The Life and Times of Berta Paradise

Ok, not really. But I felt like one.

So here is my Lasik tale. I hear from many of my devoted readers (You know – all 5 of you!) that they are scared of lasik. I am too (now). I have always been pretty calm with doctors and blood, etc. When I could see them. Not knowing what was going on really freaked me out.

To take you back to yesterday’s blog entry, the first step in ‘cutting the corneal flap’ is to place a suction ring on my eye. I lost all vision at this point in the surgery. This caused a minor panic attack that even the 10mg of Valium didn’t help with. So no vision for about 1 minute while they made my ‘flap’. I was allowed to close my eyes and when I opened them, I could see the laser and nothing else. I then had to stare at the laser for 22 seconds per eye. The laser makes a clicking noise and then it is over. Finito, no big deal.

Oh wait… there was this creepy part. The part where my eyes are still propped open and they put this milky drop in. Have you ever taken a thing of half &half and poured it into a water glass? The cream swirls and expands in the glass…. Imagine this happening on your eye. The most bizarre experience.

So, it’s all over and I can see (kind of). I was a little off after the surgery (with the Valium and whatnot). I kept spilling my tea (or so Clark says!). It was about a 45 minute drive home and I sat in the passenger seat with my eyes closed, sunglasses on, and two winter jackets over my head and I still felt like I was staring into the sun. (Hence the vampire reference) I got home and took a few pics for you folks. Unfortunately, the Valium affected my steadiness more than I realized and all the pictures looked a bit like this…

ack!! Blurry. So I took some today to show off my pretty eyes:)

and my hot new sleeping goggles:

so that is my lasik tale. It was not painful, just … unsettling. I am really glad I got it done (so far). I am also really glad it worked and I don’t have to do it again…

Also, John: my sister was pretty much legally blind and she got Lasered about a month ago. There is crazy new technology and they can fix alot more these days.