PRK Update

I promised an update, but I have been busy this week just trying to get through another on week at work.  It has now been 10 days since my PRK surgery.  I did experience mild to moderate discomfort on day 2 and 3, but on day 4 the pain was gone and my eyes have been painless since then.  I had my contact bandages removed on Tuesday, day 5.  My vision immediately regressed, but I wasn't concerned.  I read about other people's experiences and talked to the doctor about it.  The day before I was seeing almost perfect.  Things were starting to come into focus and actually be sharp and clear.  The reason there is a regression is because that contact bandage smooths out the healing tissue on your eye.  Once it is removed you don't have that smoothness anymore and have to just wait for the surface to heal on its own.  I saw small improvements in vision the following days.  My vision seems well enough to drive and road signs are getting easier to read every day.  On day 6 I had no choice but to drive in the dark because I had to be at work by 5am.  I was so scared, but it wasn't bad.  I could see but I just had to ignore the halos and glares coming off of lights.  I feel like I can see well, but things seem to come in and out of focus.  The most difficult thing to look at is a computer monitor.  This is more challenging because my job is to sit at a desk and stare at a monitor.  My eyes just can't seem to focus on letters and numbers properly.  I'm very hopeful this will improve week by week. 
  Right now I'm just patiently waiting for my eyes to heal and my vision to keep improving.  I really think that the end result will be close to 20/20.  This whole experience is truly a miracle to me.  My vision was really bad.  I was at -6.25 in both eyes and without correction the whole world was this huge blur closing in on me.  When I look around and see right now I have to keep reminding myself that I'm seeing without contacts or glasses.  I have to keep using re wetting drops for my eyes about 6-8x a day.  They are keeping me on steroid drops 2x a day.  I have been following all the doctors orders as closely as I can so these eyes can heal quick and I will get the best results possible.  There is even more pressure for me because I was told that this surgery was my only shot.  I don't have any future opportunities for a touch up procedure due to the fact that my prescription was moderate and borderline severe.  If you get this procedure done with only a moderate correction then you have chances to get touch up procedures if your vision is under or over corrected.  I"m sure I will need some form of correction in the future.  My expectations were to be free of any correction for several years and then hopefully only need reading glasses when I"m older.  I always wanted to get my eyes corrected and I was hoping to get it done in my 20's so I could have the best results possible.  Right now I am in the best health of my life at age 28.  I'm taking care of my eyes the best I can and hoping for good results.  I will keep posting updates.