Saturday, February 23, 2013

ICL One-Year Update

Well, there is really not much to report here, other than the fact that I've reached my one-year anniversary since my ICL surgery.  The great news is that I am still LOVING it, and I'm so glad I did it!  I had my check-up and everything looks great.  My vision is still 20/15 and my pressure is normal.  I do use eye drops about twice each day, morning & night (just over-the-counter lubricating drops, for dryness).  I haven't felt any negative side effects from the lenses.  I still do "see" the lens moving after I blink--it's hard to explain...the best explanation I can give is if you've ever worn "hard/gas perm" contacts, they move a teeny bit with each blink, so when your eyelid lifts back up after a blink, you can see the very faint outline of the contact as it moves back into place.  I never saw it when I had soft contacts, but it was very noticeable to me with my hard contacts.  Anyway, since I've had my ICLs I do notice that again now.  Definitely not annoying enough to wish that I hadn't done it though!  (And not painful at all--with my gas perm contacts I felt like I had rocks in my eyes with each blink.  This is only visual, not uncomfortable all all, thankfully.)

So that's that!

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