Double Vision

[YayaBub]

Hi
I had PRK on my left eye March 28th and am getting really worried about the result. I am seeing double when I try to read closed captioning on Tv with this eye now. At night lit signs are double. When I went in for a refraction appt. the letters looked clear but were doubled. This did not happen when I had my left eye done. Seems it has to do with lighting since objects arent double if they are not lit. Big starbursts at night too when driving. I have an appt on May 8th and was hoping to get a prescription for a new lense. I'm hoping someone can tell me if this seeing double will go away.
Thanks

[catnmus]

Have you tried squinting? If you do, does the doubling go away? I had an astigmatism on my left eye after I had Epi-Lasik (similar to PRK). This caused a doubling effect. It has steadily improved. I started with "5 steps of astigmatism", then it was down to 3, then 2. I have an appointment next week (which will be at about 3.5 months out) and I really think it might be close to gone.

I had my right eye done on March 4th and I think I have some astigmatism there, too, but I'm confident that it will resolve sufficiently, as my eye continues to heal. I gave myself a window of 6 weeks before I would allow myself to start worrying. Sure enough, by 6 weeks I was seeing sufficient improvement, enough to make me confident that improvements would continue. I don't know about the starbursts, though. I never had a problem with that. But I would assume it's all a normal part of the healing process.

I would advise you to relax, lubricate with lots of drops, and promise yourself you won't worry until May 8th. You're still pretty early in the PRK healing cycle, I think.

[YayaBub]

Thanks for your reply :) I feel better after reading it and will try to be patient. When I squint it's clearer but still double.
I'll keep everyone posted as to how that appointment goes on the 8th and whether this double vision goes away.