I CAN SEE!!!!!

I have worn glasses or contacts since I was in JR High School. Not dating myself but that was almost 25 years ago. This past Thursday something happened that made it so I will never wear them again. That is as long as I don't need reading glasses at some point. The Army actually did something great for me and they did it for free! Well I had to pay for gas to drive almost 200 miles round trip for 4 straight days but other that that free. I had PRK surgery, it is similar to LASIK but without the flap and a little more painful. I can see, I have woken up for 2 days in a row and could see, well only 20/30 at the moment but getting better every day! I have been on a waiting list for about 7 years now to get this done, but since Uncle Sam is sending me to the sandbox to play I got bumped to the top of the list. Let me tell you it hurts like no tomorrow, at this point it feels like someone has dumped about 5lbs of sand in each eye but it will get better every day as well. I was laughed at by MamaLang because I took every pair of glasses I owned in and dumped them into the glasses donation box there at Walter Reed.

Speaking of Walter Reed, I have spoken to fellow soldiers that have been hurt in the Iraq war, my trip there was the first time seeing any of them. Amputees, legs, arms, legs & arms. It is a sad sight except for the looks on all their faces. None I saw were depressed, all look determined, determined not to let their loss allow them to lose the rest of themselves as well. It is a pretty awesome sight. Just for that reason since the office I have to go to is on the second floor we take the stairs, I figure we have two good legs might as well use them and get a little exercise in as well.

I am currently on day 4 after surgery, my vision comes and goes as it heals. Some minutes are better than others. I feel as though I have left daily wear contacts in for about 4 days at this point. Hopefully when the DR takes out the bandage contacts tomorrow It will feel better.

Since we have to be at Walter Reed so early tomorrow we have decided to get a hotel room near there tonight so we can look around a little bit and then tomorrow after my surgery we are going touring around the DC capitol area a bit. Good luck to us and I will blog more about our trip after we get back.

DDS