August 11, 2006
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New Eyes
Thank you for all your prayers! I woke up today not quite sure what to expect. After my eyes woke up, I could tell that my vision in my left eye is going to be better than it was. WAHOO!!
My right eye had PRK surgery, and takes longer to recover so its too soon to really tell there, but it seems like that eye will better also. I am SO looking forward to throwing away my reading glasses. Perhaps I’ll run over them in my car…
For those who don’t know he difference betwen LASIK and PRK, here is a short description. (If you dont like medical stuff, skip down…)
In LASIK, they cut a flap on the front of the eye, and peel that back (sounds good, huh? you’re squirming aren’t you?) then the laser “reshapes the front of the eye – takes about 10-20 seconds – and the flap is put back. You recover from this type of surgery fairly quick,and have good vision usually within hours, and it only takes weeks for the eye to heal.
In PRK, they do not cut a flap – this is for eyes that the front surface is either not thick enough or irregular and not capable of producing a healthy “flap” for LASIK. This is what I had in my right eye, as there was a problem with my front surface. In PRK, there is no flap,. They “grind the front surface down, (now you are really squirming, arent you?…) and resurface that with the laser. Again, 20-30 seconds) The healing for PRK is longer as the eye essentially has to grow a new front surface. In PRK, your eye isnt fully healed for 6-8 months, sometimes longer, however your sight does return sooner, but it’s not as clear as it will be when the eye is fully healed.
I had my eyes corrected for “monovision.” My left eye is for distance, and my right eye for near, so I’ll be able to see both! Not only will I be able to see distance, to take a picture, but I’ll be able to see the camera back to!!
It’s been challenging these past ten months (after my initial surgery) to shoot. I’ve been using reading glasses to see the camera back as well as my computer monitor. I’m typing this without my reading glasses, and I can see the screen!! And this is the day after surgery!!
It will only get better from here. Praise God!
And again thank you all!!!
Mark
Comments (14)
Glad things went well. I had Lasik a few years ago, but can’t read a thing up close.
But, I’ll just adjust I guess. It was really frustrating to me though when I had to push back the face of my newest grandbaby so she was’t blurry.
~Blessings~
Paula
Paula- did you not have the opportunity to do any enhancements? That is a bummer that happened to you too! After all that money you would expect to see!!! Mark tells me that we paid extra when we first signed up for the enhancements in case we needed it. It was like an extra 100 dollars….glad we did that cause we ended up needing it!
Kerri
Very smart thing Mark did, I hadn’t heard of that! So happy to hear you’re doing well, Mark! Be careful during your healing time for the PRK eye. It’s good swimming season is about over:):):) God bless you both:) Gerrie
Glad to hear the second round was more successful… hope you all are doing well, in Peace and God Bless.
- Joshua
Mark,
We’re so glad that you’re already seeing better! Praise God indeed!
:sunny: so happy for you Mark………….Keep on Shootin………Loves to ya….Kimi
Oh wow Kerri and Mark…so much news and shame on me for not dropping by more often. I miss you both!!! Believe it or not! I wanted to tell you Kerri about something I found that should help our FMS. I have had you on my mind lately the past couple weeks and I have no doubt its the Lord putting on my heart to let you know about this cure. First, I’ve been doing this colonic program called “colonix” and its really helping me clean out my colon and I hear having FMS is from a clogged and yucky colon. Second, I’m gonna start this program in couple weeks after I finish the colonix program… and I really want to tell you about it because it is supposed to kill candidia completely for once and all! Candidia is the root of the problem when it comes to FMS. I’ve done a lot of studying. Let me know if you are still interested. I’ll give you the link to the website I found.
Ooops… in my excitement I forgot to comment about Mark. I hope you heal quickly! I have the same problem as you do–one eye is nearsighted and the other is farsighted. I have thought about Lasik surgery for my eyes but it makes me soooooo nervous if they mess up because my eyes are really all I have.
Oh good I am happy for you and hope for a speedy recovery…….back to photoshop.
Thank GOD
I’m very glad to hear this !
I can only imagine… what a challenge that must of been… I’m soo glad to hear that your sight is coming back and you’re doing well! I had Lasik a little over a year ago… So I can relate to some degree…
Hang in there… sounds like you’re almost home!
Mark, I’m glad to read that your surgery went well. We wish you a speedy recovery!!! ~ Dawn & Bob