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[madwitch]

So my eye is much less blurry. I stayed home this afternoon, napped a lot, and generally feel better. I'm going to need to get a patch for the bad eye, as it's going to get very painful trying to see out of both of them, it's such a different view of the world.

Had my check up this morning, and I am healing perfectly. Eye pressure is fine, the incisions are healing over, and I am starting to be used as a training case due to the problems with the first op. I just can't do anything simply, can I? Eye doc is v pleased with me, hurrah. I was explaining to him that, when I look through my left eye, everything is bigger. It's odd, as my vision has always been the same with both my glasses and my lenses, it was always just a matter of convenience and style choosing between them. Oh, and pain, because I could only wear my lenses for short amounts of time before the red hot coals in my eyes feeling started. So obviously this larger and closer thing that I'm seeing is odd, I actually jumped when Sasha was sitting on the sofa with me earlier and I was testing out the new eye, as she suddenly seemed to be sitting so much closer to me.

According to Eye Doc, this is how normal eyes see all the time. Freaky. It's really going to take some getting used to, especially when both are done, so if I react in odd ways to seeing people, it's not you. I just haven't really seen any of you properly before, and you will all be closer up than expected, familiar but different. I apologise in advance if this seems freaky, just bear with me whilst I get used to how the world actually looks, I have a lot of new and wonderful things to discover. Things seem brighter too, colours richer, things more defined. This is awesome. How can you bitch about a world this full of colour and light and things to look at?

I am going to be like this for a while. Possibly for good. You have been warned.

My prescription in my left eye is now as close to 0 as it gets. On Monday morning, it was -14.5. 20 minutes of fear and discomfort and all those things, and oh my god, this is just amazing. Words have not been invented to describe how utterly, utterly wonderful this is.

13th May cannot come fast enough.

Comments

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

That sounds very positive!
-14.5? OUCH! I can imagine how glad you are to be rid of that.

What I'm wondering is what proper depth perception actually looks like...

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

The other one is -12.5, so you can imagine just how oddly balanced everything is right now. I thought it was -11, I was wrong.

In 2 weeks, I shall know the answer to the depth perception question. And then I shall rule the world, or something.

[kostika.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear you're adjusting well to the op.

[taimatsu]

Wow. My prescription is very small, low low numbers, and I have major fear of your op, so this is not something I will ever do, but it's amazing to read about what a difference it is making for you. I broke my glasses maybe 18 months ago and have not worn them since - I plan to buy new glasses sometime in the next couple of weeks and I'm really excited about being able to see properly again. The difference will be minimal compared to yours, obviously :)

Best of luck with the remaining bits.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

That makes total sense, what you're describing, and is the difference between glasses and contacts for me. But it's partly because my glasses aren't quite right.

YA6!

[laumiere.livejournal.com]

Delighted for you (and a tiny bit jealous for the perfect vision). All hail the new HD-ready Maddie!

[medusa-nw.livejournal.com]

We'll both have 20/20 vision. But you'll have better hearing. :-)

[akcipitrokulo.livejournal.com]

*YAY* I'm so glad it's going well!

I find something similar whenever I get a new pair of glasses - everything seems more *real* - but this sounds like a very much heightened sense of that.