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➕1 dream ✅ 29.08.2022
I had been thinking about vision correction for a long time, but kept putting it off. My vision started to decline from the 2nd grade – back then one eye was –0.75 and the other –0.5 💁🏻♀️. Until I was 18, I wore glasses (you can imagine how a young girl feels in glasses – self‑conscious). After I finished school, I started wearing contact lenses. I remember the first time I put them on – I was overjoyed at how clear and colourful everything became. And up until now, I was only ever in lenses. But sometimes you get tired, you feel lazy, you can’t do without them, and then you get annoyed. Sometimes you take daily lenses and wear them longer than you should (I’m guessing I’m not the only one 😁) – which caused inflammation and other delightful issues. And then one day I spontaneously decided to have the correction. I booked a diagnostic appointment. I came to Astana, and at the appointment they put drops in my eyes about four times – the last ones were for fundus examination, I think (with dilated pupils I looked like the cat from Shrek and then saw even worse for about an hour). I also had astigmatism. The surgery was supposed to be the next day, but I had a cough, so they rescheduled it to 29 August, as there could be complications. By the day of surgery, I had recovered. Then we went to the clinic; my mum accompanied me throughout.
Upon arrival, I was called into a small pre‑op room, put on a disposable gown and cap, they put anaesthetic drops in my eyes twice (as I understood), and a few minutes later I was called into the operating room. I was scared after reading reviews, plus I had also watched videos of the procedure, but there was no turning back. I was the first patient of the day. I lay down on the couch, they moved the machine over my eyes, and placed a cloth with an opening for one eye over my face. The doctor commented on every step.. “Don’t be scared, we’re now placing the eyelid speculum” – that was one of the most unpleasant moments. Then she poured a liquid into my eye and started scraping off the epithelium with a metal tool that looked like a scraper. It wasn’t painful, but I felt pressure on my eye.. Then the laser started working.. During the laser, I smelled burning hair. After it was done, a nurse helped me get up and escorted me to the lobby. That was it. Tears streaming, photophobia – I couldn’t manage without sunglasses. At the hospital, I was given anti‑inflammatory drops for recovery and such. I had to instil the drops every two or three hours.. I got home at 12:00, and until the next morning, I had eye pain: it felt like hundreds of spotlights were shining into my eyes, stinging and burning.. I couldn’t use my phone, so I went offline, and many people looked for me and wrote to me, but everything is fine, don’t worry.
30.08.2022
I came for the first postoperative check‑up.. Same as during diagnostics, except for the X‑ray image.. They checked the pressure and visual acuity on two devices. This time, however, they didn’t test with the usual rows of letters but with a specific font. They examined my eyes again – the cornea is healing as it should, and vision will gradually return to normal, they said. Vision is currently restored to 98%, and they said it will improve to 100% – we shall see 🤞. I can’t wait for the final result. Next follow‑up in a month, insha’Allah. Many people asked me to share the details – who, how, and who operated – so as promised, here it is. Special thanks to Dr. @dr_almukhambetova ❤️ A wonderful person, she calmed me down so much before the surgery. The service was simply top‑notch, I was very pleasantly impressed.