Last week I had my one year follow-up to see how my eyes are doing since I had lasik last summer. I see great, so I knew that it would be an easy appointment. I would just walk in, read whatever charts my doctor wanted me to read from miles away, and walk out. First my doctor tested my right eye, and it was great. I easily read the bottom row of letters. Next he tested my left eye. Not so great. I couldn't even read the top line. I don't know what setting he had it on, so I don't know how bad it really was, but I could just see blurs. So he went through the whole 'is the left or right image clearer' several times. At one point after I answered he said, 'Really?', and I said 'I think so, was that the wrong answer?'. He said I was doing okay and we kept going. Anyway, he said I've developed astigmatism in that eye. It's not really bad yet, and since I hadn't even noticed that there was a problem, he gave me a choice to get correction or not. I don't really want to be back in contacts so soon, specially in just one eye, so I chose no. For now.
The next day I went to the dentist. I've always really like the dentist. It's like a twice-yearly affirmation that I'm doing things right. I think mild OCD really does well in a dentist's office. I'm a rock star there. They love that my cleanings are easy and that I always brush and floss. But it's also always a little scary, with the threat of more gum surgery always a possibility. This time around, my dentist said my gums are still receding, but he doesn't think it's a result of ovebrushing. He said it's in places that would be really hard to overbrush, so I probably just have really soft gums. So he told me I should get a bite guard to wear at night.
So now, after thousands of dollars in surgeries over the past few years, this is my new look:
