Lasik

Just went for my lasik surgery in the morning and it was a success!!! I have been wanting to do it for a couple of years now but my mum advised me to wait till all the exams were over just in case my degree went up while studying...So finally, after four years in NUS, the time had finally come for a life without contact lenses and glasses...I was so excited that there were times during the pre-evaluation where i would smile or chuckle to myself because i was so freakin happy...I hate wearing glasses! Hate it when my glasses fog up when coming out of an air-conditioned place into the open, when they jump up and down on my nose bridge when i jog and slip off when i look down...Plus, u cant wear contacts all day too such that when i'm out all day i have to worry about my contacts drying up and my eyes turning red...And they usually do within 6 hours of wearing...That totally sux! My main reason however is simply that i m very vain. I think i look awful in glasses cos it accentuates my already big nose that needs no further accentuation...So rather than go for cosmetic surgery, I'll just do the eyes instead and restore it to what God had originally given to me.

As some of you already know, i chose to go to Parkway eye centre (at Gleneagles) as opposed to the Singapore National Eye Centre (at SGH) becos the former was offering a package that was a whopping $1.1k less than the latter. Also research on Dr. Lee Hung Ming, showed him to be a really reputable guy with a great track record...

Initially however, i was really impressed with SGH cos within 2 days of my booking an appointment, i received a letter from them with a CD containing a video on lasik to watch. Parkway din send anything. They even told me that i could do lasik within 3 days of not wearing lenses when the actual stay-off period whould be about a week...This made them seem hard-up for customers and i din take to that too well...Also the front-desk pple at SGH seemed much friendlier than the ones at Parkway...But because it was cheaper and given Dr. Lee's reputation, i decided to give it a shot...

When i went for the pre-evaluation, my eyes were assessed twice to ascertain my degree...There were also some tests to check if my eyes are suitable for lasik or not...This was done very professionally and i was quite impressed by the optometrist there...(Yep...It helped that she was quite pretty) Then finally, i got to meet the doctor himself...He was very smiley, friendly and assuring...Told me that he had done some 10000 pairs of eyes or so and said all turned out well...Then he told me not to break his record...By then, i was totally psyched and confident that he would do a good job but what realli sealed the deal for me was when he told me to just do the conventional lasik instead of the much more expensive intralase method...That is good! It shows that he wasn't trying to hard-sell me a more expensive procedure and has my interests at heart...So i confirmed my op with him and left...

The next day i woke up at 8am and cudnt sleep cos i was so excited...We eventually arrived half an hour earlier than the alloted time and i went for a final eye assessment...Long story short, I was very nervous by the time i lay down on the op table...The doc kept telling me to look at this blinking red light and i could see them forcing my eyelids open with some device before using some other instrument to open my cornea flap...Although there was supposed to be no pain, it was a little painful at these parts...Other than that however, it was okay...Everything happened so fast that before i knew it he was painting my eyeball with some antibiotics i think and moving on to the next eye...There were times on the 2nd eye however, when i was not so sure where i was looking anymore...Could no longer see the blinking red lite and cud hear him telling me to look straight...This worried me cos a straying eye could be disastrous...Somehow, it turned out okay eventually and everything was over in like 10 minutes...

Now, my eyesight is still a little blurry and it would take about a while more for it to stabilize...No regrets gg for lasik...Its probably one of the best things that i did for myself....Thnks everyone for all your prayers and concern...From Christine's mum to my neighbours and cell group mates...Thanks!