cost of lasik surgery - ard 3000
brand new life without kooky specs - PRICELESS
finally went for the lasik surgery for myself as a gift this year.
why ?
why not.
almost everybody else i know has done it, so it's time to rid of the aunty specs forever.
it requires one to wear specs for one week prior to the assessment.
was aunty for one week. except for the beloved waiter, everybody called me aunty.
hated it...
assessment was just alot of waiting and doing eyesight checkup.
and dilation of the eye to further confirm that the eye is suitable for the surgery.
assessment was done on my bday. how disgusting. to look like a dork on your bday....
ANYWAY, after assessment, the surgery was scheduled 1 week later.
on the day of surgery, was pretty excited.
they din let me wait for very long. very soon, i was called into the operation room where one ah nei aunty helped to dress me up for the surgery, and to brief me abit on it.
but who's listening.
it was my turn next. before me was one chao ah lian.
on the table, ur head is clamped in between some device, and then they taped your eye open. both upper eyelashes and lower part is taped by masking tape i think. ater that, something was used to pop your eye open.
"stare at the blinking green light" said the doc.
doc was recommended by xin. she raved about him.
i din knoe if he was any good. no comparison. it was my first.
he was very encouraging, and spoke quickly. like what i did when i was coaxing my dog to do his poo.
" you are doing great!!! goood!!!!! stare at the green light, alright! ok, you will be losing your eyesight for 30 secs. 25 secs to go, 10 secs to go, can you see again ? great you are doing great. now the laser is going to cut the flap. ignore the chaotao smell. goood. it was cut perfectly, blah blah blah "said the doc.
[orgu - i saw bubble when they cut my right eye. was it the reason why my right eye was blur ? ]
chey. of coz la.
the last thing you want to hear lying down there is a 'OPPPS'
.... how would a patient feel....
overall, there isnt much pain. but some discomfort. and the chao tai burning laser smell is pretty disgusting and kept you on your toes.
it only took 10 mins for both eye to be cut.
contact lense bandage was also put onto your eyes
after that, he helped m to seat up and ask me to tell the time on the clock.
it was a trick qn. the digital and the analog time does NOT tally one....
everything was quite blur initially. just like how u feel and see without a specs, but only slightly clearer.
U don get to see the doc after that. just go to counter and pay up.
why ? coz there's another maybe wat. 10 more patients waiting to have their eye cut ?
like a assembly line. doc is too busy for u. he had done his part. now fuk off and let the counter staff brief you on the eyecare.
they gave me some medicine and eyedrop, sunglasses, eye-googles, and scheduled to come back for a review.
there's a LOT of discomfort and strain on your eye after the surgery. the eyes is very sensitive to light. i was sitting in the living room - with the sunglasses , with all lights off and curtains drawn up, and still feeling very uncomfortable and strained.
it's best to go to sleep after you had used the medicated eyedrop.
felt better after the nap.
the sight also become clearer, except that for me,
the right eye is blurer than the left - which is strange - coz the right eye degree is less than the left.
i got worried.
was it something during the operation that i heard a soft "opps" ?
or was it my imagination.
at night - i wore the eye googles to sleep. so blooody gao - weai . but no choice. the fear of just accidentally touching your eye and moving the flap can be disastrous. was soooo conscious of it..
next morning - eye still feel very dry, but better.
still kinda blur, but better.
went for the review. all patients are to be reviewed the next day, so saw the ah lian and young girl at the clinic too.
ah lian was playing her nitendo with her sunglasses on. guess her surgery must have gone VERY well....
it was during the review when doc took out the bandage. immediately, you see even clearer - coz the bandage is somehow degreeed and makes things look blurer. - - - - - - - what does this mean ? seeems to me it is just a blllloooooody gimmick loh!!!
doc saved the best for the last.
" MOMENTOS OF YOUR OP!!!"
bianzzzz!!!!!! THEY TOOK A PHOTO OF YOU ON THE SURGERY TABLE, AND EVEN PUT PHOTO IN SOME HEAVY GLASS FRAME...
thats not all..
" AND ALSO MY BOOKS AS A PRESENT FOR YOU! FOR ANGMO AND TENGLANG VERSION!!!!! "
SHEEEEESH...
i guess that puts the books in one of the top selling list - on his patients' expenses.
why must i pay for his bloooody books ????????
xin din mention this before... if she did, i would have think twice about going to him....
anyway - i was still glad that i finally did it.
i regret not doing this soooner.
just hoping that both my eyes will heal soon so eyesight can be stablised at its best.
3rd review coming up next week.
happy birthday to me.
