The PRK Experience

Welcome to my blog "The PRK Exerperence." I hope to attract people who ask questions about everything related to Photorefractive Keratectomy. Whether it be questions or or answers you need, get some information from someone who has just undergone PRK surgery on both eyes.

While my blog might not be interesting to many, there are many of us out there who will undergo PRK, and hopefully this will be your guide to see you through!

Saturday, May 18, 2013

PRK day 4

It's been a total of four days since my PRK surgery. I haven't been able to post any updates because of the insane light sensitivity of my eyes, I could not navigate my PC to save myself. 

The first 2 days were very rough, I'm not gonna lie. There is nothing you can do but sleep. I had some audiobooks and podcasts prepared for the recovery process but they proved very difficult to listen to as I was so focused on my eyes throbbing, there is a constant irritation that is present even when my eyes felt the most soothed from the eyedrops. I was only given enough painkillers for the first day in hindsight I should have kept some more for the follow up day.

Approximately 15 hours after the surgery I had a follow up appointment with the Doctor to check my eyes, he told me they were very inflamed so I'm assuming that means the first day might've been a bit rougher for me than usual.

As of today (Day 4) I have no real discomfort but my vision is very blurry. I've got the huge dark glasses they gave me on and I'm squinting with the page zoomed in to 300% of normal. My eyes get tired after looking at light sources for a while and the eye drops are a relief. Tomorrow morning I will be getting the contacts out I'm very much looking forward to that.

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