Thursday, March 7, 2013

PRK Journal, Day 2

There's no pain yet, and this is supposed to be the day when it shows up if it does.  Maybe I'm lucky.  I slept with the eye shields last night, and that went better than I expected.  It was a good night's sleep.  The Tylenol PM may have helped.

There was a quick checkup appointment this morning, at which it was clear that I'm not ready to drive yet.  I could read a few lines on the chart fuzzily with my right eye, and nothing with my left.  The appointment was basically to check that I wasn't in agony, the bandage contacts were still in place, and I was using my drops as prescribed.   

Computer use isn't completely comfortable either, even with big fonts and low resolution.  Long stretches of text are tiring.  

It's a bright sunny day so photosensitivity is a little noticeable, not bad.  I'm supposed to wear protective sunglasses outside anyway.

Distance vision is slightly improved, though my test is imprecise.  Whether I can distinguish all the letters in the title "Brahm's Lullaby" (sic, this book apparently thinks his name was Johannes Brahm) sort of fluctuates as I look at it.  But my best guess today is 61 inches.  I've noticed vision is better within a couple of minutes of application of the half-hourly artificial tears.

Comfort: same as yesterday.  Eyes feel tired and the artificial tears are necessary.  No pain.
Photosensitivity: a little in the bright sun, but ambient indoor light is perfectly comfortable.
Target: Both eyes: 61 inches.  Left eye only: 51 inches.  Right eye only: 81 inches.  Yes, the left eye is actually adding blur to the joint vision and I'm seeing better with the right eye only.  
Closeup vision: feels a little blurrier than yesterday.  I can make out the text in a normal print book but reading any significant amount is too strenuous.
Driving: not yet
Working: not yet

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