On June 26, I elected to have Lasik Eye surgery on both my eyes. This has been a four year long process (yes it can take me that long to make a decision). It was a strange event to go into a room, lay on a table with my little bonnet and booties and give my trust to a man who I really only knew on paper. To have him control a laser that literally cut into my cornea to make a flap then then laser a few layers of my cornea away... forever. It was a good thing they gave me an Ativan before hand.

Every day leading up to the surgery I flip-flopped back and forth with my decision but I'm glad I went through with it. I went from being clinically blind and wearing modern day pop bottles to being eyewear free. Well, almost, I'm currently wearing protection goggles so I don't rub my eyes.

It's only been a few weeks and I've had some minor complications: bruising, swelling, pain, dryness, ripples etc and I have 3 - 6 months more healing to go. It's been an interesting process. And it almost seems unreal at this point. My vision is still fluctuating as it finds its comfort zone but I can pretty much see 96% better than I could prior.

When I get up in the morning I reach for my glasses, when I go to get into the shower I reach for my glasses... I smile when I realize, "Hey, I don't need them. I can see!" I've worn contacts in the past but it is still a weird sensation to look in the mirror and not see glasses. Soon I'll actually be able to experiment with eye-makeup, something I never really bothered with because I could hide behind my glasses. No more hiding for me. My eyes are out in the open.

If you are bothered by your glasses or if you have a high index like I did then it is definitely worth researching Lasik as an option. The specific procedure I had was for high index wearers - Intralase Bladeless Lasix. But if anyone tells you it's virutally painless, don't believe them. I have a pretty high pain tolerance and found the first 48 hours incredibly uncomfortable. The couple hours after the freezing wears off is the worst. I'm still dealing with a bit of edema but it is being treated and I'm confident (and impatient) that I'll be feeling normal in a few more weeks and all the discomfort will be forgotten leaving behind a happy visually un-impaired woman.

Since the surgey I have been regularly updating a lens I created to document my recovery process. Please stop by if you want to learn more or follow along with my TLC Experience.