After a somewhat dispiriting Saturday, I woke up this morning to noticeably better vision. There is not nearly as much smudge and blurriness surrounding everything. While the target test numbers are better, they don't fully convey that difference. That test is measuring acuity, but one can read a letter with lots of blur around it, or without. I can read text in a normal book fairly comfortably at the moment. I was able to reduce the font on the computer as well. Testing individual eyes, it looks like I'm reading with the left eye, as is the plan. The right eye has improved greatly over yesterday in its distance role. On the whole things are still far from my previous glasses-corrected vision.
I'm sure things will continue to fluctuate and this marked improvement over yesterday is probably a local max rather than a permanent gain. There are still weeks to months more until final stabilization.
I've been on three medicated drops: a non-steroid anti-inflammatory, an antibiotic, and a steroid. The non-steroid course finished yesterday so I'm down to two, each of which is taken four times a day. Plus the artificial tears, which I've been fairly disciplined about using every thirty minutes as directed. I've read other reports where people have awoken in the morning to very dry eyes, some as far as having their lids stuck to the eye and needing to work artificial tears into the corner just to be able to open. I haven't had anything like that.
Comfort: Pretty good, though I'm writing this in the morning. I'm looking forward to getting the bandage lenses off tomorrow though.
Photosensitivity: Just fine indoors, still need sunglasses outdoors.
Target: Both eyes: 77 inches. Right eye: 77 inches. Left eye: 41 inches.
Driving: I feel like I could at the moment but will again take today off. The plan is to drive to work tomorrow.
Working: Tomorrow.
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