Drift wrote:
"I got the eye surgery PRK..."
I understand the "eye surgery" part, but what is "PRK"...?
Having said that, I could never understand how people would want to have something in contact with the front of their eyes. I couldn't tolerate that.
@Fishrrman @Smokin Joe You've heard of Lasik right? I've forgotten all the details but basically they reshape the eye to improve your vision. Its been done world wide for about 50 years including in Russia. The eye doctors kept it out of the US until about 20 years ago because they preferred to sell glasses.
There are a couple of different types of surgeries they do. One they make incisions in the eyeball to make it more spherical, thus improving the eyesight. Thats not done as much any more. The one I had involved cutting a flap off my cornea (thats the clear part in front), moving that flap to the side and using a laser to reshape the lens, then putting the flap back. They use a tiny machine kinda like those old credit card machines, the ones that you swiped left and then back to make an imprint of your credit card on the carbon copy paper. Only this has a blade that cuts the flap and the machine is attached to your eyeball.
Sounds horrible but they deaden your eye so you dont feel it. You do smell the burning eyeball which is kinda freaky. The entire process takes about 45 seconds per eye and is painless in itself. Once the anesthetic wears off it feels like you have sand in your eye and it hurts moderately. You have to keep your eyes pretty much closed for a day but its fully healed in a about 3 days. You have to wear these stupid glasses at night to prevent you from rubbing your eyes but after about a week you are normal. The worst part is they showed the procedure on a big TV in the waiting room. Luckily I was first of the day and didnt see it.
I had 20/600 and 20/550 with a moderate astigmatism before the surgery about 15 years ago. I've had 20/15 ever since. Slight difficulty at night where I get reflections from car headlights where they cut the cornea but its minor. Recently I've started having a little trouble seeing up close and in low light but thats probably due to getting old.