RSStest scan results is a go!
Jun 03
Yesterday we went to the Asian Eye Institute for a LASIK screening exam. If you have not yet visited it, getting a LASIK treatment is included in my wishlist.
Anyway, after a few gruelling (or make it stomach grumbling) 3.5 hours, the medical team in the institute deemed me qualified for the procedure so I have scheduled a treatment next Friday. My vision is still blurry due to the dilation but I can now read printed text when using my glasses. Last night I was kinda worried because even if I can read without my glasses, putting them on makes the texts look blurry. Reading far and large texts is not an issue though. One peeve is my eyes seems to be more sensitive to light since the tests yesterday.
The tests yesterday seems a gamut of eye-drops, looking at a far-away object through a special machine, and the dreaded eye-dryness test. The dryness test involves the eye doctor putting some mild eye anaesthesia (this should have been warning enough) and then slipping two thin slips of paper in each lateral tear duct which happens to be conveniently located under each eyeball (yeoowww!!!). I had to look forward for three minutes while two strips of paper happily protrudes from my lower eyelid. grrr….
My wife asked me if I am not scared about the procedure. Of course I am scared, only stupid people claim they are no scared if something valuable (like eyesight) is on the line. But I am fed up with my dependency with my eyeglasses and not being able to enjoy activities like going to the beach and swimming because I have to protect my glasses. I also dislike going to the optical shop whenever some screws in my eyeglasses became lost, or if my eyeglass frame needs replacement because I somehow crunched it between two hard/heavy places.
Here is to having a better eyesight next week. A 20/20 vision would be nice but I can settle for a grade that woudl allow me to see something from far away without scrambling for my eyepiece. 🙂
ciao!
Jun 11, 2007 @ 01:48:45
Wishing you the best of luck! I had my eyes done back in 1996 (American Eye Center). I swear, going from +4.75/+5.25 to near-normal was the best graduation gift I ever got. 😀
Jun 11, 2007 @ 01:50:27
Darn akismet! For some odd reason, it’s been treating my comments everywhere as comment-spam. 😛
As I was saying earlier:
“Wishing you the best of luck! I had my eyes done back in 1996 (American Eye Center). I swear, going from +4.75/+5.25 to near-normal was the best graduation gift I ever got. :D”
Jun 11, 2007 @ 12:02:53
hi thg,
thanks for the heads up. i reviewed the akismet spam traps and unspammed your previous comment. hopefully it would help in increasing your non-spam status with akismet. 🙂
the procedure went relatively well. im almost 20/20 but the eye surgeon had to reopen my flap because of some foreign material that they prefer to remove. good thing the whole procedure is painless even if a bit unnerving.
ciao!