My vision has fluctuated quite a bit today from blurry in the morning to less blurry in the afternoon. Now its back to “more” blurry but roughly equal to my uncorrected, un-lasered right eye. This greatly reduces the feeling of dizziness from the past few days. I didn’t experience any pain today either, so I’m definitely on the mend. I have noticed that my eye tends to worsen after an application of steroid eye-drops, but I can’t discontinue these drops since they slow the healing process and prevent scar tissue from forming.
Earlier today, at my post-op checkup, my surgeon removed the bandage contact lens after convincing himself that I had healed enough. He explained the epithelium had mostly regrown except for a small spot of opaque cells in the center. I should expect the healing trend to continue and these cells to smooth out and become more transparent in the next few weeks. At the appointment, my vision tested to 20/60, a definite improvement from the day before.
As for the optical aberrations, I don’t notice the star bursts or ghost-images anymore, although the halos persist. Rather than a solid ring of light, they appear as a soft, warm glow around light sources. I also notice that my distance vision is much crisper than my near vision, though both are blurry. This may be a sign that I had some mild presbyopia that was hidden by my nearsightedness, or it could mean that I was slightly over corrected by the laser. Hopefully this will also resolve during the healing process.