My wife had laser surgery about 2 weeks ago. She said after the procedure that she felt some minor pain when the left eye was done. The surgeon said it was nothing. She awoke the next day with alot of pain in the left eye. When she went for her checkup the next day she was told she had flap wrinkles. They smoothed out the flap and placed in contact. She went back the next day and they removed the contact and told her it would take a few days now for her vision to improve. Meanwhile the right eye is perfect. When she went back for her checkup a few days later she had wrinkles again. They smoothed it out and put in a contact again. She had it removed the next day and they said she would be fine. she went back for her checkup today and they said it looked fine. She has very blurred vision in the eye. The doctor said it may have been undercorrcted and she may need an enhancement in 3 months. Can anyone offer any insight into healing times for this sort of problem and does undercorrection sound right. She cant go 3 months with blurred vision.

>My wife had laser surgery about 2
>weeks ago. She said after the
>procedure that she felt some minor
>pain when the left eye was
>done. The surgeon said it was
>nothing. She awoke the next day
>with alot of pain in the
>left eye. When she went for
>her checkup the next day she
>was told she had flap wrinkles.
>They smoothed out the flap and
>placed in contact. She went back
>the next day and they removed
>the contact and told her it
>would take a few days now
>for her vision to improve. Meanwhile
>the right eye is perfect. When
>she went back for her checkup
>a few days later she had
>wrinkles again. They smoothed it out
>and put in a contact again.
>She had it removed the next
>day and they said she would
>be fine. she went back for
>her checkup today and they said
>it looked fine. She has very
>blurred vision in the eye. The
>doctor said it may have been
>undercorrcted and she may need an
>enhancement in 3 months. Can anyone
>offer any insight into healing times
>for this sort of problem and
>does undercorrection sound right. She cant
>go 3 months with blurred vision.
>

I've had the same exact problems. it's been over 2 months and 3 surgeries and I'm still having problems. if you find anything out, please let me know! i can't seem to find anything that will work.

>My wife had laser surgery about 2
>weeks ago. She said after the
>procedure that she felt some minor
>pain when the left eye was
>done. The surgeon said it was
>nothing. She awoke the next day
>with alot of pain in the
>left eye. When she went for
>her checkup the next day she
>was told she had flap wrinkles.
>They smoothed out the flap and
>placed in contact. She went back
>the next day and they removed
>the contact and told her it
>would take a few days now
>for her vision to improve. Meanwhile
>the right eye is perfect. When
>she went back for her checkup
>a few days later she had
>wrinkles again. They smoothed it out
>and put in a contact again.
>She had it removed the next
>day and they said she would
>be fine. she went back for
>her checkup today and they said
>it looked fine. She has very
>blurred vision in the eye. The
>doctor said it may have been
>undercorrcted and she may need an
>enhancement in 3 months. Can anyone
>offer any insight into healing times
>for this sort of problem and
>does undercorrection sound right. She cant
>go 3 months with blurred vision.
>

I've had the same exact problems. it's been over 2 months and 3 surgeries and I'm still having problems. if you find anything out, please let me know! i can't seem to find anything that will work.

ask her doctor to give her a manual refraction to determine her residual pescription. It could be myopia, astigmastim or something else. Is it her dormant eye thats blurry?

Jodi, after so many surgeries and enduring poor vision for so long, have you ever considered the relatively simple non-surgical option of RGP contact lenses? Many people have had their vision successfully restored this way.

DrG

The same thing happened to me. Here's my story which might offer your wife some reassurance.
I had surgery last February. I, too, had to have wrinkles removed from my flap and a contact placed...three times. Finally, I had to have sutures placed because my flap kept becoming wrinkled. Thoughout the entire process...even when my doctors said I had no wrinkles, I had blurry vision. My doctor reassured me that it would take time for my eyes to become adjusted...particulary after wearing the contact. He described it like a cut on your hand that you've had a band-aid covering. The area of the cut gets white and puffy. He explained that the eye often does the same thing after having the cornea cut and then placing a bandage lens over it. He assured me that the blurriness would wear off, noting that if it didn't, I might have been undercorrected which could be fixed. In May when my last bandage lens was taken off, my vision was 20/200 in my left eye (right was 20/30). By July, it improved to 20/80 (although it fluctuated a lot) and now it is 20/30 and my left is 20/20. It just took time. She does need to keep a close watch on the striae though. Wrinkles can come back weeks or even months after they've been corrected and can eventually lead to scar tissue if uncorrected. Hope this helps!

The same thing happened to me. Here's my story which might offer your wife some reassurance.
I had surgery last February. I, too, had to have wrinkles removed from my flap and a contact placed...three times. Finally, I had to have sutures placed because my flap kept becoming wrinkled. Thoughout the entire process...even when my doctors said I had no wrinkles, I had blurry vision. My doctor reassured me that it would take time for my eyes to become adjusted...particulary after wearing the contact. He described it like a cut on your hand that you've had a band-aid covering. The area of the cut gets white and puffy. He explained that the eye often does the same thing after having the cornea cut and then placing a bandage lens over it. He assured me that the blurriness would wear off, noting that if it didn't, I might have been undercorrected which could be fixed. In May when my last bandage lens was taken off, my vision was 20/200 in my left eye (right was 20/30). By July, it improved to 20/80 (although it fluctuated a lot) and now it is 20/30 and my left is 20/20. It just took time. She does need to keep a close watch on the striae though. Wrinkles can come back weeks or even months after they've been corrected and can eventually lead to scar tissue if uncorrected. Hope this helps!