Glasses to Contacts Update

[Texas Aggie]

I'll admit it: I'm a bit of a chicken.

Pain doesn't bother me. I've had back trouble for years and know what real pain is. But I've had this admittedly weird issue all my life where I can't stand anything like a pencil or similar sharp object pointing at my eye. It could be 3 feet away and still bug me. When I'm at dinner and have a straw in my drink, I move it to where it is pointing the other direction after I've taken a sip!

I'm just a bit worried about how the laser will compound that.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

I'll admit it: I'm a bit of a chicken.

Pain doesn't bother me. I've had back trouble for years and know what real pain is. But I've had this admittedly weird issue all my life where I can't stand anything like a pencil or similar sharp object pointing at my eye. It could be 3 feet away and still bug me. When I'm at dinner and have a straw in my drink, I move it to where it is pointing the other direction after I've taken a sip!

I'm just a bit worried about how the laser will compound that.

Well, I'd been a contact lens wearer for 15 years before having it done, so I was used to messing with my eyes. It's a little stressful and strange - but it doesn't hurt and they hop you up on vicodin before sending you in so everything is happy.

I was in and out of surgery in 15-20 minutes at around 11:30, slept for a few hours, and by 6:30 that evening was seeing absolutely fine. 20/15 vision in both eyes the next morning after not being able to see the "E" on the vision check and, other than some dryness for the first two weeks, absolutely no problems since.