Olive Army Sage

Still dealing with the post-Lasik desire to touch my eyes. When I wore contacts (from age 12 to 29) and my eyes felt dry or itchy, I would move my contact lens in my eye with my finger. Now my eyes feel dry and itchy and I have to keep stopping myself from touching them. So I'm wearing fake glasses today to help remind me, NO touching the eyes!

Wood glasses - street vendor in Seoul, Korea

Jacket - Old Navy (hand-me-down from a friend)
Medals - antique shop
Dress - thrifted
Belt - thrifted
Tights - Target
Shoes - Bakers

Red eyelashes + not being allowed to wear any eye make-up = looking tired all day. I can pull it off in the summer when I'm all tan and freckled but right now, I just get told I look sick or tired all day. Thanks dudes.

I'll keep doing little updates about the surgery, as I know a lot of you have said you were considering getting it in the future. I read all the info provided by the FDA and talked to a few friends who had the procedure so I kind of knew what to expect. I had the procedure at a hospital, where they have been performing Lasik since 1991. I got "CustomVue™ LASIK with wavefront technology" and the newest form, where they no longer cut a flap in your cornea with a razor, but with a laser. They give you a Valium and numb your eyes, so it doesn't hurt. The whole procedure took about 10 minutes total, and was probably actually only about 90 seconds per eye. Was it still a little scary? Yes, but I expected that. My vision is something I cherish and can't imagine living without. But my eyes were suffering  and constantly bothering me after wearing contacts for so long and wearing my glasses gave me headaches. So I weighed the risks and costs and decided to see if I was a candidate. I was and decided to get it. So far, I am very happy with my decision.

My doctor was really nice and the nurse was awesome. She was really funny and was the one who had me sign all the paperwork and whatnot. I was reading over the possible side-effects and I asked her, "I don't see it mentioned here, but is it at all possible that the rest of my life will be like a laser light show, synced up to Dark Side of the Moon? No?"  I also asked her, "How much cash do I have to slip you under the table to get the secret x-ray vision or night vision installed? Is there a discount if I get both?" They totally denied me! Sadly, I do not think these questions were the result of the Valium, I think it is the result of me thinking it is funny to entertain strangers. She totally got it. And so far, my life is still not at all like a Pink Floyd laserdome show, for better or worse.