Recovery from Lasek... how to pass the time?

Magenta

Hi all,
Getting Lasek done in the next couple of weeks- getting my eyes done separately, a week apart so will be out of work for a good 10 days overall.

From what I've read from other's experiences, reading/using a computer/TV will be too straining on my eyes while I'm healing...
For anyone else who's had Lasek- besides sleeping and listening to radio/audiobooks, how did you pass the time? Will I even be OK to go for long walks?

skerry

Magenta wrote: »

Hi all,
Getting Lasek done in the next couple of weeks- getting my eyes done separately, a week apart so will be out of work for a good 10 days overall.

From what I've read from other's experiences, reading/using a computer/TV will be too straining on my eyes while I'm healing...
For anyone else who's had Lasek- besides sleeping and listening to radio/audiobooks, how did you pass the time? Will I even be OK to go for long walks?

I had LASIK done at the start of this month. I know it's shorter recovery than LASEK but got it done on the Thursday and wasn't back to work until the Tuesday cos of the long weekend. Avoided phone/ TV/ computer screens most of that time.

I got my hands on the Game of Thrones audiobooks and found them great for passing the time. Put them on and lay in a dark room and guaranteed to be asleep in 15 mins (just be sure to put my goggles on before I started incase I mauled my eye when I dozed off). Also walked the dog a bit but wore sunglasses incase something got in my eye and didn't go out in the rain. Also indulged in a game of Scrabble which passed the time on the Saturday night.

Best of luck with the surgery & recovery

Mousewar

Had a sleep when i got home and then watched the telly. Seriously, the way they do it now, LASEK isn't that bad a recovery. Your vision will be a bit off but you won't have any trouble watching the box. And you'll be grand going for walks.

Magenta

Mousewar wrote: »

Had a sleep when i got home and then watched the telly. Seriously, the way they do it now, LASEK isn't that bad a recovery. Your vision will be a bit off but you won't have any trouble watching the box. And you'll be grand going for walks.

Cheers. I'm getting my eyes done separately, I assume they'll put a patch over the lasered one anyway so I can still get about with my non-lasered eye?

Mousewar

Well, you'll have a clear plastic guard that you'll wear for the day, after the surgery. And you'll wear it at night for a week but the next day you'll be patchless during the day. You're not a pirate - they won't be giving you one of those black patches or anything.

You might find it a bit weird with one eye with stronger vision and more so since that eye's vision will be fluctuating a lot. However, as I said elsewhere, I only ever had one eye done and I'm not discombobulated in the least.

You'll find computer screens the hardest - that takes a while to settle.

Magenta

skerry wrote: »

I had LASIK done at the start of this month. I know it's shorter recovery than LASEK but got it done on the Thursday and wasn't back to work until the Tuesday cos of the long weekend. Avoided phone/ TV/ computer screens most of that time.

I got my hands on the Game of Thrones audiobooks and found them great for passing the time. Put them on and lay in a dark room and guaranteed to be asleep in 15 mins (just be sure to put my goggles on before I started incase I mauled my eye when I dozed off). Also walked the dog a bit but wore sunglasses incase something got in my eye and didn't go out in the rain. Also indulged in a game of Scrabble which passed the time on the Saturday night.

Best of luck with the surgery & recovery

Can I ask how much pain were you in, how was your vision during recovery?

skerry

Magenta wrote: »

Can I ask how much pain were you in, how was your vision during recovery?

I had LASIK done so quicker recovery. I found the car journey home from Dublin after the operation (3 hrs or so) fairly miserable, eyes were watering like crazy and felt very gritty. Kept shades on an eyes closed for the entire journey. Was fairly miserable by the time I got home so had someone put my drops in and went to bed for two hours. Woke up and the gritty sensation had gone and eyes had stopped watering and could see improvement in vision already.

Could read one line below 20:20 the following day although vision was still a bit hazy but that's cleared up now. They lost suction in my left eye and had to man handle a bit so it was very red afterwards, it's improved a lot since but it takes a while to disappear completely.

Like I said, I had LASIK done and I believe your going for LASEK so not sure how much of the above is relevant. From my research I believe the suction on the eye doesn't apply for LASEK as they just apply the solution to soften up the surface.

So far, I'm delighted with the results and still picking out things in the distance that I never would've paid attention to before.

Best of luck with it