Three months have passed. Fantastic. Slowly but surely, my random flashes of ‘I should take my contacts our’ are lessening, no halo’s at night, dry eyes are not a problem and it is just so convenient. Awesome.
20/15
June 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I had my last follow-up at Lasik MD and everything is fantastic. I continue to marvel at how profound the change is. In the evening, I keep having the thought ‘Remember to take your contact lenses out’, it is such a weird (and great) feeling.
While in the Doctor’s office, they made sure the corneas are fine and did the standard eye test. Over the last month, I had moved from 20/20 to 20/15 – which is better. But I realized, I do not know why it is better? In fact, I really don’t know what this whole measurement system is all about, so I looked it up:
In the term "20/20 vision", the numerator refers to the distance in feet between the subject and the chart. The denominator indicates the size of the letters, specifically it denotes the separation at which the lines that make up those letters would be separated by a visual angle of 1 arc minute, which for the lowest line that is read by an eye with no refractive error (or the errors corrected) is usually 20 feet.
More:
If a person has a visual acuity of 20/40, he is said to see detail from 20 feet away the same as a person with normal eyesight would see it from 40 feet away. It is possible to have vision superior to 20/20: the maximum acuity of the human eye without visual aids (such as binoculars) is generally thought to be around 20/10 (6/3) however, recent test subjects have exceeded 20/8 vision.[6] Some birds of prey, such as hawks, are believed to have an acuity of around 20/2;[7] in this respect, their vision is much better than human eyesight. This helps them hunt more efficiently.
Using this logic, I probably started at 20/140. So at 20/15, I am somewhere between a normal person and a hawk. Amazing.
Via.
LASIK
April 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It is early Friday morning and I am waiting for the Doctor’s office to open for my follow up appointment. 24 hours ago I had custom Lasik surgery on my eyes.
I have had many friends undergo the surgery and several described the experience like a miracle. They were asked to look at a clock before lying down and of course it is all fuzzy. Minutes later, they sit up and it is clear. (They didn’t ask me to do that).
It wasn’t quite that cut and dry for me, but close. This morning for the first time in 26 years I woke up and did not need to fumble to the bathroom. The world was crystal clear and I walked around going “wow, I can see that” … “wow, I can see that!”
Probably as close to a medical miracle as I will get. I am still in awe. Amazing.
THE LAST TIME
April 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I jumped on the plane this week to Vancouver and forgot two things, my BOSE headset and my glasses. I can’t prevent forgetting my headset, but on April 21st, I hope to send the glasses on their merry way for the first time in 26 years.
I still remember when I first got glasses. The chalkboard got a little harder and harder to read in class, until I had to see the optometrist and the verdict was in: I needed glasses. I was 16. Since that time, my prescription has remained virtually the same at -2.25. About 8 years ago I went into Lasik MD and went through a consultation on having corrective eye surgery. The company was rather new, and what I didn’t realize at the time was that the founder was the doctor who did the consultation.
After much thought, I walked. I just was not comfortable. It also didn’t help that a colleague had just had it done and suffered through detached retinas (unrelated, but still spooked me). I stuck with glasses and disposable contacts. And every year I would think, this year?
Last week I bit the bullet and went in for a consultation. I asked a lot of questions; about monovision (I decided on full correction) and the difference between the stock program and custom Lasik. In the end, I have decided to go for custom and on April 21st, I go under the laser, joining the 14M+ North Americans who have had the procedure.
The last time I woke up in the morning and did not have to fumble with glasses, suffered through an irritated contact lens on the golf course or had to worry about whether the contact was inside right was 26 years ago.
I can’t wait.
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