Post PRK Laser Eye Surgery – 3 Months

Hi all, apologies for the delay.  It has actually been  a month ago that I went in for my 3 month post-operative check-up.  About 5 weeks ago, I accidentally "stabbed" myself my left eye with my nails..... yes, not very smart... Don't ask me how I managed to do that... its embarrassing to say, I just did....

Anyway, I often do poke myself in the eye and usually it recovers with some eye drops and overnight.  But not this time...  I went to bed with that mindset.. when I woke up the next day, I could barely open my left eye.  It was bloodshot red and tears just kept rolling down my eyes.  My eyes were burning and stinging when I tried to keep it open.  It was more painful than the actual PRK recovery... really!

I was fortunate enough to reach my eye doctor on her day off and she immediately met up with me to check up on it.   It was pretty bad, she said I pretty much scratched off quite a bit of my cornea and now its trying to heal... She thought of putting on those clear non-prescriptive contacts I had as a bandage from the PRK, but we were concert bacteria may get trapped and cause an infection.  I was advised to sleep all day, keep my eyes closed, apply Flarex anti-biotic drop a few times a day, and consistently apply the Bion-Tears.  That was exactly what I did.  By night,my eyes were still burning but not as bad as the morning.   I had to moved all my meetings that day to the next day which meant I couldn't miss work two days in a row.  The next day, my eye was pretty much a lot better and mildly pink with hardly any burning.  *Phew*  2 days after the incident, I went back to get it checked and it was pretty much healed.

It was a few days prior to my actual 3 months, so we did the post-op 3 month check-up on the same day.  Eyes were looking healthy with minor dryness (expected) and vision have not deterred from the initial assessment.  I still have minor 0.5 astigmatism in each eye and near-sightednesses, however, with both eyes together, I am pretty  much 20/20.  Woot Woot!!

Astonishing Alberta Part 2: Hoodoos, Dumheller

Continuing from Part 1, Tyrell Museum, I drove to visit Hoodoos, around 30 minutes drive.  I was told by my local friend that its a "must see" attraction.  

Below is the gorgeous scenery and weather on the drivve there.