Day 1

When I woke up I could see. This morning I created a den of darkness in my room by covering up my window with a sheet. I had no pain. No light sensitivity. I wore sunglasses and a hat just in case on my ride to the doctor's office but I was fine. The doctor said I was 20/40 in each eye, 20/30 together. It's amazing to SEE THE ROAD SIGNS! I was surprised I wasn't light sensitive as so many complained of that and yesterday I covered my eyes when I went out to brighter rooms (like the walk to the bathroom or kitchen for food). Thank you Mother Nature for giving Denver a rainy cloudy day today though. I'm sure that helped! :) The doctor suggested refrigerating my drops as the cool will help settle nerves as the pain settles in tomorrow. I'm ready for it. He suggested alternating ibuprofen and acetaminophen every 2 hours to help. So I got regular strength (325mg) Tylenol bc I'm super conservative and don't even want to risk anything close to overdosing myself. I plan 400 mg of ibuprofen then 325 mg of acetaminophen every 2 hours. I'm being religious on both prescription drops and Systane drops. I haven't felt I needed Systane but I'm still doing it hourly as the doctors said I should. I felt fine but stayed in my room in the dark eyes closed most of the day. I was able to text people (without increasing don't size!) but tried to keep screen time to a minimum. All in all the day was WAY better than expected. Glad I was ready for a down weekend to just heal. The doctor said keeping eyes closed helps healing (to keep blinking down) so that's what I'm doing. Busting through podcasts!