Post-PRK Day 36- small steps & eye drops

Day 36
Be ready for a slow progression to good eye sight. After about Day 10, I would wake up each morning being able to see fairly well. Upon placing my eye drops and starting daily activities, my vision would be slightly off with some double vision involving lights at night.

After Day 15, my night vision was better and I wasn’t getting any more double vision with lights. My vision slowly seemed to be getting better, until Day 20 when it seemed to regress slightly.

I went to my ophthalmologist today on Day 36. I was a little surprised when my right eye was able to read 20/25 without a prescription. This is probably since 80% of my free time is spent looking at a computer screen 25 inches away from my face or an iPhone which is 14 inches away. So apparently I’m a little farsighted for the first time in my life, the amazing abilities of laser eye surgery.

It will probably be another month before my right eye has the ability to focus on closer objects. I’m also still on the steroid eye drops to reduce the risk of corneal haze that occurred in my left eye, it’s not impairing my vision and should go away on my own. I guess it just looks bad on the adverse outcomes list.

Hope this blog on PRK was helpful. I probably won’t post again on this topic unless my vision is still having issues, just waiting on time and my eye shape to take its course.