Graft done!
Posted: Sat 24 Apr 2010 4:33 pm
Well, it's done (yesterday) and I'm back home.
Noit quite what I expected - no real sign of the much-discussed light senstivity; I was expecting to be given some dark glasses but wasn't, and haven't really wanted any.
Pretty sore now - don't know if it's the drops (which I only started today) or just the fact that I've had my eyes open for much longer periods (yesterday I kept them closed most of the time), but it's definitely moved on from aching to stinging. Not too bad though considering - I seem to remember RGPs felt much the same after a few hours when I tried them! (But of course I could take them out when I got fed up!)
Anyway, surgery went well - they managed to do a DALK (90% thickness), which they planned but didn't guarantee cos they said sometimes it just doesn't work and they have to go full-thickness. So that makes rejection that much less likely I guess.
Just keeping my fingers crossed there are no complications... back in next week for follow-up.
Noit quite what I expected - no real sign of the much-discussed light senstivity; I was expecting to be given some dark glasses but wasn't, and haven't really wanted any.
Pretty sore now - don't know if it's the drops (which I only started today) or just the fact that I've had my eyes open for much longer periods (yesterday I kept them closed most of the time), but it's definitely moved on from aching to stinging. Not too bad though considering - I seem to remember RGPs felt much the same after a few hours when I tried them! (But of course I could take them out when I got fed up!)
Anyway, surgery went well - they managed to do a DALK (90% thickness), which they planned but didn't guarantee cos they said sometimes it just doesn't work and they have to go full-thickness. So that makes rejection that much less likely I guess.
Just keeping my fingers crossed there are no complications... back in next week for follow-up.