My procedure...
Nurses gave me half a tablet of valium(!!!), to sooth nerves they
said and a painkiller. After 1/2 hr, I went inside the op room. Lie
on a bed. They used something to hold my head in place. Then I was
pushed under a machine. Doc used tape to tape my eye lashes and
then a metal prong pushed my eye lids out to expose my eye balls. A
metal round thing was placed on my eye ball (to hold it in place i
think) And the doc used water to clean the eye ball. Then he used a
cotton wool to dry the eye ball. Yes, I could see this all
happening. Surprisingly, there was no pain at all. Except the part
where the metal thing was placed around the eye ball. I could feel
some pressure.. and then I think the doc asked me to look at the
red dot of the machine and concentrate. Don't move eyes, don't move
head. I couldn't anyway, because eye was held in place. Couldn't
even blink! Then they switched off the lights and the laser
started. Lasted few seconds. After that, eyeball was washed again.
Cotton wool to dry my eye ball. Then released it from the metal
thingy and untape my eye lashes. They covered my right eye and then
did the same thing with my left eye.
Whole procedure was done in 15 mins. Right after the surgery, I
could see things quite clearly, except it felt like there was a
film covering the eyes. I came out of the op room, put some eye
drops, and closed my eyes to rest. After a while, doc came to
check. He said ok and I went home. I opened my eyes to walk out of
the clinic to the car and my tears keep flowing.. Quite difficult
to open my eyes! When I went home, I immediately went to bed. Put
eye drops again, put a protective eye goggle and went to sleep.
