Description of Event or Problem · 1
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE OF THE SURGERY, BUT FALL OF 2000 IS ABOUT RIGHT. I HAD LASIK IN BOTH EYES. ONE IS FINE BUT THE OTHER IS NOT. I HAD ASTIGMATISM AND SOMEHOW DURING THE SURGERY, THE LASER ACTUALLY CREATED A 'DIVOT' IN MY CORNEA. THIS HAS CREATED THE EFFECT OF STILL HAVING ASTIGMATISM IN THAT EYE, THOUGH IN THE REVERSE: RATHER THAN A BULGE OR WARPING OUTWARDLY, IT IS A WARPING INWARDLY. A LATER SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ABOUT 5-6 YEARS LATER TO CORRECT THIS BUT IT DID NOT. AS A RESULT, ALONG WITH THE SUDDEN ONSET OF PRESBYOPIA IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SURGERY, I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF GLASSES. I ALSO IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED THE NEED FOR A VERY BRIGHTLY LIT ENVIRONMENT FOR ME TO SEE WELL ENOUGH AND, AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, I NEED STRONGER AND STRONGER READING GLASSES AND MORE AND MORE LIGHT. AS A RESULT, IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONSIDER A PRESCRIPTION GLASSES REMEDY SINCE, AT ANY GIVEN TIME OF THE DAY, I NEED A DIFFERENT CORRECTIVE STRENGTH. IT HAS CREATED A CROSS-EYED, STRAINED FEELING IF I GO WITHOUT THEM WHEN DOING ANY KIND OF CLOSE TO MID-DISTANCE WORK OR READING. I CAN, HOWEVER, DRIVE OK, ESPECIALLY IF I CLOSE THE ONE EYE. OVER ALL, WHILE I WAS AWARE OF POSSIBLE OVER OR UNDER CORRECTION, I WAS EXPECTING TO BE RID OF THE ASTIGMATISM. WHILE I KNEW THAT PRESBYOPIA COULD BE ACCELERATED, IT WAS NOT EXPLAINED OR EXPECTED THAT IT WOULD BE IMMEDIATE. WHILE THERE IS SOME IMPROVEMENT IN MY FAR DISTANCE, I AM GENERALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESULTS AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE REASON FOR HAVING LASIK: ELIMINATING OR GREATLY REDUCING THE NEED FOR PRESCRIPTION GLASSES.