So after about 5 years of heavily debating it I'm going under the laser in 2 weeks. I have yet to read someone on this forum saying it wasn't a good idea, but I'm curious how the recovery process went.
For those of you that have done it, how soon were you back on the bike. Was any part of it painful? If you could do anything about your recovery differently what would it be?
My only worry is I'm a total eye-touch freak. I've had glasses protecting my eyes since 3rd grade so I'm not used to touching them or anything. I tried getting contacts 2 years ago and after a lot of fussing I finally got them in. However, after trying unsuccessfully for about 45 minutes to get them out, I enlisted the help of the 2 ladies that worked at the store. I sat in a chair while one of them (a biiiiiiiig lady) held me down while the other held my eye open and got it out. That still took 15 minutes and I was pretty much freaking out the whole time.
So the only thing I'm worried about is the part where they have to stick the spreader over your eye to keep it open, a contact lens looks puny compared to that thing
However I did just find out that they give you a Valium before the procedure so hopefully I won't really notice
For those of you that have done it, how soon were you back on the bike. Was any part of it painful? If you could do anything about your recovery differently what would it be?
My only worry is I'm a total eye-touch freak. I've had glasses protecting my eyes since 3rd grade so I'm not used to touching them or anything. I tried getting contacts 2 years ago and after a lot of fussing I finally got them in. However, after trying unsuccessfully for about 45 minutes to get them out, I enlisted the help of the 2 ladies that worked at the store. I sat in a chair while one of them (a biiiiiiiig lady) held me down while the other held my eye open and got it out. That still took 15 minutes and I was pretty much freaking out the whole time.
So the only thing I'm worried about is the part where they have to stick the spreader over your eye to keep it open, a contact lens looks puny compared to that thing
However I did just find out that they give you a Valium before the procedure so hopefully I won't really notice