Tuesday was a long 4 hour plus extensive check up at the centre. My folks sent me there. Technically, if not for the waiting time for a consultant, another consultant, the doctor, the eye drops to work on my eyes, the whole examination process could have taken less than an hour! Sigh, and i thought only all Government related offices and hospitals makes the public wait. How on earth am I supposed to know that you are made to wait at the private clinics too!! Cheh!
I was told 2 weeks prior that i would not be able to drive after the examination as my vision will be blurred because of the testing eye drops and all and getting someone to pick me up was advisable, well, they LIED! My vision, with my glasses of course, was the same! No blurring, NADDA! And to think that I have to troubled my folks and AS, to send and pick me up. Hmmm. Oh yes, the consultant who attended to me said that most patients were not able to see clearly at all after the check up. WOW! Lucky me. ;-p
Wednesday. Armed with a back pack of tissue, lots of breath mints and a pair of HUGE sunglass, KK picked me up to the centre at 11.30am. We had lunch at Ikea. Love the coffee, because it's free! Plus unlimited refills. He he. How? WHAT?! You still don't know how? Apply for a Alliance Bank Ikea credit card. It's free annual fees for 5 years, you get to accumulate 4 points when you purchase anything from Ikea, you get a daily free cup of coffee or tea AND you can choose the 12 months interest free instalments when you purchase more than RM1000!! At the same time, i received well wishes sms for my surgery. Aww . . . it was so sweet. Thanks to you-know-who-you-are! ;-)
Next comes the surgery, one more last minute cornea testing before I was ushered into the surgery room. Once in the room, I was given a locker to put all my personal belongings, washed my hands and face with soap, towel dry, wear a cap and a surgical robe and a pair of foot caps. The room next to the actual surgery room was cold! There is another room whereby a nurse was there to test my eyes, placed a drop of eye numbing solution on both eyes and then marked my eyes with a marker. Once done, I was told to go into the laser room. On the first surgical bed, the surgeon said that they are going to make a flap opening on both my eyes. I was told to look between 2 vertical small lines and then suddenly, my vision was blacken as a suction thingie grabbed my cornea, one after the other. Next comes the waiting period of what seems to be like forever in a small lounge room. As the eye drops wore off, my eyes begin to sting and I was tearing profusely each time I attempt to open my eyes. It seems that the intralase flap cutting earlier was self peeling ( a normal process) and thus the tearing.
Then I was called back in and ushered to another surgical bed where the part 2 of the laser process does it wonders. It was painless and all I have to do was to look at the red light. I noticed the surgeon had to place his hands to cover my nose on top of another piece of cloth which was earlier placed on my face to reveal only the cornea. Between you and me, as the laser shines thru, I think I smelled something burning!!
Ouch! In less than 5 minutes, the surgeon told me that all is over and the surgery was a success. YEA! Then he said, let's look at miracles now, and I was like 'HUH?". So he told me to look at the clock and asked me for the time. OK, I can sort of gage a slightly blurred actual time of the clock. Then he asked me to read a word on the door. I can't recall what it says but thank G i knew the WORD!! He he.
Now comes the fun part. As KK decided to sent me back, he went to watch a movie at the new swanking Cathay Cineplex next to the Curve. So here I was, in a full eye covering shades provided by the centre, standing in front of the Alliance Bank, a tissue on hand and wiping my tears away. Suddenly, a bank guard with a shotgun approached me and asked if I was OK. The first thing that came out of my mouth was, "I am fine thanks. Don't worry, I may be wearing a dark shade but I am not here to rob your bank!!"
He smiled and said " Oh tidak, tapi saya nampak anda menanggis, ada apa-apa masalah ke?"
Awww .. so sweet of him to asked and CUTE too! ;-)
Fast forward, here I am. All impaired vision corrected. I can get use to this . . FAST!
