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Hello everyone,
I would like to know how your eyes feel like. We've all read the descriptions of DES with the exact same wording (sandy gritty sensation etc etc) and how it is diagnosed. But after my Lasik I discovered that symptoms don't necessarily correlate with tests.
I will never forget the unbearable pain when I got out of the Laser suite. I took Vicodin (sp?) to keep my eyes open to be checked for striae, and I remember the horrible comment by my surgeon, who mentioned casually that he had suffered from severe dry eye after his Lasik and had that much pain for an entire month afterwards
I couldn't possibly open my eyelids from the extreme pain, and I wonder if that's what severe dry eye feels like - in which case, dear God, I sympathize with each and every one of you...
I have only "trace SPK" after 6 months on Restasis and 13 after lasik. However when untreated my eyes burn and hurt in the same spot (I can tell that the pain is localized inferiorly to the left, for example - that means that sensation is back...yay
) The pain resembles red eye pain, and can range to a 5-6 on a scale from 1 to 10. At its worst, it can trigger a headache - but painkillers work for that. I often become aware of my eyeball's movement as well. My vision also becomes very blurry (sometimes I can't see well the computer monitor, a few inches away from my face).
The only things that kill my pain on contact are Dwelle, Dakrina, hot compresses, hot showers, and blinking exercises (I recommend them). Every time I cheat and use another drop my eyes burn terribly about an hour later - and it makes me wonder how I managed for so long. I also think that I have a strong pain tolerance, for example I didn't mind the intense initial Restasis burning.
So how about you? How strong is it?
I would like to know how your eyes feel like. We've all read the descriptions of DES with the exact same wording (sandy gritty sensation etc etc) and how it is diagnosed. But after my Lasik I discovered that symptoms don't necessarily correlate with tests.
I will never forget the unbearable pain when I got out of the Laser suite. I took Vicodin (sp?) to keep my eyes open to be checked for striae, and I remember the horrible comment by my surgeon, who mentioned casually that he had suffered from severe dry eye after his Lasik and had that much pain for an entire month afterwards
I couldn't possibly open my eyelids from the extreme pain, and I wonder if that's what severe dry eye feels like - in which case, dear God, I sympathize with each and every one of you...I have only "trace SPK" after 6 months on Restasis and 13 after lasik. However when untreated my eyes burn and hurt in the same spot (I can tell that the pain is localized inferiorly to the left, for example - that means that sensation is back...yay
) The pain resembles red eye pain, and can range to a 5-6 on a scale from 1 to 10. At its worst, it can trigger a headache - but painkillers work for that. I often become aware of my eyeball's movement as well. My vision also becomes very blurry (sometimes I can't see well the computer monitor, a few inches away from my face). The only things that kill my pain on contact are Dwelle, Dakrina, hot compresses, hot showers, and blinking exercises (I recommend them). Every time I cheat and use another drop my eyes burn terribly about an hour later - and it makes me wonder how I managed for so long. I also think that I have a strong pain tolerance, for example I didn't mind the intense initial Restasis burning.
So how about you? How strong is it?
) I've had sinus problems for 2 years that CT scans come up blank on. So they can't even fix that. Unfortunately the two have connections: 
Good Luck, and let me know if this was helpful. John. 
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