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Hi all,
I'm about 11 months post-Lasik, and have had all the usual problems with dry eye- including blurred vision, eye pain and dryness, using lots of medications (Restasis, doxy, all kinds of supplements, etc.) ever since getting Lasik 11 months ago.
After reading Laura's post on the Triumph page, I decided that all this treatment wasn't doing me any good - so (like her story) I tried quitting everything cold turkey, to see if it improved anything.....and it did! It's only been a week now, but my eye pain is about 90% better. Basically, the achy tired feeling I would start to get around 10 am (that I used to get at more like 10 pm before Lasik) now is about 7-8 hours later, and my visual acuity has improved about 70% - enough to be mostly happy without any glasses for most of the day. The blurriness is still there somewhat, but practically gone until about mid-day (when I suspect my eyes get more tired). I'm staying on the supplements, doing normal TheraTears drops, but dropping all medicines - - and I've added in a daily/nightly scrub of baby shampoo on my eyelids. That is my daily regiment (since 6 days ago) and I noticed an immediate improvement the next day and day after.
It has helped me put to rest the notion that maybe my Lasik vision has regressed. I think, honestly, that all the stuff I used (especially the restasis) was highly irritating my eyes and making things worse. It's too early to call this a qualified success, but this is the most normal I've felt in 11 months, since getting the Lasik surgery.
I'll keep you posted on how this goes as time goes on.
~ Chandra
I'm about 11 months post-Lasik, and have had all the usual problems with dry eye- including blurred vision, eye pain and dryness, using lots of medications (Restasis, doxy, all kinds of supplements, etc.) ever since getting Lasik 11 months ago.
After reading Laura's post on the Triumph page, I decided that all this treatment wasn't doing me any good - so (like her story) I tried quitting everything cold turkey, to see if it improved anything.....and it did! It's only been a week now, but my eye pain is about 90% better. Basically, the achy tired feeling I would start to get around 10 am (that I used to get at more like 10 pm before Lasik) now is about 7-8 hours later, and my visual acuity has improved about 70% - enough to be mostly happy without any glasses for most of the day. The blurriness is still there somewhat, but practically gone until about mid-day (when I suspect my eyes get more tired). I'm staying on the supplements, doing normal TheraTears drops, but dropping all medicines - - and I've added in a daily/nightly scrub of baby shampoo on my eyelids. That is my daily regiment (since 6 days ago) and I noticed an immediate improvement the next day and day after.
It has helped me put to rest the notion that maybe my Lasik vision has regressed. I think, honestly, that all the stuff I used (especially the restasis) was highly irritating my eyes and making things worse. It's too early to call this a qualified success, but this is the most normal I've felt in 11 months, since getting the Lasik surgery.
I'll keep you posted on how this goes as time goes on.
~ Chandra
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