I don't have any blurriness, and everything has been seamless so far, but yesterday (1 wk 2 days pos-op) my eyes felt very tired which in turn made me feel tired. All day today my eyes have been heavy and tired and feel a little scratchy which they didn't before. I had a followup yesterday and my doctor told me my right eye was dry, and heaviness is a symptom of dryness, but is it concerning that this is just arising over a week post-op and wasn't a problem before? I was -8 in both eyes.
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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...
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