On Friday I will be undergoing Lasik Eye Surgery! It's exciting and terrifying all at the same time, but I am looking forward to, no longer having to wear my glasses. I have been a contact wearer, 12+ years, and glasses since elementary school before that, due to nearsightedness. I barely wore them before college, mostly just a quick on and off to see the board or for driving of course! Glasses have always been a nuisance for me, falling off, or giving me headaches. I have been interested in the surgery since college, but I heard that I should wait until after I am done having children. So this fall is my luck chance. They told me I had to get rid of my contacts and wear just my glasses for three weeks before my surgery, and I have not enjoyed it! I feel so disoriented and for the first three days of wearing my glasses I had severe headaches and did not drive at all. Of course I had to give up my glasses the same day my back went out, so you can guess I have not been the happiest mommy around! My husband was nice enough to drive my daughter to school and pick her up for a few days. Since then I have gotten more used to my glasses and have even driven long distance in them without much trouble. Somethings I just cant get used to though, is wearing them daily. Just this morning I somehow, managed to close the fridge and the door actually hit my glasses! The lenses are constantly dirty, and my kids keep grabbing them since they too are not used to me wearing them. I also think its strange to have frames constantly in my line of sight. Last week I realized my glasses were too lose, as they kept falling down my nose, and my husband reminded me of my constantly pushing them back up. So I went to Target, yes that's where I got my fabulously stylish Vogue glasses, and they adjusted them for free. I left feeling great and ready to face another two weeks of glasses before my surgery. Unfortunately, the next morning I put them on, and they felt just a loose as ever. Just yesterday I was washing something in the sink looking down, and whoops, there went my glasses right in the soapy water!
Although I am able to rant on and on about my glasses I have enjoyed my contacts in the past, and miss them. Sure a few times my kids have poked me just right in the eye and my contacts have popped right out, but for the most part I had no complaints. The funniest thing you've probably ever seen is me trying to find the lost contact without being able to see it of course! Oh, anyway, now on to the surgery. Its just a few days away, and I thought I would be more nervous about it by now, but I am not. I have watched all the videos online the from UCLA Eye Center and talked to many friends and family who have had it. One person described the actual surgery to feel as if a fish is sucking on your eye ball. Now doesn't that sound wonderful, at least is only lasts 5-10 seconds! I am excited to see the clock at night from the bed, and to see my kids better in the middle of the night when they call for me. So here goes nothing and I hope to be glasses and contact free on Friday well, at least until I need bifocals.
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