{"id":775,"date":"2011-12-02T17:31:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T01:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teebiss.com\/blog\/?p=775"},"modified":"2011-12-02T17:33:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T01:33:14","slug":"prk-4-month-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teebiss.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/02\/prk-4-month-update\/","title":{"rendered":"PRK 4 month update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK so it&#8217;s not quite 4 months, but close enough (only 8 more days).<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s my update, and this will probably be my last PRK update unless something crazy happens.<\/p>\n<p>Had a checkup recently and my results are pleasing.  20\/20+ in my left eye and 20\/20- in my right eye.  That means that I can read a couple of characters on the 20\/15 line with my left eye, and I missed a couple characters on the 20\/20 line with my right eye.  I&#8217;m satisfied with these results.<\/p>\n<p>I was hoping hoping hoping that I&#8217;d get that bionic eagle eye solid 20\/15 vision in both eyes but I suppose that&#8217;s a little unrealistic.  Even with contacts or glasses my vision was never that good.  Right now I&#8217;d say that my vision is slightly better than it ever was.  My doctor says that this is a great result.<\/p>\n<p>I still have the slightest, smallest astigmatism in my right eye that couldn&#8217;t be corrected with PRK or LASIK.  And that&#8217;s what causes a bit of distortion, just enough to mis-read a couple of characters on the 20\/20 line.<\/p>\n<p>So I think another procedure is out of the question.  Not unless my eyes take a turn for the worse.  But, there is no indication that would happen.  I&#8217;m not worried.<\/p>\n<p>I turn 40 later this month.  Every time I go to the eye doctor they tell me that I&#8217;ll need reading glasses soon.  I feel like the PRK procedure hustled that along.  Before my surgery my close-up vision was incredibly good.  I could focus with absolute clarity on very small items&#8211;I&#8217;d have to hold them inches from eyes.  Now when I try to do something like that it&#8217;s blurry, like tie a fly fishing knot or read very small text on a package.<\/p>\n<p>Went deer hunting last month and I was able to see things clearly far away.  I was very happy with that.  I&#8217;m also a sport shooter, and I&#8217;m also able to focus clearly on targets downrange with clarity.  I also did a lot of fly fishing last month, and let me tell you, it was soooo nice to be able to see without correction.<\/p>\n<p>My night vision has markedly improved as well.  The first month after surgery I had some halos and starbursts and fogginess while night driving.  Now all of those things have gone away.  No more halos, no more starburst, and I can see things very clearly.  I feel very safe driving at night.<\/p>\n<p>So I think that&#8217;s about it.  My vision has stabilized lately.  I&#8217;m very happy with the results.  I would do it again.  And I recommend it to anyone considering laser eye corrective surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, PRK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK so it&#8217;s not quite 4 months, but close enough (only 8 more days). So here&#8217;s my update, and this will probably be my last PRK update unless something crazy happens. Had a checkup recently and my results are pleasing. 20\/20+ in my left eye and 20\/20- in my right eye. 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