Doh, I had just finished my description of what happened at my 3 month follow-up with Pacific Vision Institute when Blogspot crashed, throwing off 500 errors. It looks like it's back up now.

Anyway, my son Colin came with me for my 3-month followup appointment on Friday. It was absolutely pouring, so he loved it.

The checkup itself was very brief -- probably about 10 minutes. A new doctor's assistant ran me through the normal eye chart exam. My right eye is still noticeably worse than my left eye at resolving detail. I guess I'm still seeing around 20/35 or 20/40 depending on the eye. I don't notice the difference between my eyes much in normal activity.

Dr. Faktorovich dropped by to take a quick look. First, she clucked at what a "big correction" I had. She repeated some of the eye chart exams and took a look at the eyeballs through one of those scopes with a bright, thin beam of light.

She concluded that I would benefit from a follow up procedure sometime over the next 3 months. The second procedure, she said, is much easier than the first -- less pressure on the eyeballs, and much faster recovery time. That's good news.

I mentioned something Darren had said to me, which is that it's harder to correct for astigmatism compared to near-sightedness. She said that most of astigmatism is gone, and yes, it would be easy to correct for the mild near-sightedness. If accurate (and I'm not sure how it could have been given the brief exam), that would be a change from last month.

They'll check me monthly until my vision stabilizes, then it's back to the zapper. I'm going to try and have the checkups done with Darren so I don't have to drive all the way up to the city this time. On a bad day (like last Friday), it can take 45-50 minutes.

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