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I had lasik on June 28 2008 at 18 years old. Prior to lasik my eyes had never given me problems, infact I only went to the eye doctor at my once a year appointment only because I had to, however this all changed about a month ago.
Aside from starbursts/halos (mostly at night)my post-lasik experience was great, and I recommended it up until my 6 month post-lasik life when I noticed things werent getting better and aside from a minor incident in which i had double vision in 1 eye for a day everything was great, no dry eye, no pain just halo/starbursts.
How I think my situation changed in the past month differs from before from before :
I have had a total of 4 jobs since Lasik and most have them been in companys that had large work areas (like a grocery store). My new job now is fast food where I am constantly around Grills, Deep fryers and toasters. At the 2 week point i noticed my eyes becoming sore and itchy and Refresh Ultra drops and Gel tear gel just made the sensations worse!. I had been to the eye doctor 3 times in 2 weeks and another time tomorrow (april 15).
My eye doctor has always been extremely helpful and gave me a full eye exam at no charge because for the 2 weeks after i started my eyes were in so much jumble. Other than irritation everything else is "healthy" and just small patches of dryness in my right eye. I was given "Systane Ultra" drops which has largely cleared away most of the constant feeling but the eyelash feeling is still here just not nearly as bad.
The second week of problems was around the time (april 1) I posted on lasermyeye.com about worsening starbursts and now night ghosting in my left eye. The Ghosting I think is a very new problem because I am a VERY observant person and from June/08 - 1 month ago ive been paintballing, on vacation, to movies etc.. and never noticed ghosting which at present only seems to occur at night, or with white text on a black background, the moon and white lettered signs at night with a light behind it such as a fast food sign, floaters in my left eye bother me more and glare off objects turn into starbursts. 2 weeks ago when I had a full eye exam since I have prior retina stretching i was informed there was no rips or holes in my retina, i will discuss this again tomorrow.
How & Why I think this is Lasik related - I had read stories that people got such dry eye from Lasik they couldnt start fires or spray perfume because it messed with their eyes. My theory* is that the direct heat on my face from the multiple grills/fryers/toasters/ovens then the passive heat and emanating smoke has triggered something in which I dont know is permanent or just a reaction to my work environment. There is 1 other thing, in the past month when my nose gets dry my eyes star to hurt, this is more apparent when i do physical activity so I usaully have Nasal mist with me, however this could all be pure chance all of a sudden its a problem or lasik is involved.
When I see my eye doctor tomorrow (april 15) I am going to discuss about RGP lenses for my eyes and other possible treatments or doctors to try but perhaps I dont know/am not asking the right questions and perhaps someone can shed some insight for me.
If there is any questions for me please ask, Im open to anything. At present I feel largely robbed of my life (being 19 years old now) especially since I still have plans BUT since talking with post-lasik people my depressive/suicidal thoughts have largely gone away
but still finding it hard to cope. On lasermyeye someone forwarded me the website of a Canadian (I am in canada) Post-lasik doctor who helps with post-lasik complications but he is located across the country and from emails I have to prove i cant get help in my city before he does it pro-bono, I want to exhaust resources in my city before I fly to see him.
It should also be noted that for years ive taken salmon and fish oils and in the past few months Flaxseed oil. However this happens to be by pure chance it has the ability to help with dry eye for I started taking it for my Physical training.
I had lasik on June 28 2008 at 18 years old. Prior to lasik my eyes had never given me problems, infact I only went to the eye doctor at my once a year appointment only because I had to, however this all changed about a month ago.
Aside from starbursts/halos (mostly at night)my post-lasik experience was great, and I recommended it up until my 6 month post-lasik life when I noticed things werent getting better and aside from a minor incident in which i had double vision in 1 eye for a day everything was great, no dry eye, no pain just halo/starbursts.
How I think my situation changed in the past month differs from before from before :
I have had a total of 4 jobs since Lasik and most have them been in companys that had large work areas (like a grocery store). My new job now is fast food where I am constantly around Grills, Deep fryers and toasters. At the 2 week point i noticed my eyes becoming sore and itchy and Refresh Ultra drops and Gel tear gel just made the sensations worse!. I had been to the eye doctor 3 times in 2 weeks and another time tomorrow (april 15).
My eye doctor has always been extremely helpful and gave me a full eye exam at no charge because for the 2 weeks after i started my eyes were in so much jumble. Other than irritation everything else is "healthy" and just small patches of dryness in my right eye. I was given "Systane Ultra" drops which has largely cleared away most of the constant feeling but the eyelash feeling is still here just not nearly as bad.
The second week of problems was around the time (april 1) I posted on lasermyeye.com about worsening starbursts and now night ghosting in my left eye. The Ghosting I think is a very new problem because I am a VERY observant person and from June/08 - 1 month ago ive been paintballing, on vacation, to movies etc.. and never noticed ghosting which at present only seems to occur at night, or with white text on a black background, the moon and white lettered signs at night with a light behind it such as a fast food sign, floaters in my left eye bother me more and glare off objects turn into starbursts. 2 weeks ago when I had a full eye exam since I have prior retina stretching i was informed there was no rips or holes in my retina, i will discuss this again tomorrow.
How & Why I think this is Lasik related - I had read stories that people got such dry eye from Lasik they couldnt start fires or spray perfume because it messed with their eyes. My theory* is that the direct heat on my face from the multiple grills/fryers/toasters/ovens then the passive heat and emanating smoke has triggered something in which I dont know is permanent or just a reaction to my work environment. There is 1 other thing, in the past month when my nose gets dry my eyes star to hurt, this is more apparent when i do physical activity so I usaully have Nasal mist with me, however this could all be pure chance all of a sudden its a problem or lasik is involved.
When I see my eye doctor tomorrow (april 15) I am going to discuss about RGP lenses for my eyes and other possible treatments or doctors to try but perhaps I dont know/am not asking the right questions and perhaps someone can shed some insight for me.
If there is any questions for me please ask, Im open to anything. At present I feel largely robbed of my life (being 19 years old now) especially since I still have plans BUT since talking with post-lasik people my depressive/suicidal thoughts have largely gone away
but still finding it hard to cope. On lasermyeye someone forwarded me the website of a Canadian (I am in canada) Post-lasik doctor who helps with post-lasik complications but he is located across the country and from emails I have to prove i cant get help in my city before he does it pro-bono, I want to exhaust resources in my city before I fly to see him.It should also be noted that for years ive taken salmon and fish oils and in the past few months Flaxseed oil. However this happens to be by pure chance it has the ability to help with dry eye for I started taking it for my Physical training.
and up until i started the fast food job I hadnt put any concern into Lasik-Complications. However im really happy to see that you can understand about my theory of my work environment 
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