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!

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.

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. 

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. 

Day 44 - Back at the Golf course

Went to the driving range to hit some balls for the first time of the season and for the first time after my surgery.

Both the golf shots and the vision were good. Could see the ball during the flight and when it landed even with a good drive of 250 meter. Very happy!

I am trying to compare to how I could see with fresh contact lenses before, this is quite difficult as I already forgot how it was to live with lenses and glasses. I could see good in contact lenses. My feeling, although hard to prove, is that I now can see as good as with contact lenses before, or maybe even slightly better. I guess my conclusion is that I am happy with the results so far. 

Day 35 - 1 month checkup and vision test

Day 35 - 1 month checkup and vision test

Doctor said eyes where healing good. Main healing phase now over, but it would take another 2 months for the end result. Have to continue with cortisone drops for another 2 weeks, but only morning and evening. Next checkup the 3 month checkup.

Vision test:

Could see the 20/20 line (1.0) clearly with both eyes.
Binocular I managed to read 4 out of 5 letters on the 20/16 line (1.25).

Day 21 - First day of Alpine Skiing after surgery

First day back in the alps for snowboarding. My clinic recommended to avoid mountain holidays the first 14 days post surgery so day 21 felt safe. We were lucky with the weather and had extremely strong sunshine. I made sure to use gold googles with 100% UV protection. In general all went fine but sometimes the light felt too strong, even through the googles. 

I had the feeling that I could see further then any time earlier in my life, this was awesome !

We went skiing also day 22, but luckily we had a lot of fog so the eyes got to rest a bit. I still made sure to use googles or sunglasses all the time though, well aware that UV rays penetrates both fog and clouds.