Too discouraged to go into details. Basically I see worse than I did before surgery. The doc said " everything looks great". I have blurred vision and halos. He said this might be as good as it gets. Handed me some drops and out the door until 2 months.

unfortunately nobody tells you that it takes longer than that for your eyes to heal! it actually can take a good 3-6 months! don't be discouraged, just give it time. the halos and blurriness will most likely go away... they did for me! use artificial tears at least 4 times a day even if you don't think your eyes are dry.... get plenty of rest, and don't freak out if you wake up and everything is clear and then it all suddenly goes blurry at some point in the day.... it happened to me all the time in the first couple of months! what you are experiencing is very normal, nearly everyone i've talked to who has had lasik has gone through very similar things, so don't start panicking just yet! i had similar experiences just after my surgery in dec 2006, and now i see 20/12.5 in both eyes! :)

Thanks - this board has been a real help to me - I see I'm not a freak! LOL. I have hope I'll get better. My halos already are getting better.

:angel: Hi, I'm new to the message board, but I am 2 weeks post op and I too have very blurry vision, but I have been told and from everything I have read this is "normal" I seem to be able to see alot better if I keep the drops in my eyes alot!!! Cheer up, it's only been a week! *hugs*

Hi, I am new to this site - and today is 11th day post-op. I had been discouraged and depressed due to blurry and cloudy vision. Especially since several of my coworkers that went to the same doctor basically told me that their visions became 20/20 on the first day after the surgery!!. I am so glad that I found this board - it has been a great help! My prescriptions were quite bad (-7.25 (R) and -7.00 (L)) - I can drive and function with my new eyes, even though my vision is still blurry.. I am guessing that I am about 20/30 or 20/40. I have been using drops a lot..
Somebody that went to the same doctor last year told me that his vision was blurry until one month post-op when his vision became 20/20. Right now, his vision is 20/15. :)

I'm seeing a slight improvement as of today. A lot of the fog is gone and the ghost images are some better. I still have some blurriness in one eye and my intermediate vision is not good. But, I have hope....a few more weeks........I'll let you know. I wish the docs would have prepared us, don't you?

Well; regarding the doctors telling you something. Ultimately, the doctors do of course want nothing but success stories, but they also do this for a living. I'm am sure they prefer the perceived notion that everyone comes right off the table with 20/20, crisp vision. Lasik is a very personal, somewhat frightening choice to make, because it's your vision. If they were to tell the whole truth, that many people come out of it with blurry/mismatched vision, that may not clear up for months, they would lose some customers for sure. I think that because they know that for the vast majority, eventually the vision will get where it was intended to, they would rather keep the more 'optimistic' perception going. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking them for it, it's just what I think. And having said that, and being one of the ones who has one eye a bit blurrier (was done 2 weeks ago; 1st day after 20/30 left, 20/15 right; last thrusday; 20/25 left 202/20 right;), this board has made me feel better than eventually, the left eye will catch up to the right, and be balanced with it, and as sharp. Same thing happened to a friend of mine here at work, took 3 months. 2 others had instant gratification, good from the get go. So, it's really a mixed bag of results, depending on the individual, and also I suspect, heavily affected by the amount of correction. I was -5.25 in both eyes, so I had significant correction. Hang i there, and I'll do the same :)