Most of my friends know that I had this perpetual big-framed glass on my eyes which would cover almost half my face...all that is gone now! I am proud to say that my eyes are back. It was nothing short of a miracle...albeit a difficult one.
My doctor said that LASIK is like a magic wand. Just shell out Rs 81,000 and poof! Specs gone! What they didn't tell me prior to the operation was that I couldn't go out, I couldn't watch TV and most importantly, couldn't work on my lappie for at least a week!
Apart from that, the surgery itself was hilarious. I reached the clinic for the surgery armed with my parents and my dad armed with the precious Rs 81,000. I was given a pill which would make me slightly drowsy, but I could still 'see' everything.
The doctors were operating so fast as if they were milking cows. By the time my chance came, I was almost fainting from nervousness. I was led in the OT so fast that I could not even give my parents a farewell goodbye (in case I didn't come out alive from the OT, or worse, I became blind). Once inside, they showered my eyes, literally, with loads of eye drops which made my eyeballs numb.
I was told to lie down on the operating table. I had developed a horrible cold somehow. My mother, waiting outside, was praying that I don't sneeze during the operation - what if the laser hit somewhere else!?!
I was as nervous as a goat going to get slaughtered. The doctor started explaining what they were going to do. They would cut out a flap in both my eyeballs through a laser, and then another laser will burn the excess tissue in my eyes which made them weak. She started cooing then about my hobbies, favourite author, blah blah blah, while doing the operation....which didn't help me a single bit to calm down. I could 'see' the flap been cut, the laser hitting me eye and the water cleaning my eyes. It was absolutely scary.
And suddenly, after 10 minutes, she announced, "Its done". I croaked "What?". They made me sit up and read the time on the clock on the opposite wall. I could read it, but everything was hazy and blurry. I was almost screaming that I can't see properly, the operation was a horrible mistake, I was terrified and almost crying when finally the doctor told me that the blurry feeling will go after a day. I sighed with relief.
Then I was pushed out of the OT. I came out with my hands outstretched, like, as my mother later said, a blind women. They both jumped up from their seats when they saw me. I was quickly given a pair of sunglasses and told to sit. Once done, I started to read around me. I could actually read without my specs! It was so cool! It actually worked like a magic wand.
Then started the flurry of regular visits, 4 eye drops in every two hours and all that hassle. But honestly, it all seems bearable when I look at myself in the mirror now.
And, I want to say sorry if I haven't replied to any mails, cause I have just been allowed to work on the laptop.
My doctor said that LASIK is like a magic wand. Just shell out Rs 81,000 and poof! Specs gone! What they didn't tell me prior to the operation was that I couldn't go out, I couldn't watch TV and most importantly, couldn't work on my lappie for at least a week!
Apart from that, the surgery itself was hilarious. I reached the clinic for the surgery armed with my parents and my dad armed with the precious Rs 81,000. I was given a pill which would make me slightly drowsy, but I could still 'see' everything.
The doctors were operating so fast as if they were milking cows. By the time my chance came, I was almost fainting from nervousness. I was led in the OT so fast that I could not even give my parents a farewell goodbye (in case I didn't come out alive from the OT, or worse, I became blind). Once inside, they showered my eyes, literally, with loads of eye drops which made my eyeballs numb.
I was told to lie down on the operating table. I had developed a horrible cold somehow. My mother, waiting outside, was praying that I don't sneeze during the operation - what if the laser hit somewhere else!?!
I was as nervous as a goat going to get slaughtered. The doctor started explaining what they were going to do. They would cut out a flap in both my eyeballs through a laser, and then another laser will burn the excess tissue in my eyes which made them weak. She started cooing then about my hobbies, favourite author, blah blah blah, while doing the operation....which didn't help me a single bit to calm down. I could 'see' the flap been cut, the laser hitting me eye and the water cleaning my eyes. It was absolutely scary.
And suddenly, after 10 minutes, she announced, "Its done". I croaked "What?". They made me sit up and read the time on the clock on the opposite wall. I could read it, but everything was hazy and blurry. I was almost screaming that I can't see properly, the operation was a horrible mistake, I was terrified and almost crying when finally the doctor told me that the blurry feeling will go after a day. I sighed with relief.
Then I was pushed out of the OT. I came out with my hands outstretched, like, as my mother later said, a blind women. They both jumped up from their seats when they saw me. I was quickly given a pair of sunglasses and told to sit. Once done, I started to read around me. I could actually read without my specs! It was so cool! It actually worked like a magic wand.
Then started the flurry of regular visits, 4 eye drops in every two hours and all that hassle. But honestly, it all seems bearable when I look at myself in the mirror now.
And, I want to say sorry if I haven't replied to any mails, cause I have just been allowed to work on the laptop.
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