I'm now more than a month after the Relex smile surgery for both eyes. I'm looking perfectly with my right eye while my left on still blurry and can't see clearly the things with it, any reason behind that.
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I typically allow my patients to resume strenuous activities such as weightlifting two weeks after LASIK, as long as they do not rub their eyes (wear a hat or headband if you are prone to sweat alot).
According to your limited records, you had LASEK (basically the same as PRK) with can take longer to completely heal. I recommend aggressively treating the dry eye with the drops you're using, Omega 3 oral supplementation (I prefer high dose i.e., 4 grams/day), and avoidance of drying activities...
Contact lenses can warp or alter the shape of the cornea. For this reason, we like the patients to be out of their contacts for 1-3 days prior to the pre operative evaluation. For RGP contacts we have the patient out for 4 or more weeks or will put them in a soft lens for several...