Recently Had Lasik - Reading, PA

CC,
I completely understand how you feel. I was very depressed after the surgery and had myself convinced that my eyes were ruined.
It took months for them to heal, even up to a year. Eyes aren't any different from any other part of the body. They need to heal. So think about how long it takes for a scar to heal. Long.
It has been 1 year and 4 months, and all is well now. Since I am in my 40's, I do need reading glasses but only with dim light. I work on a computer for a profession and don't need glasses.
I love not needing contacts or glasses anymore.
I have friends that had the surgery, and they healed very quickly. Just remember everyone heals differently, I happened to be that small percentage of people that healed very slow.
If you want to talk, email me @ golfaz@ptd.net.
Keep your chin up.

It was a struggle for me to say the least. I couldn't even read a street sign. Halos around any kind of light and just overall low quality vison. I panicked and thought I had ruined my eyes but in weeks and even months it improved. For whatever reason, my eyes healed super slow. I can tell you that I was depressed over it. Today all is well and I have had no issues. Hang in there

I concur with everyone who said it sometimes takes a while to heal. I'm 1+ year post op and my eyesight is very good. I went through periods of seeing better and seeing worse, but after about 3 months my eyesight evened out. I do need "cheaters" for up-close reading, but I'm ok with that occasional need (I'm 45, it comes with the territory!) . Good luck, Sarahfv!!!

It took my eyes a few months to heal. The doctors office said that a percentage of eyes heal slower than others. I happened to be one of them. My eyes really weren't that bad to begin with but I was tired of wearing uncomfortable contacts. So you can only imagine how upset I was when I didn't have the "wow" factor like most Lasik patients. After 4 months, it settled down and I felt comfortable with the procedure, but it took a lot of time for me to feel that way. Just remember that your eyes were cut and it needs to heal like any other part of your body. Don't make the mistake of reading all the bad Lasik experiences online, or you will have yourself convinced that you are going blind. It has been 4 years and I am happy that I had it done. Sides effects that I still have are dry eyes in the morning, and I need reading glasses (I am in my late 40's, so it is normal). Hang in there. You will be fine.

Thanks for you inspiring comments.Your comments had help me to avoid of being pessimistic of the possible outcome of the procedure.I just need to be patience in awaiting for some more time on what to expect about the procedure.I had visited my doctor last week and he has prescribed temporary eye glasses which can aid me in having a much accurate view specially of a distance objects.Your comments had also made me calm down by expecting a quick positive outcome about the procedure ,as per your experience it took some time before you had able to get the desired result that you want.

What I don't get is that you're still dealing with dry eye in the morning 4 yrs later. I thought for the most part this was a 3-6 month thing?!! I was told this is (for most patients) a temporary side effect but, the more I look online I am finding out that it is not. I just don't understand this anymore, like it either goes away for most patients or someone's defiantly lying here