Countdown to 20/20

I am nervous and excited. In less than 12 hours, I will be getting LASIK eye surgery. My appointment is at 7:30 a.m., so if you read this before then – send good thoughts my way tomorrow morning!

The procedure itself is supposed to take just a few minutes for each eye. Then I will come home and take two Ambien and sleep for 7-8 hours. When I wake up I should be able to see perfectly.

I have had Focus Night and Day contacts for the past few years. I considered this the “lazy man’s LASIK”. You wear them for thirty days, even to sleep, take them out overnight and put in a new pair. For the past few months my contacts had really been bothering me for the first few days that I had them in. I went to the optomotrist, who diagnosed me with a callous on the back of my eyelid. He said I could no longer sleep in my contacts, which was the reason that I was paying $60 a box for contacts (instead of $20).

I hate inserting and removing soft contacts, probably because I had gas permeable for many years before the soft. The maneuver is much different; with the gas permeable there is very little eyeball touching. With soft you have to do a slide and pinch. I’ve never quite caught on and have inflicted several minor scratches upon myself.

I have wanted LASIK surgery for quite some time, but have always been too scared and too thrifty. The callous diagnosis was the turning point.

It won’t be long…