. 

18 months - 1.5 years

Today is a big day! It's 1.5 years since I did my TransPRK eye laser surgery. This means that on average it's only 6 months left until my corneal nerve endings are fully recovered. At the moment I would be on 40 + 0.75 * 60 = 85% of my original nerve count, assuming linear recovery.

So how are my eyes and my sight ? Actually very good. Vision is still excellent, didn't do any test since the 1 year day but I would say it's unchanged - around 1.25 on the decimal scale and 20/16 on the scale used in the US. So far all good.

How about the dryness ? This month I can actually report a significant improvement over 15m day. I drop much much less. I think soon I will not need lubricating drops anymore. Since I drop much less I have also decided to switch from the expensive preservative free drops (first picture) to the much cheaper version of the same drop with preservatives (second picture).

Ok good folks ! Until 17 months 

17 months update

So now is 17 months and 3 days since I did my TransPRK eye laser surgery ! Actually not much to report today, will report more on the 1.5 year (18 months update). The only thing I can report today is that I still see very good and that I drop less lubricating drops compared to the 16 months day. In kind of naturally declines, sometimes I even find myself forcing myself to drop Ayer realizing I didn't drop for a couple of hours, better one drop too much then one too little I would say. I am still waiting for the day I just "forgot to drop" as a result of feeling zero dryness over the whole office day , let's see when and if it comes .