I started the year off with a new experience: This past Thursday (1/3) I put my eyeballs through LASIK surgery. And, I'm happy to say, it went pretty well. Since I'm over 40 and consequently, have that same afliction of Presbyopia that all of us old-timers have, the doc set my dominant (left) eye to handle distance vision and my right eye is set for reading. As of my followup appointment on Friday, my combined vision is 20/20. Not bad eh?
The procedure was certainly an interesting experience. The entire thing, for both eyes, probably didn't take more than 15-20 minutes. I can't really describe what they did as I wasn't exactly in the position to be making outside observations. However, Sharla was allowed to watch from the observation window. Maybe she'll post an entry sometime.
Of course, there was a little pain involved. But not as much as one would fear. I think the two things that hurt the most were:
- There were several bright lights shining directly in my eye while I was being lined up.
- There was quite a bit a pressure being applied when the various contraptions were being placed on each eye.
I was offered a Valium prior to the operation and as I told the nurse about half way though the first eye: I was glad I took it!!! However, I'm really not certain if it was a light dose or a placebo.
The world was certainly a major blur for a couple of hours. However, after a bit of a nap, I was back in shape enough to watch the last 3 quarters of the Jayhawk victory in Miami. Obviously my eyes weren't quite up to snuff though as I thought I saw Mex strumming a guitar along with ZZ Top at halftime.
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