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Going on 3 weeks post PRK vision has gotten so much worse is this normal?

August 14, 2017
Asked By:KaitlynSen in Woodbridge, VA

I had PRK done n July 28th .. so its been a little over 2 weeks. I was seeing ok not great. I woke up on Saturday and my vision has gotten so much worse! worse than before I had the surgery. I can barley read what's on the computer screen at work everything is blurry and doubling.. is this normal?

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