LASIK

I make a lot of lists.  I am a forgetful person.  I make lists for the silliest things.  It’s kind of pathetic sometimes.

1. Floss
2. Listerine
3. Wash face
4. Remove contacts
5. Brush teeth
6. Retainers
7. Moisturize face

This is my Night-time Ritual To-Do list. How dorky is #6?? I know. Problem is my teeth shift within a matter of weeks if I don’t use ‘em! UGH. I digress…

Last week, I knocked off a line: Remove contacts.  No, I didn’t succumb to laziness and decide to lets the suckers have a permanent residence in my eyes. I underwent Custom LASIK surgery last week.  At the Laser Eye Center (TLC), to be exact.

I SEE you!

*Dino, the Pastoriza family’s giant black lab!*

I wasn’t too enthusiastic about the procedure at first.  See, I’ve never been crazy about the idea of surgery.  Scratch that, I’ve never been crazy about being operated on. (’cause God know I love being in an OR otherwise!) However, LASIK is nothing like the surgeries I’ve seen in the OR.  It’s simple, it’s quick & it’s very exact (half the work is done by a machine, the laser portion).

I was awake during the procedure, which you’d think is nerve-wracking, but it’s not.  You don’t feel a thing.  Plus, they give you Valium to sedate ya a bit.  The surgeon talked me through the whole procedure and assured me that everything was proceeding well.  A scrub nurse counted down the seconds left for the laser to finish.  That helped a lot too.  Thank you nurse-lady!

Eye color, when my pupils are itty-bitty.

Did I mention it was quick? The laser correction portion of the procedure took less that a minute for each eye.  I believe in my case it was 45 & 36 seconds.  For some people it can even be a quick 15-20 seconds! I’m jealous of those people.

I highly recommend LASIK eye surgery for the vision impaired.  If you have any questions, please please please do not hesitate to ask me.  Don’t believe any negative rumors swirling around about LASIK and don’t be afraid of it.  It’s really no big deal.

But yeah, that’s what has been going on with my life lately.  It’s the reason I haven’t blogged in a bit.

Subconscious mind: Yeah, sure.  Blame it on the eyes.  It’s by no means your last of discipline with writing.

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