Today is the worst day for sure. I cried twice today, which
compared to yesterday is an extreme difference. Today it feels like my eyes are
burning. It is very difficult to open them and they are extremely sensitive to
sunlight. After I laid down for an hour or so I was able to get back up and eat
dinner with my sunglasses on and even took N for a walk. I wore a hat and
sunglasses, which really helped my sensitivity to light. Its not painful per
se, but more just really constantly uncomfortable, constantly stinging.
Today is also my worst as far as vision is concerned.
Everything is much blurrier. In fact, I’m typing this with my eyes closed and
will go back and proofread later, but I didn’t want to forget how things felt
in the moment. {Pain level on a scale of 0-10 is probably a five or six. Yeah,
a six.
I am off work tomorrow and very anxious at this point for
things to feel better and be able to see better.
Ow.
Day 3.5 – 4
I woke up at 3am Monday morning in HORRIBLE pain (Had the surgery Friday morning). After all
this I’ve celebrated the fact that there wasn’t a ton of pain and it was only
mildly annoying, but with this I would say it was a 9 out of 10 in pain and
discomfort. In that moment I in no way thought this whole thing was worth
it. I broke out the ‘only use in
case of emergency’ numbing drop and numbed my eyes. This was a HUGE relief, but
the doctor told me not to use it unless I couldn’t stand it because it
keeps things from progressing a bit. So it was an hour of pain before I gave
in.
I made it until 6am when I called my doctor on his cell phone
crying. He asked if I had anything for pain and to use the numbing drops again.
Fortunately I had oxycodone from my delivery and he said take one and go to
sleep, to call when I woke up. I
was a little mad that he didn’t say, ‘Rush in, let me take a look!’. But I did
what he said and amazingly when I woke up the pain was gone, I mean literally
zero. Strange thing, but he knew what he was talking about. He said it was not
a typical response, but that it sounded like the exact spot the cornea was
healing was a painful one (maybe he said a nerve? Or in my line of sight? I
can’t remember).
The rest of the day today (Monday) went by fine. Vision was
pretty blurry, but using the ipad I was able to zoom in HUGE and check facebook :).
Ben dressed N today while I was laid up in bed, navy, red stripes and green/blue plaid. Precious :)
Day 5 (Tuesday)
No make up for one more week, I was trying to get a pic of my necklace so I could share it with the person who made it.
But here I am waiting on the dr, with NO glasses on, hurray!
Today was my first follow-up appointment. As the doctor said
I could, I drove myself to his office (about 35 miles) very warily. I could see
the road fine, but signs and things were still blurry. I went slow and stayed
in the same lane. All was fine. At the office, he checked my vision (a very
hard to believe 20/30) and corneas, said everything was healing well and
removed the contacts. It was a huge relief to have them out, but immediately
made my eyes VERY sensitive to light. I couldn’t even open them. Fortunately,
that lasted only a few minutes and he sent me on my way.
I am certain that after removing the contacts my vision went
from the said 20/30 to something HORRIBLE! I left though and sat in my car a
few minutes thinking about what to do. I didn’t have anyone within 50 miles who
could come and get me and the doctor said I was legal to drive. The very scary
part is thinking there are other people on the road who drive with this vision!
Anyways, I drove, but trust me, it was not fun. I was very nervous, but knew if
I went slow, I knew my way home well enough. I could see the road and other
vehicles, but everything was very very blurry.
I ended up calling work and telling them to change my half
day to a whole day, that I didn’t think it was a great idea to drive the hour
and 15 minutes from the dr. office to school. I made it home and immediately
went to sleep hoping my eyes would heal some more.
Sure enough I woke up about 3 hours later and my eyes were
even better. I’m pretty sure sleeping is the key to all of the healing. My eyes
currently are the best yet. They are still fuzzy, but I have moments of
clarity. I can occasionally read the guide on the TV which I have not been able
to do since having the surgery. I am not taking any more days off work (I can’t
believe I’ve taken 3 days off to begin with) so I am hoping when I wake up
tomorrow I’ll be able to see even BETTER!
My next appointment is in 3 weeks. I’ll update tomorrow.
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