I had LASEK in my left eye on Friday 6th December. I Selected Dr D. O'Brart for his expertise. When I keyed his name in Google I found several pages of references to his publications etc...He IS a top Surgeon.
As I had deep concerns regarding LASIK and the cut of the flap (with its never ending list of complications) I selected LASEK which seems a much safer method as there is no cut of the cornea, therefore not much that can go wrong. I was told during the preliminary consultation that the chances of a nasty complication was 1 in 5000: I was confident with that level of risk. the results are as good as LASIK, and for me better as my pupils are every wide, less risk of halo with LASEK as the surgeon will treat a wider area in such case....
The surgery was dreadful! Not painful but the cut of the Epithelium layer took much longer than I expected and you can see everything! Very impressive! The laser bit was over very quickly. I spent the rest of the day and Saturday laying in bed in the dark. My eye was very sore and I couldn't keep it open more than few seconds. It improved a bit on Sunday and I managed by the afternoon to watch a bit TV. My advice is : Stock on those recorded books, as it gets boring! I was in quite a lot of pain, but the surgeon warned me of this as I was very nervous during the surgery, and apparently the more nervous the more pain after! On Monday I went to the Hospital to get the bandage contact lens removed and my eye checked. The surgeon was very pleased with the result so far. My vision went very blurry once the lens was out. By end of the day my upper eye lid started to feel sore, as if I had some grid in my eye all the time.
I went back to work on Tuesday for half day. My vision improved a lot by then but still blurry. On Wednesday I started to worry about the pain in my eye lid and I phoned Liz (Dr O'Brart wife) who called him. I went to see him at lunch time in his Harley street consultation where he checked that all was fine. Apparently the pain is due to the surface of the eye which is still healing and not smooth, causing pain every time I blink! Not much to do....it could last up to 2 weeks! :-(
I'm seeing him again tomorrow evening for a check up.