Ok the laser surgery, some said they wanted to know how I went on and it also maybe help others in the future.
Before I went I was petrified, I'd already been to the docotor who was going to do the surgery to kind of gain confidence but even so when I went this morning I was still scared. So this is from start to finish.
I got there at 10:45 my appointment was at 11:00, the nurse was the first to see me to put some drops in my eyes, the same ones that they use for the exams, the ones that open your eyes up a bit. Anyway had to wait for like 20 minutes before they took effect, like I say just like the eye exam they do. After waiting for the 20 minutes and a very nervous 20 minutes as I didn't know what was about to happen, the doctor then brought me in where he explained what was going and then you sign the waiver form then it's on with the op.
He starts off by putting a couple more drops in your eye to kind of numb it (it was my right eye he did), it actually doesn't make your eye feel any different. He then puts what I can only describe as part of the telescope you look into onto your eye, you can't feel it and honestly it's fine. You then put your head in your headrest and he fires the laser, you feel nothing honest the only way you know he's doing something is the little flash of light and a small black spot he does this for 5 or 6 times then it's over.
I know some will still be scared about it but honest there is no worry at all, he even told me that my left eye may need doing but he'd see me in a couple of months I'm fine with that. He asked me how I felt about it all as he remembered I was worried about it previously about it, I told him the truth I felt as though I worried about nothing.
In ending I know it's a scarey thing to go through but honestly my op was to close a leak and it was nothing, you'll walk out wondering what you was worried about I know I did, actually felt a bit foolish to be honest.
ps I was out at 11:35, from when the nurse saw me at around 11:05 to the finish it took 30 minutes and most of that was taken waiting for the drops to react, the op itself takes about 1-2 minutes.
pps Westie2 gave advice about taking painkillers before hand, I did and I haven't felt any pain during or after the op so I'd go with that advice also, alo take sunglasses especially in this weather.
Before I went I was petrified, I'd already been to the docotor who was going to do the surgery to kind of gain confidence but even so when I went this morning I was still scared. So this is from start to finish.
I got there at 10:45 my appointment was at 11:00, the nurse was the first to see me to put some drops in my eyes, the same ones that they use for the exams, the ones that open your eyes up a bit. Anyway had to wait for like 20 minutes before they took effect, like I say just like the eye exam they do. After waiting for the 20 minutes and a very nervous 20 minutes as I didn't know what was about to happen, the doctor then brought me in where he explained what was going and then you sign the waiver form then it's on with the op.
He starts off by putting a couple more drops in your eye to kind of numb it (it was my right eye he did), it actually doesn't make your eye feel any different. He then puts what I can only describe as part of the telescope you look into onto your eye, you can't feel it and honestly it's fine. You then put your head in your headrest and he fires the laser, you feel nothing honest the only way you know he's doing something is the little flash of light and a small black spot he does this for 5 or 6 times then it's over.
I know some will still be scared about it but honest there is no worry at all, he even told me that my left eye may need doing but he'd see me in a couple of months I'm fine with that. He asked me how I felt about it all as he remembered I was worried about it previously about it, I told him the truth I felt as though I worried about nothing.
In ending I know it's a scarey thing to go through but honestly my op was to close a leak and it was nothing, you'll walk out wondering what you was worried about I know I did, actually felt a bit foolish to be honest.
ps I was out at 11:35, from when the nurse saw me at around 11:05 to the finish it took 30 minutes and most of that was taken waiting for the drops to react, the op itself takes about 1-2 minutes.
pps Westie2 gave advice about taking painkillers before hand, I did and I haven't felt any pain during or after the op so I'd go with that advice also, alo take sunglasses especially in this weather.
