my mom got the surgery 6 days ago, while she can now read almost anything no matter how small she cant see anything at a distance.. she sees haloes and starbursts.. she cant even read a stop sign while driving and she said she cant even see peoples faces unless they are right in front of her.. the doctor wants her to come back for a second follow up witch is scaring her more because anyone she knwos who had the surgery only had to go back the day after.. shes already starting to get depressed and im scared.. please help!!

Hi,

Lasik takes a long time to recover and its different for every individual. but after my lasik surgery you go for follow up the day after surgery, a week after, a month after three months six months and then a year. my friend had lasik and was seeing blurry for the first two week she couldnt see anything but then her vision got much better . for me it was a bit different i was seeing 20/20 the next day but i had the halos and starburt and still do eight months after but it got much better.

>my mom got the surgery 6 days
>ago, while she can now read
>almost anything no matter how small
>she cant see anything at a
>distance.. she sees haloes and starbursts..
>she cant even read a stop
>sign while driving and she said
>she cant even see peoples faces
>unless they are right in front
>of her.. the doctor wants her
>to come back for a second
>follow up witch is scaring her
>more because anyone she knwos who
>had the surgery only had to
>go back the day after.. shes
>already starting to get depressed and
>im scared.. please help!!

Everyone certainly responds to LASIK differently. Especially if your mom was farsighted to begin with. Those patients tend to end up a bit nearsighted initially and "drift" towards better distance while they lose some of the up close vision as they heal. This is what it sounds like in your mom's case. Tell her to be patient, farsighted patients take a bit longer to heal and stabilize compared to their nearsighted friends. She may also benefit from getting a temporary prescription for distance to help her while she heals. As for followup, most surgeon's standard routine is 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months after surgery, so it seems like your mother is getting appropriate care.