Before us was 1 or 2 other patients I think. After a while, we were led to a corner where we put our stuff away and put on our surgery gown, cap and mask. Then comes the finale waiting, which seemed like hours. (but actually a few mins lah). I was feeling a bit nervous already. I think my colleague also.
My colleague went in before me. After a while after she left, I was led to another operating theatre. I was asked to lie down on the surgery chair. There the surgery assistant briefed me on what was going to happen. They would be creating the flaps on my eyes in in that theatre and then I would have to walk to the other theatre where my colleague was at that moment to laser the eyes.
Just a few seconds later after I lie on the chair and numbing drops dropped in my eyes, the doctor came in and started to get ready for the first part of my surgery.
The doctor cleaned my eyes with something, then placed a ring over my right eye. Then down came the machine and pressed directly on the ring. Then I was asked to look at the blinking lights for 25 seconds. Then the machine was lifted up. The same steps were repeated for my left eye. My vision was quite blurry after the flaps were created.
I was led to the theatre next door. This time the doctor used some pincers to lift my flaps, then 30 seconds of laser for each eye. Then the flaps were replaced. Each eye was inserted with a zero degree contact len to protect the eye. After the lasik, my vision was cloudy. Couldn't see much. Its like not wearing specs and walking in a mist. After resting for about half an hour in the resting corner, I collected my stuff, and home sweet home. My colleague's husband very nice, sent me all the way home.
My colleague & me just after lasik
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