My visit to my original eye doctor results.... - Lasik Eye Surgery Message Board

ScionTC05 · 12-31-2005, 10:42 AM

well some of you have been chattin w/ me...and a quick overview is...

I had lasik about 1 year and a few weeks ago...left eye gives me more problems, right seems ok...My lasik eye doc just kept saying I was ok...put in more drops basically...

My original eye doc before my surgery did the eye test and i read 20/20 left and 20/10 right! I read the 20/10 with out straining. haha. I wish the left was sharper though!

He said my eyes were very dry and I had even slept with ointment before i went to bed and came in this morning at 11:15...

I brought in all my eye products I use and he thinks I am having problems from preservatives from the drops. I use refresh liquigel/tears. He gave me some Thera Tears Luquid Gel capsules. He said to stick to the tubes and not to use anything in bottles. (I had the tubes before but the bottles are so much easier!

I asked him on a scale of 1-10 how dry my eyes were, with 10 being the worst, and he said probably about a 7. He also said that being that dry would definately cause my headaches and vision problems because I have a lot of dry spots.

He wants to see me back in 2 weeks, and if that dont work, he wants me to try that rostasis stuff, but said its $100 for a month supply if my insurance dont cover it! So hopefully just using the thera tears liquid gel tubes will be ok.

Hopefully it works ok for me! He also said he wouldnt use the eye ointment either...

I will see how it goes. suprisingly after that visit and putting a few drops in of the tube drops I feel a little better already haha. a lot of it is mental too and knowing this should help, I kinda feel better already hahah. I will keep you guys updated if u want...

Thanks for reading

Cariabu · 01-01-2006, 05:11 AM

Thanks for sharing the information! I will definitely look into the Thera Tears Gel tubes, can you please give me some background on your surgery. Did you have bad vision at first before the surgery? And after your surgery how long was it before the blurriness went away and you could see clearly and felt good about the whole sugery?... it's been a little over 3 weeks for me and it is slowly getting better, but like I said I have the early morning best and then day time bad and then night time sometimes ok.

Thanks again
Cari

Cariabu · 01-01-2006, 06:04 AM

HI again, I found the Thera Tears Lubricant eye drop tubes.... is that diff. than the Thera Tears Luquid Gel capsules? Probably since it says Gel on it... Let me know, Thanks! I live over seas so can't find everything.
Cari

ScionTC05 · 01-01-2006, 10:12 AM

hey before my surgery i was -3.50 and -3.75 for pretty much 3rd grade - 23 years old...after the surgery i could see great. i came home took a nap woke up amazed. The coming weeks/months they would get blurry from time to time then clear up. Then thru summer i did good, but i had headaches..and i think a lot of it may have to be been due to dryness all along. Your eyes might feel ok but be dried in the cornea not just on the surface...

i guess the tubes are best like i said because they dont have preservatives. He told me to use the gel tubes or tears...the ones i have are thera tears liquid gel. he said they are just thicker, and if i can stand those to use them daily, if not use the tears ones and the gel at night.

goodluck..

Cariabu · 01-02-2006, 12:27 AM

Thanks for the details! I wonder why some people see so great right away and others have to wait for improvement...

I'm really annoyed, I was hoping for results like yours! Right away, I don't get it? Is it the Dr.? The Machine? Each indiv. person? The Dr. said everyone heals differently, I also had bad eyes since I was in like 2nd grade and -2.25 and -1.75 basically could see nothing without corrective lenses in some way, I'm almost 37 though.. ouch, so maybe age has something to do with it also!?? I'm just tired of being patient and want to go on with my life, I think a lot of the problems IS dry eyes, I even feel like I have dry eyes... but once again today I woke up with really good vision and within 30-45 min. it was burry again... don't get it. Patience is get tiring.. ha...

Anyway, so how are the Gel drops working?? Good I hope! It's great that you can see so well!!

God willing my eyes will eventually make it to that point. Thanks for sharing your story!

Cari