that was one of the most singularly weird experiences of my life.

[rmd]

so, i got lasik. seems to have gone well. i've got a next-day followup appt with my optometrist later today, but i woke up being able to see. actually, i'm a tad farsighted at the moment, although that should fade as healing continues. i'm still spending a lot of time hanging out with my eyes closed -- i'm doing blind touchtyping of most of this entry, for instance. i'm still light-sensitive, and my eyes are easily tired, but so far, so good.

it wasn't *nearly* as clockwork orange as i expected.

and not only did they give me free sunglasses, the price had also dropped since i'd booked last october, so i saved some money, too.

also, i've got clear shields to put over my eyes when i sleep, and so i ended up fitting them in front of the bathroom mirror and made sure that the cpap mask didn't interfere, and i made a shocking discovery, what with being able to see clearly while wearing the cpap mask. i don't look at all like darth vader with the cpap mask on. with the right angle hose joint poking out of the mask, i look much more like gonzo the muppet.

Comments

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

I am following this story with Great Interest, as I've been contemplating lasik for myself (having been bespectacled since I was 8 years old).

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Until I had LASIK I had worn glasses or contacts from the age of 4.
If you qualify, do it! By qualify, I mean if your corneas are thick enough, people with thinner corneas can't have it done.

[babasyzygy.livejournal.com]

Can't recommend my experience strongly enough. My vision has now been 20/10 in both eyes for 5 years, I can very often read signs at a distance that my never- (or currently-) bespectacled friends can not.

Some people have problems, but mine has been an unmitigated success. Best expenditure of money and effort I've made on that scale, ever.

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

I went to Dr. Talamo (http://www.lasikofboston.com/) and highly recommend it- he's one of the best in the area.

[metagnat.livejournal.com]

Hah! That is a hilarious realization. At least, I chortled.

-E

[muffyjo]

Who doesn't love gonzo?! That's a hoot! I'm home today so call if you need anything. Meanwhile, tres cool!

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

It's a miracle! Sing it with me, brothers and sisters! Amen!

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if lasik was anything like my cataract surgery, they give you this anesthetic that makes you just...not...care. So, yes, it is like ACW, you just don't care that it is.

[unclebooboo.livejournal.com]

I've probably got ICL's plus reading glasses in my future- the opthamologists have stopped trying to sell me Lasik since my Rx is so extreme. Here's to a quick recovery and much improved vision for you.

[drwex]

Pictures! We demand pictures of Regis-as-Gonzo!

[gayathri.livejournal.com]

you beat me to it! PICS PICS PICS!

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

yes, i am getting a mental picture, but need the real thing!
Yay gonzo!

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Oh I hated those plastic eye shields. but they did keep me from scratching. Your eyes will itch like crazy for a couple weeks and until the flaps heal a bit you can't rub them.

The funny thing is I tend to scratch in my sleep, I have scratched myself bloody without waking up because of hives. So when my eyes itched the shields kept me from scratching, but after a couple days I would try to remove them in my sleep to rub my eyes, ripping the medical tape off my face would wake me up and I would have the shield half off by the time I realized what I was doing.

[penk.livejournal.com]

We keep looking at it every year or three, but the price has been skerry. If you don't mind me asking, what did it run you?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

originally they quoted $3K/eye, but it dropped to about $2500/eye.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

with the right angle hose joint poking out of the mask, i look much more like gonzo the muppet.

GIF!!!

[freudian-slip.livejournal.com]

heh, i was a terrible patient. they put these funny shields on me when i first left the doctors office. i went straight home and just passed out with the shields on. however, as soon as i woke up i tore them of and went straight out to a party. i never wore the shields again.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

yeah, but party animal.

[dfjdejulio.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the world of the sighted.

And thank you for helping to debug this process before I need to go through it myself, when my eyes start to fail in my old age. :)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

what's that, sonny? i can't hear you in my dotage. don't make me hobble over there and kick your ass with my cane. also, get off my lawn you damn young punks.

[babasyzygy.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, it's not the same process as for age-related sight degradation.

[dfjdejulio.livejournal.com]

Phoey! Okay, quick, someone with good vision, get old and help debug *that* process.

But still, thanks for debugging the process Nora may use to correct *her* vision.

[babasyzygy.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what baby boomers are for - they fund the refinement of age extension and life improvement technologies for us.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

oh hell yeah.

[marith.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad it seems successful and you are doing okay.

[andybeals.livejournal.com]

Does this mean that Clauclauclaudia is a chicken?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

well, she is younger than me. does that make me a chickenhawk?

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

ok, now we can start calling you Gonzo and Camilla :)

[babasyzygy.livejournal.com]

Great. Now I need to find that Star Wars Muppet Show episode.

[muffyjo]

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/315.html

Appears to have it available should you wish to download it. Warning: popups.

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

I wish I could get lasik!

[qbaz.livejournal.com]

JPEG! JPEG!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

sorry, my digital camera is full of pics of YOUR MOM.