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Hooked said:This is good news! I had read elsewhere that it would be 2-3 week before returning to light work and up to 3 months for any work involving heavy lifting. So this isn't the case? Is there anything that needs to be avoided post op?
Hooked said:That's good to hear.
Just got a phone call, I'm going in on Thursday for the laser. :shock:
Hooked said:Made it through the laser yesterday, though the specialist stopped it a little early as he could see I was in pain with it from the get go. (Wimp that I am!) Eyesight still quite blurred today and needing sunglasses (but it's a sunny day here anyway). Heading out tonight so put some makeup on. You could have scraped me off the ceiling when I when to put some eyeshadow on with the brush, OUCH! :crazy: Didn't realise the eye would be so sensitive to the touch. Gonna be fun washing it off later on!
I'm due back in 2 weeks for the next round.
cowmigator said:Not as bad as me! I found it so uncomfortable I had to be put to sleep!
Lucypieee said:I had laser treatment 2 years ago, it was on a Friday, so I had the weekend before working, however, I could have easily returned to work the following day.
I felt uncomfortable for the Friday, slight headache etc. but there was no lasting discomfort and certainly nothing that lasted more than a few hours.
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noblehead said:No your not a wimp as the laser surgery can be uncomfortable, when you next have the surgery take some pain killers an hour before, my Ophthalmologist said it was fine to do so if it made the procedure more comfortable.
Hooked said:It def took me till last night/today to feel someway back towards normal. My eye was weeping loads this morning, but it's calmed down as the day has gone on, apart from visual disturbance to the right hand side I feel ok now.
Hooked said:It def took me till last night/today to feel someway back towards normal. My eye was weeping loads this morning, but it's calmed down as the day has gone on, apart from visual disturbance to the right hand side I feel ok now.
czj said:Hooked said:It def took me till last night/today to feel someway back towards normal. My eye was weeping loads this morning, but it's calmed down as the day has gone on, apart from visual disturbance to the right hand side I feel ok now.
I'm glad to hear you are feeling nearly back to normal (particularly since I said laser isn't a big deal ).
Thinking back to my first lot of laser, which was pretty high powered I think, I had something unexpected happen, which I will mention just in case it happens to you. About a week after the session I got black dots in my eye. Little dots, spread fairly evenly round my eye (but not 500 of them, though I had had 500 shots). I guessed they were scarring/healing, and not knowing what to expect I wondered if I might have them for ever. The good news was that they went away after a week or so.
Hope the disturbance on your rhs settles soon.