It is almost 9 weeks since I had the LASEK surgery done. This visit was with the same doctor who performed my surgery. The best news I ever heard….my epithelium has finally healed! Now on the less than great news is the corneal haze on both eyes. Left eye has slight haze (I’m guessing probably grade 0.5 to 1) while my right eye had a grade 2 haze. I believe the main reason is because I stopped the dexamethasone (steroid) eye drops in order to speed up the healing process after the bandage contact lens, which remained on my eyes for 5 weeks (way longer than recommended) and not even replaced once. Anyways, I was advised to increase the dexamethasone use on my right to 4 times a day and the left eye remained at 3 times day because there was an increase in its pressure. This is a well known side effect of extended steroidal use (and I’m assuming 9 weeks is extended). So they will monitor my eye pressure after 2 weeks, and as usual, my doctor is on leave, so I will have to see another doctor, and a totally new one at that. The doctors I all know are on leave (and I know three!). It’s somewhat understandable, since it is the week post-Eid.
My next appointment is on the 6th of Sept. I am hoping there would be some reduction in the haze (even though online sources say 6 months for haze to disappear, sometimes 1 year).
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