It's been roughly 6 weeks after my Intralase surgery. My unaided sight was 20/40. With glasses I saw 20/15 in both eyes, but the left eye was sharper. My right eye is 20/20 clear with 20/15 blurry, but I can make out about half the 20/15 line. My left eye is 20/20, but half the line is fuzzy even though I can make out the letters. When I just slightly squint my left eye, it sees razor sharp and I can read the 20/15 line. When squinting my right eye, my vision doesn't change at all. I had my 3rd visit to the doctors today and he said I had no swelling and my astigmatism was the cause of the fuzziness. He added .25 and I could see the 20/15 line just fine. My question is, how long will I take to heal and what are my chances that I will be able to see 20/15 clearly after full recovery? Again, when I squint even slightly, I can see very well with the left eye.

what was your glasses pescription in each eye before lasik? You got me curious why you got lasik with an uncorrected vision of 20/40. Are you active in outdoors and sports? As for healing, different people heal at different times. This is why they make you wait 3 months minimum for an enhancement but in my opinion its definately not a good idea for -.25 or -.5 myopia and/or astigmastim remaining unless you dont mind possible overcorrection and additional risks.

My original prescription was 1.25 in both eyes. I'm unsure of the astigmatism readings. One reason was I just didn't like wearing glasses. Contacts were noticeably less clear because of my astigmatism (which really wasn't bad) and I my work environment really dried my eyes out while wearing them. I also play softball spring, summer and fall and I found it very difficult to judge the ball with glasses. I now notice that everyone isn't short:)

What are my chances that my left eye will continue to get better?

>My original prescription was 1.25 in both
>eyes. I'm unsure of the
>astigmatism readings.

I am gonna assume its likley between -.5 and -1 for astigmastim or your UCVA vision would be worse than 20/40. Your amount of myopia(plus astigmastim) is consistant with your 20/40 UCVA

>One reason was I
>just didn't like wearing glasses.

understood. I dont like them either but with my -5 pescription, I see 20/500 UCVA!(20/30 BCVA) How functional were you without glasses? I would imagine 20/40 is good enough not to need glasses, except perhaps driving at night. My brother is 20/60 UCVA(very near 20/20 BCVA) and only really wears glasses to drive.

Contacts
>were noticeably less clear because of
>my astigmatism (which really wasn't bad)
>and I my work environment really
>dried my eyes out while wearing
>them.

Did you try toric contacts? I have worn contacts and they too dried my eyes(lots of computer usage sure didnt help)I cant tolerate contacts well either plus they make things blurry from near due to my mild presbyopia.

>I also play softball
>spring, summer and fall and I
>found it very difficult to judge
>the ball with glasses. I
>now notice that everyone isn't short :)

Were you able to play better uncorrected? Seems strange -1.25 glasses minifies and disorts enough to be noticable. I can notice some with my -5 glasses but its subtile.

>What are my chances that my left
>eye will continue to get better?

No one can be sure, but its still early. How happy are you with your vision right now? Do you feel its better than it was without glasses? Do you feel like getting enhanced if it stays like this? I doubt an enhancement would be "worth it" if you end up 20/25 due to risk of overcorrection among other risks but its up to you and your doctor to decide. Thanks for your time responding :)

How functional were
you without glasses?

I was functional without glasses with exception of night driving. As long as I didn't neet to read road signs, driving at night wasn't a problem.

Did you try toric contacts?

I didn't try toric lenses. Contacts in general were very hard for me to wear because my work environment would dry them out in no time.

Were you able to play better uncorrected?

I wasn't able to play better uncorrected because most of my games were during the evening (dark) Part of the problem was my glasses were small and when catching pop ups I found I was looking over my lenses and through my lenses making it hard to judge the ball. Fielding wasn't a problem.

How happy are you
with your vision right now?

I'm happy with my vision now.

Do you feel its better than it
was without glasses?

100% better

Do you feel like getting enhanced if it stays
like this?

I probably won't opt for an enhancement if it stays like this. It's a tough call. My vision was 20/15 with glasses. Although it was much clearer in a controlled environment, I feel my overall vision now is better in many ways. I now have good peripheral vision, I have no glares and I don't have to worry about keeping glasses clean which is tough when playing softball.

I dont have much more to say except I hope your new vision continues to improve! Yes 20/20 is still better than 20/40. You indeed were functional without glasses but wanted better UCVA. For many people, 20/40 UCVA isnt worth the risks of lasik but you had specific needs and also lead an active life, one where glasses are a big inconvinence and one where any improvement in UCVA was welcomed. My brother doesnt really play sports and he does alot of studying and working on the computer so his 20/60 vision is perfectly fine and he doesnt really wear glasses except to drive. How large are your dilated pupils by the way? Mine could be 9mm so I think lasik is probably out for me. That and id need reading glasses too. Have you used reading glasses?

I unfortunately just handed in my wavefront sheets this past thursday. I should have made a copy first. Only time will tell if the surgery was worth it. As of now, I'm not seeing as well as with glasses according to the Snellen chart, but since the glares are gone it's kind of a toss up. I did have Dr. Mark Whitten who is one of the best if not the best Lasik surgeon in the U.S.