Hi All,
I was so happy to find this board. I had lasik (May 2009) and wasn't prepared or told about the horrendous dry eye issues that would follow. I had SEVERE dry eye after the surgery, but now I'd say I'm more at the 'dry eye' stage.
Although my vision is crystal clear with little to no halos, starbusrts etc., I'm a little surprised that this type of service is offered when so many people experience this dreaded dry eye. When I researched lasik, I never came across dry eye issues, but I wanted to be free of glasses so badly, that I suppose I didn't look very far.
Friends and colleagues that have had lasik never told me about the post dry eye issues. They loved lasik and would never go back to glasses. I never asked the doctor about it .. and was also never informed.
I am doing ok. Work is a struggle as it's an enclosed, air-conditioned building where I can't control the temp. I have a humidifier going at my cubicle all day .. seem to help a little.
At home I'm fairly good as I can control the house temp, but also have a humidifier and I turn that one if I'm my eyes feel uncomfortable.
As far as wind goes, a light breeze is fine, but a windy day will kill me. I highly recommend 7-Eye (by Panoptx) sun glasses. I have the churada model and I like the rubber eye insert vs. the velvet one. Only problem is that when the eye cup is in, it limits your peripheral vision.
Anyway, enough rambling ... looking forward to sharing tips, tricks on how to recover or just deal with - ugh - dry eyes.
Monica.
PS: I would never, ever recommend lasik to anyone.
I was so happy to find this board. I had lasik (May 2009) and wasn't prepared or told about the horrendous dry eye issues that would follow. I had SEVERE dry eye after the surgery, but now I'd say I'm more at the 'dry eye' stage.
Although my vision is crystal clear with little to no halos, starbusrts etc., I'm a little surprised that this type of service is offered when so many people experience this dreaded dry eye. When I researched lasik, I never came across dry eye issues, but I wanted to be free of glasses so badly, that I suppose I didn't look very far.
Friends and colleagues that have had lasik never told me about the post dry eye issues. They loved lasik and would never go back to glasses. I never asked the doctor about it .. and was also never informed.
I am doing ok. Work is a struggle as it's an enclosed, air-conditioned building where I can't control the temp. I have a humidifier going at my cubicle all day .. seem to help a little.
At home I'm fairly good as I can control the house temp, but also have a humidifier and I turn that one if I'm my eyes feel uncomfortable.
As far as wind goes, a light breeze is fine, but a windy day will kill me. I highly recommend 7-Eye (by Panoptx) sun glasses. I have the churada model and I like the rubber eye insert vs. the velvet one. Only problem is that when the eye cup is in, it limits your peripheral vision.
Anyway, enough rambling ... looking forward to sharing tips, tricks on how to recover or just deal with - ugh - dry eyes.
Monica.
PS: I would never, ever recommend lasik to anyone.
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