Originally Posted by pinksugar
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I've also had PRK, and I'm jealous of you - my pain level was 11/10! man it stung like a *****. But not for that long. It was painful after the initial numbness wore off and was really painful for about 3 hours, I took everything they let me have and then closed my eyes in the darkest room of the house and had a nap. When I woke up, I pretty much felt fine and could see really well.
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I was on, let's see...
antibiotic drops
painkiller drops
rewetting drops
(They also gave me an anesthetic drop to use within the first 24 hours if I had immense pain, but with caution that it does drastically slow down healing, so not to use it too often, nor past the first 24 hours -- I didn't have enough pain to use it. They did say it's the exact same anesthesia that they use during surgery so it completely numbs any pain or feeling in the eye though.)
and an anti-seizure pill, which they said has a side effect that deadens the nerve endings in the back of my eyes for pain. It's FDA approved for epilepsy and not for eye-pain, but it seems to work well for it.
It seemed to help a lot when I had taken it on Sunday night, so that might have been what kept it mostly at bay over the weekend.
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Originally Posted by Roxie
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Apparently, one eye is better than the other and one is football shaped, that's all I know.
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football shape means astigmatism
