My 50th Birthday Present .... to Myself. Worcester, MA

Well tomorrow is the day. I'm very excited, and a bit nervous all at the same time. There was a time in my life where my eyes were one of my best features ... but not so much any more. I hate seeing pictures of myself, I always look tired. Well, tomorrow, I hope to change all that, and get those beautiful eyes back. I turned 50 last December, and decided it was just time to take care of things, and make myself happy with the way I look. I'm spending today prepping some food for the next few days, and my girlfriends will do shifts here tomorrow to make sure I have everything I need and make sure I'm comfortable.
I will check back in tomorrow ....

Well, my eyes were done this morning! My appt was at 8:00, and I was on my way home by 9:15. Quick, and quite honestly, painless. I will be honest, it is looking scary at the moment, but I'm quite confident that the end result will be fabulous. Stitches are in until next Monday, that is a bit disappointing, as I was hoping they would be out before the weekend. Just on some tylenol for now, hopefully it doesn't get too painful today.
My surgeon and his staff couldn't have been nicer--they made the experience a good one overall.
I have found that icing one eye at a time is much more bearable. But that is just a personal preference.
I will write more tomorrow.

Well today is supposed to be the worst day. My eyes look worst than I feel. No real pain at all. Icing it is certainly keeping the swelling down--I certainly see the difference after icing them for a while. The redness/bruising is starting to move from just below the scars to under the eye.
My doctor called this morning to see how everything was going--which I found comforting for sure. He reassured me that I just had to get through today, and it's all down hill from here.
Sleeping last night was the only discomfort--and that is just because I slept on the couch and had 2 pillows under my head .... So not because of any eye pain. Eventually took some NyQuil I had handy and slept better.
I will admit to already becoming a bit stir crazy, but I figure I just have one more day of hanging in the couch, then I can work or do some things around the house starting tomorrow. Sometimes taking it easy is a boring for me!
I will keep you updated on my progress.