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6 days post op, my vision is changing from one day to the next. What can I do to help improve healing and stabilizing?

wrenae777Feb 21, 2019
I had LASIK monovision surgery 6 days ago. My eyesight keeps fluctuating, but seems worse each day rather than better. One day I can see up close or at a distance and the next day I can't without blurred vision. I am healing and vision is stabilizing, however is it normal for vision to be just right and then change again? I did have one follow up visit and was told everything looks good.

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Dr. Michael R. George, MD (in memoriam)
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Answered on Feb 27, 2019
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