I have to be honest, I felt so upset when I still saw halos and had some eye issues which always had me rushing to the doctor every now and then. 7 Month Update: Warm Packs & Humidifiers Are Now My Best Friend! The scar swelling on the cornea was one of the worst pains I had ever felt on my eye.Īt this point, I felt like the sooner the procedure, the better! I may have been having cloudy visions due to the fact that the scar went deeper over the past 5 years (just a guess). I must say, I have had no scar swelling and I couldn’t be any happier about that. However, it just didn’t seem like I was blind with all white vision like I had with the scars. The cloudiness had reduced a lot! I did see cloudy sometimes with the halos. However, this didn’t always happen when I made sure to lubricate my eyes and use the drops or the ointment. My vision had definitely gotten better but I still saw halos around lights whenever the eye got irritated. I went to the hospital for a checkup, and the corneal specialist took out the bandage contacts after noticing that my epithelium had fully grown back. Day 7: Checkupīy this time, I was fully able to open my right eye. You wouldn’t even have thought that I had recently had any eye surgery. Turn on your JavaScript to view content Day 6: Much Better!! My eyes could fully open, and I was able to do things on my own. Day 5: GoodĮverything was just better overall. I was able to do anything I wanted to do, but I made sure not to irritate it at all. Just once in a while, I would feel some pain in the eyeball, which obviously meant that the eye was still sore, but it felt much better. Although I could barely open them for a long period of time since they felt so tired, I was happy that my right eye had started to heal. I was partially fed on this day, but I went outside for the first time since the procedure. On this day, time had never been slower!! It would only be 11am, and I would expect it to be about 8pm. Day 3: Tiredness and Longer Days, But Eyes Finally Opened! I was still in a lot of pain on day 2 sore, burning eyes. I felt pretty helpless, but luckily, I had someone around to take care of me. I was already tired as the day felt so long. It felt like this wasn’t healing any quicker.
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My eye still teared up the minute I tried to open it. I was in so much pain.įor the rest of the day, I had to be fed since I couldn’t open my eyes, Sleeping wasn’t too comfortable but doable after taking some Ibuprofen. I was unable to open both eyes, but the least I tried, it would tear up so much! I felt so uncomfortable.
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It felt like my eyes were very sore (which they were), causing an extreme burning sensation and pain in the eye. I was in so much pain, I was screaming all over the place. In about 30 minutes when the numbing drops wore off, right after the quick nap, the pain kicked in.
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This makes sense because the numbing drops and anesthetic drops definitely made me feel some type of way.Īfter the very quick procedure, I decided to take a quick nap because I felt a bit drowsy, and my eyes started feeling a bit sore. I was not allowed to drive for a while, especially right after the surgery. I had this surgery done on April 2, 2019, around 11:30 am. This had been going on for over 5 years, so I had to at least try this method to help me feel and see better as the pain got more unbearable. Blinking became a very tough chore for me.
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The scars would also swell up while seeing almost all white instead of colorful objects. This means that my epithelium, the outermost part of my cornea, had some rough scars on it, probably from dryness, which caused me to see very cloudy, and halos around lights. I needed this procedure to help with my corneal abrasion. Please refer to Google for a more in depth explanation. If you’ve never heard of this term, it is the scraping of the corneal epithelium, which is the outermost part of the eye. In this blog, I am going to share with you a little bit about my healing process of Superficial Keratectomy.