Eye surgery done

[xela]

So laser surgery, at least in this case, consists of me, in my street clothes, sitting in a chair, leaning forward with my chin in a chinrest, my forehead against another restraint, my surgeon sitting across from me, looking into what sure looks like a stereo microscope, and her assistant beside me, holding my head steady. All while I do my best to keep looking at a too-dim LED a few inches in front of my face, against the glare of two quite bright red LEDs which are presumably for targeting the laser.

Dr. Jurkunas says it went well, but we'll probably want to do one more procedure down the road. My follow-up appointment is Jan. 21; in the mean time I'm free to go, though I'm going to hold off til the pupil dilation wears off some more.

Meanwhile, I just want to say that open wireless vastly improves medical waiting rooms.

Comments

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

Ewwwh! I hope your eye is ok after all that rigmarole.

[sammason.livejournal.com]

Wow! I was expecting your surgery to be a far bigger deal than this. Do you have any residual pain? How's your eyesight now or do you have to wait for the results to be clear?

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

No pain at all, save that some of the eyedrops caused a slight burning sensation. The dilation finished wearing off about an hour ago (roughly 7 hours post surgery), and the world looks sharp and clear.

And I just now performed the experiment of looking at a dim light in a dark room: no ghosting!

[sammason.livejournal.com]

That's so great! Sounds like the op worked.

[dcltdw]

Open wireless makes me wonder about firesheep or whatever the browser exploit is.

Woo for laser surgery. :)

[bluedaisy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That sounds way easy.