Lasik- PRK?? Maybe both!

No more glasses!

My sweet goggles I have to sleep in for a few nights My dark mysterious glasses I have to wear for a few weeks

A little over 2 weeks ago at Girls Camp I ripped my last contact. I had to start wearing my glasses, which I like other than the fact they make my eyes and a portion of my face look smaller. Well I was telling Adam that I had to find a new eye doctor out here in D.C so I could get some contacts and he suggested that I look into Lasik. I've been wanting to get it and this seemed like a good time to do it. I went in on Friday for Lasik. All my exams they took said I was in the normal range with good eye pressure and most importantly thick corneas! It is normally a 15 minute procedure but I was there for a little longer(about an hour)! I ended up getting Lasik in my right eye and a different procedure PRK done in my left eye. For Lasik they put a little suction device on your eye and then they laser a flap. They put they eye retractors in and made it wider and wider till it was digging into my cheekbone and I thought my eye was going to tear. They pushed and pushed that suction onto my eye, It would suction but not hold for very long. They started the laser to make the flap and with 3 seconds left it came off. So more pressure of trying to get that suction on! Again and again! haha Luckily they got it on for the last few seconds and we were able to finish with the laser treatment. Then my left eye......over and over they would put that suction on and it when it would hold it only lasted for a few seconds. I ended up having to wait in the lobby for a while and they said well we can try again or you can go with PRK. They tried the suction thing again but because of my eye size, shape, and bone structure, and inflammation from all the attempts to get it on my eye it was not going to happen. So I got PRK (photorefractive keratectomy).PRK is performed with an excimer laser, which uses a cool ultraviolet light beam to precisely remove tiny bits of tissue from the surface of the cornea in order to reshape it. With PRK, the corneal epithelium is removed and discarded, allowing the cells to regenerate after the surgery. It has a longer healing process but has the same result, eventually. The procedure is distinct from LASIK (Laser-Assisted in-Situ Keratomileusis), a form of laser eye surgery where a permanent flap is created in the deeper layers of the cornea. So that is why my eyes look so bad! My Doctor said it would take about a month for the blood to clear up. Hopefully it will clear up soon so I can go back to nursery without scaring them! I am so grateful for my family here! While Adam is gone they come visit me, bring me lunch and dinner and help clean my house! Thank you so much!