Tis better to see than not to see …. that is not in question. Today I am four days post Zyoptix PRK laser surgery. I was born with wonky eyes that just got wonkier as I aged, to the point where at age 50 not only was I not able to determine the features on a person who stood a couple of feet from me but also my ability to read was being attacked due to the aging process. It was time to upgrade my glasses for a cost of about $600 to $800 yet again or to take advantage of the opportunity to have my eyes repaired with the technology that is now available. The surgery would essentially remove some tissue and voila I would see objects in the distance just as well as a person with no vision issues. The trade-off would be that any near sightedness that I had left would essentially be blitzed.

I can see. I could see the next day actually. The day of the surgery, post surgery was tolerable; as the next day arrived the eyes felt better. To describe it accurately would be to say that for those people who have been able to wear contact lenses and did wear them for hours on end then I can describe the feeling in one’s eyes as having tired one’s eyes out at the end of a day, that feeling of grit that can be attributed to dry eyes. It has gotten better daily and today it almost feels like I have no contact lenses inserted at all. I am looking forward to the time in a few weeks when I can wear make up because let me tell you…. skin around my eyes are pretty WHITE! I don’t have the largest eyes to say the least and any make up that can enhance the look is well received.

For those of you who read this and are still skeptical about this type of procedure, I would highly recommend it if you are at all thinking about it. It took me a long while to ultimately go in and have an assessment but then took less time to decide to go ahead with it. I’m glad I did. I am looking forward now to beach weather and to be able to go into the water and see people’s faces clearly, wear proper sunglasses without the added expense of having to have them specially made to accommodate my deficits. If you are thinking about this type of surgery, the first step is to make that appointment for the free assessment. It may be that you do not qualify for the treatment but you won’t know that unless you take that first step to vision aid freedom!