Life after implants.

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So if you follow me here you know that I had implants in my eyes yesterday, Wednesday. It was a long day. The first eye was no issue to me. Unfortunately, I felt the "cutting" on my left eye. I flinched, and the doctor wasn't too keen on that. I said I can feel that, how can I be still? They ended up putting an entire bottle of drops that numb the eye, in my left eye. It hurt like all get out. When they finally let me go, I could barely open my eyes at all, which I expected. I didn't expect the pain, and I ended up with a migraine. However, I caught it quickly, and eventually in the middle of the night, it went away. I had to take a lot of the nausea they provided, but you just roll the medicine on your wrists, so it wasn't a big deal. This morning I could see clear as day out of my right eye. My left eye was like a frosted mirror. We went back for my follow up, and they discovered a lot inflammation in my left eye (no surprise since they had so much trouble). Incidentally, my right eye was 20/20, and my frosted glass eye was 20/25 (I've never had that good of vision, even with my glasses).. They called the doctor and he said for me to stay there, and at 2pm he'd be back to clean the inflammation out of my left eye. At ten til two they come in to tell me he can't make it right then, so I have to wait until 5:30pm. This time we went home because I was out of my mind with back pain. So finally, at 5:30pm the doctor takes me back to surgery, and they clean my eye out. It hurt like the dickens, but it's done. I have to go back in the morning since they did that additional surgery. My eye doesn't hurt right now, but it's still a little blurry. They told me vision can be blurry for a couple of weeks. And that's not a lie. I did my research, and everything they have told me, fits with the implant surgery. Basically last night was a nightmare. I didn't try to get online last night, or this morning because it was too painful to mess with. I'm not sorry I had it, and I know my left eye will calm down. It's just a bit of a struggle. I hadn't been able to take the pain medication for my back (car accident, subsequent back and neck surgeries, thus the prescription pain medicine) because yesterday they only wanted me to take Tylenol. Thankfully, my back pain is starting to ease now too, once I got home and took my original medication. I've got different kinds of eye drops out the wazoo, but anyway. I've managed to remember not to bend over, even when my neighbor's cat, who had never been in my apartment at any point in time, managed to get inside my apartment when all I wanted to do was collapse. I managed to get her out without bending over, but it was tricky. Enough on my complaining. I'm sick of my own whining. Thanks to those who said a prayer for me. I appreciate it! I know they worked.