Hi all,
I've posted previously about dry eye issues I've been experiencing here: http://www.usaeyes.org/ask-lasik-expert ... =9707#9707
Last night, I forgot to wear my swimming goggles before going to sleep.
I woke up this morning with severe pain in my right eye after opening my eyes. The pain can be described as excruciating. This has happened to me before, a few times, and the pain always subsided after a couple hours.
Today, however, the pain has not gone away. What a miserable day. I have constant excruciating pain in my right eye (feels like someone just poked me in the eye), extremely blurred vision, and the eye is very, very red.
Unfortunately, since it is the 1st, my LASIK clinic is closed. I thought about going to the emergency room.
Not being able to get properly diagnosed, I've gone on the internet looking for help. My symptoms seem to match "recurrent corneal erosion" quite closely. Could this be the case? I will bring it up with my doctor as soon as I see her (hopefully, early tomorrow morning).
Is RCE caused by dry eyes? If I am experiencing RCE, is this something that goes away after the 6 month healing period, or if my dry eyes resolves? I am about 3 months post-custom wavefront LASIK.
Would greatly appreciate any help.
Stressed out & worried,
Mani