Yesterday marked two weeks since LASIK surgery was done on my right eye. To say that the past two weeks have been an amazing experience would be something of an understatement. My world is at once the same as it was, and yet it looks very, very different.
Given that it has been only two weeks, there are still numerous adjustment issues. My vision still fluctuates, and I've been told that this will be the case for three months or so. What has excited me most is that I'm now able to get through most of a day without even being conscious of my vision. This must mean that I'm becoming acclimated to the change, and that can only be a good thing.
Along with the good, though, there is also the frustrating. I hesitate to use the word "bad", because bad to me would indicate that I'm having some second thoughts about having had LASIK done- and nothing could be farther from the truth.
Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the adjustment process is adjusting to how my eyes react to different types of lighting conditions. Bright, sunny days give me no problems at all. The conditions I seem to struggle with to greater or lesser degrees with are overcast days and days which might be partly cloudy, but have a high overcast. Night driving is also a bit more challenging than it used to be.
The conclusion that I've drawn from this is that the amount of available ambient light definitely seems to effect the quality of my vision. This may be just another aspect of the adjustment process that I'm going to have to learn to cope with. Still, if that is as bad as it gets, then I don't have much to worry about.
So far, so good. Now, if I could just convince myself to stop looking for my glasses....
