My Epi-LASIK Journal pt8: Two days after

So it’s two days after the operation. My eyes are still scratchy, which is to be expected. Last night and Today are supposed to be the worst. Last night was pretty bad. For a little while it felt like I had a couple grains of sand under my eyelid and it killed whenever I moved my eyes. The drugs helped with the overall burning, but these specific spots in my eye still really hurt. I slept for a good portion of the day as a result. My roommate and I ordered from some new Chinese take out place and it was pretty terrible. That evening I hooked my iPod into our big speaker system and I turned down the lights and just listened to great music.

I realized how I don’t really do that much. Just really sit there and do nothing but listen to music. I always listen to it while doing something else for background. But it’s really different when you are sitting there with your eyes closed with all your attention on the music. You hear things you never heard before and get into it much more. I highly recommend it to anyone as a good way to escape. I think you really enjoy food a lot better when your eyes are closed like this. You just start to notice a lot more with your other senses when you’re not looking around as much.

Now don’t get the impression that I’m blinded or anything. It’s just it’s more comfortable to have my eyes closed whenever I can while my eyes recover from Epi-LASIK. I’m able to get around and go outside whenever I need to. Today those really annoying spots of pain have gone away and there’s just the overall scratchiness today. Nothing too bad. We’ll see if it gets worse tonight, but I think the worst may be over. I can’t wait to get the bandage contacts out on Tuesday. I hope my vision is good enough to get back to work then so I don’t miss too much. At my current condition, I could probably do meetings and draw stuff, but not detailed computer work. Things are supposed to clear up a lot over the first few days of the week. I can’t wait. But for now, I’ll try to enjoy using my other senses as much as possible.