Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Today marks the 6th day after having Lasik done.  Feels pretty good being able to see without any glasses or contacts, but my eyes are incredibly dry, so it's hard to have the feeling of being astounded that I can see I heard so much about.  Especially when I'm constantly attending to my eyes with some eye drop or another.

I switched to preservative free eye drops (for sensitive eyes) yesterday, because that seems the be the recommendation everyone gives, but for some reason, my doctor did not recommend it.  I have sensitive skin, sensitive nails, sensitive teeth, it only makes sense my eyes would be sensitive, too.  So far, I'm pretty happy with the new drops.  I just wish they didn't come in individual use vials.  Which is completely unavoidable, or they'd have preservatives.

My eyes kind of consistently feel as if I slept in my contacts and still haven't taken them out, if that's a helpful reference at all.  Sometimes they burn, sometimes they're a little blurry (usually just when I first wake up), sometimes they're itchy, and they are always dry.  I didn't really look into the logistics of why they were going to be so dry until yesterday.  For those of you who don't know, when they perform Lasik, they have to sever the nerve that tells your brain it needs to lubricate your eye.  So, your eye just plain doesn't really produce tears when needed.  The nerve does repair itself with time.  They say it takes a few weeks to a few months.  I'm hoping for less time, obviously.  But I've been told to prepare myself to be using the drops for 6 months.  Oh well, still worth it.

Onto other things.  The man in a box has completed his 30 days of living in a box in the mall.  I'd say I'll miss him, but he was a lot less interesting than I anticipated.  Which, I'm guessing is how it pans out anytime you're peeping on someone for an extended period of time.  Except in the movie Sliver.



In any case, I bid you adieu, man in the box.  You were an interesting concept and I'm glad it happened. Now, here's hoping the MOA does more interesting things.