Poll (of sorts): Just one-word answers, please!

[fionasmom]

My eyes were gritty, especially after removing contacts.

[Max]

Oh my god YES. I wear sunglasses at night and even while in a movie theater.

I feel passingly suicidal because there is really nothing anybody on earth is going to do or create that will help me.

[justbob]

Coldness, smarting, aching/pain, aching/pain in eyelid, very sticky eyes.

I feel passingly suicidal because there is really nothing anybody on earth is going to do or create that will help me.

Yes exactly that, lack of hope.

[SueAum]

Very gritty.

[dryeyekat]

foreign body sensation

[SueAum]

Gritty....

[nori2015]

Burning :-(

[teddy1324]

Definitely Sore

[Jaybo]

Gritty.......

[Manupi]

Gritty, watery eyes (the watery thing is really hard).

[Keely]

Penetrating. After a tear (erosion) it's a sharp pain like a needle or blade cutting into the eye and it just keeps on.
After a few hours it settles to gritty and feeling like there's something in my eye constantly, which is tolerable by comparison.

[Klee]

Photophobia

[Rainbow]

menthol sensation, gritty, general irritation/pain

[ltree]

Most of the time - sore
At its worst - my eyelids would not stay open. I would struggle to open them, the next second the lids would drop. I had to use a finger to keep the lid open to do what I need to do. This is in addition to the soreness.

[Patrolman]

12 months post PRK. Scratchy.