I had Lasik surgery on July 21'st, both eyes. prescription was like od -4.00 -1.25 @175, os -4.25 -1.75 @002(dominant eye). Very small eyes, so it hurt a bit to get the speculum in the right eye, and there's blood spots in both of them. Anyways, the right eye turned out to be nearly perfect, and is probably about 20/25 right now. The left eye however (and I thought this one went better at first, and it was the first one the doctor did)turns out to be very blurry/hazy, (total, doesn't seem to have any clear spots or edges)which my doctor is claiming is caused by "Corneal Edema" and a slight case of DLK, as he saw some "micro-striae" on the edge of it (that doesn't seem to affect the vision, so he won't do anything about it at present). Anyways, he has me on Pred Forte drops 2 times a day, (how does steroids work? I thought they INHIBITED healing?, not helped it) plus Muro 128 saline drops every 3-4 hours when I'm awake (he claims it will "pull" out the moisture causing the swelling/edema). And of course I still use the regular artificial tears very 1/2 to 1 hr (Tears Naturale II). Does this sound like it should be effective? When I wake up in the morning, (6am)my vision is very blurry both eyes (worse in left) and both eyes seem to be about their best sight around 4-5pm in the afternoon. I realize it's only been 2 weeks, but it's hard dealing with it when it's your own eyes! I'm concerned that I might have inadvertently caused the problem myself, as I had the surgery about 9 am in the morning, and was told to go right to bed and sleep. They gave me Ativan and another drug (can't remember name) for pain and such. I slept/zonked out until 5:30pm, got up to eat (maybe 1/2hr) and went right back to sleep until 5 am the next morning. I found out later that if I woke up, I was supposed to start using the Bion tears right away, and 1 drop of Tobradex that night. I didn't do that as I didn't know I should. Could this have been a factor, or is it simply "one of those things"? Thanks for letting me know. The difference between both eyes is giving me a constant "new glasses headache" like you get when you're given a new prescription, and it takes time to get used to them. This also makes me sick to my stomach. Too bad if it had to happen, it had to happen to my DOMINANT eye.

One other question, my regular family doctor as of yesterday, wrote me a prescription for PROSCAR 5mg a day, which is a prostate medication, anti-hormone that is supposed to shrink the prostate. I filled the prescription, but haven't taken any yet. As far as I can see with web searches, it doesn't appear that this medication has very many side effects. However, it is a 'Hormone inhibitor' and I understand that at least females can have vision changes related to hormone changes or modification with drugs. My question is, do you think I should hold off on taking this medication, since I do still have a lasik vision complication that's hopefully healing? It's not life or death that I take it right away. My doctor didn't know.

Michael, I too had a dominant eye and have had great difficulty adjusting to my new prescription following my lasik operation. Since my less dominant eye regressed significantly. There is now a difference in prescriptions between my eyes and my brain is having a difficult time adjusting. My glasses make me dizzy and when I tried reverse geomtry lens for the first time today it was a disaster. My eyes were able to focus for a few seconds and then the charts became blurred. My optometrist says he thinks I'm experiencing eye spasms...and says it should get better. Anyway this is a longwinded way of saying I posted here two weeks ago asking for advice and got nothing. No doctors responded at all... You should not wait around but try posting on a different site called www.surgicaleyes.org. It's a support group and full of people who have experienced complications following Lasik. If anyone has had a similar experience I am sure they will share it with you. Good luck.

Michael,
I don't think you did anything to cause the
problem and I can't say for sure if it is "just
one of those things". However things may get
better with time. The steroids are to suppress
inflamation. It has been a couple of weeks since
you posted. Has the situation improved? Do you
have any more info for us?
As far as the Proscar is concerned, I don't know
what effect it might have but as you have already
stated, it wouldn't hurt to wait a while longer
until the status of your surgery is resolved.
Leonard Friedman MD Washington D

Well, actually it's only been 2 days since I posted, not weeks. Anyways, it appears to be a bit better. Not that it appears much clearer, as I still have the haze, but I'm not getting such a bad headache anymore. I'm not sure if that means I'm getting used to it, or if it is resolving a bit. If it is resolving, it's doing so very, very slowly. It's very strange as I don't get double images like you would get with astigmatism, it's just a haze, but a "focused" haze. In other words, I can see focused through the haze. If I'd try to put numbers to it my left eye is much more "nearsighted" than my right eye, which is 20/20-20/25. If the eyes were reversed, it wouldn't be so bad. That is 20/20-20/25 in the left eye, as I've stated, it's my dominant eye and it makes it harder to accomodate when it's weaker than the other eye. I have another appt. with my doctor on tuesday afternoon, and maybe we will see then.

Hi Mike,

I too apparently suffer from corneal edema. Everything I see is very hazy - even during the daytime. Nighttime is worse, with halos surround all lights and reflective surfaces. The doctors says that this will pass with time. I certainly hope so.