by noodles » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:27 pm
I did custom lasik in March, yesterday was my 4 month anniversary. My vision right after surgery was poor, however, it has gotten very, very gradually better. My eyes were very dry in the beginning where I was putting in drops every 10 - 15 minutes, now, I do so every 1-3 hours. I am 40 years old, so my doctor did not want to over-correct me. He was focussed on getting me as close to 20/20 as possible even if I remained very slightly myopic to ensure I had no issues with my close visionand to prolong the need for reading glasses. My short and mid range vision is great. However, my distance vision still has some issues. In my left eye I see ghosting and/or double vision, and in my right, dominant eye, I don't see as far and/or sometimes it is hazy. When I put in drops, I can see very clearly, however, once they dissapate, I have the same problem. My doctor says that he does not think I need an enhancement and that my syptoms are as a result of dryness and will all resolve over time. At last check up, I could see 20/20 with both eyes, 20/30 with each eye individually and my left eye showed 2"tics" of astigmatism and my right showed "1" -- I'm not very technical so I don't have the exact numbers. I go back to see the doctor on Friday, so here are my questions: does ghosting/double vision resolve after 4 months and is it caused by dry eyes? From what I can tell, my doctor has not done any tests for dry eyes like to see if it is quantity or quality, should I be requesting that now that it is 4 months? Also, I suggested to him that maybe my vision is better when I put in drops because it is correcting for a small refractive error, however, he said that drops have no refractive power at all and that would not be it. My hopes have been o.k. because I continue to see very, very, gradual improvement week after week. How long can I realistically expect to see this improvement continue, and when should I start thinking about alternatives for the left eye which sees double/ghosting. I can live with the right, but if the double vision doesn't go away in the left, I'm not sure I can go on where anyone standing 20 feet or more away from me has 1 1/2 heads. Any thoughts or advice?