u/Lanky-Lettuce1395

Day two post surgery, woke up to some actual pain in the eye.

There is a mild ache in general that is sometimes actual pain when I focus on something a certain way. Not sure how concerning this is at the two day mark. There is no redness and no swelling that wasn't already there yesterday. Tylenol helps a lot. I also am still on tramadol and naproxen for a rotator cuff repair a few weeks ago so that's helpful.

I'm planning to call the Dr first thing Monday if it hasn't improved. Obviously, if it gets worse, it will be the ER this weekend.

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u/Lanky-Lettuce1395 — 7 days ago

LAL, My First 24 Hrs.

Actually, it's closer to 17 hours. Still a bit dilated so there is impact from that to my vision. I know it's early yet, but it appears that I'm even more farsighted than i was. I was a +3.25 sphere and -2.5 cyl going in, and I knew I had something like -1.5 or so in the lens so expected astigmatism until the first adjustment. What's surprising (and maybe a bit concerning) is that my glasses are still giving me better distance vision than I have without them. But everything is still blurry and a bit foggy.

I'm hoping the eye will settle down over the next week. Anyone end up with more hyperopia than they started? I'd hate for a refractive surprise to be out of the range of adjust-ability of LALs.

EDIT - I should also include that I have prior RK and PRK, so it appears I'm a challenge to calculate lens power for

Edit 2. I guess I do have a question for the sub. Has anyone see a LAL choice that was so far off that it couldn't be corrected? My understanding is that there are only two diopters of sphere and 2 of cylinder. What happens if you end up 3 diopters of sphere off?

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u/Lanky-Lettuce1395 — 8 days ago

I am a part time college teacher in retirement (state of Florida). The earnings are SS exempt supposedly, but I've never tested that since it's not a lot of money. If I was to go to full time (~$50K a year), any idea if that would impact my SS benefits? I'm 63.

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u/Lanky-Lettuce1395 — 22 days ago