The top of cornea is being lifted off the base of the cornea now.

pic one and two -- The cornea is out of the way and the laser is doing its thing. Notice a couple of things: there is a faint ring surrounding the pupil, about in the mi ddle of the iris. This is the edge of the cut. Also notice the pattern of small bluish spots in both pictures. This is the laser blasting away. The pattern is different in both pictures, three in the first and two in the second.

pic one -- Second eye, cornea intact and in place, smooth reflection from center of pupil to edge of iris.

pic two -- Second eye, top of cornea off, rougher reflection, cut edge shining, laser spot showing.

pics one and two -- Swab being used to carefully smooth the top of the cornea back onto the base of the cornea. You can see the white tip of the swab red with blood in the second picture.

pic one -- Before, a little nervous.

pic two -- After, very happy!

oooohh.....no

I am definitely not ready yet.

$3400 buys an awful lot of pairs of glasses.

I think I would need full leather restraints, not a toy dragon.

:chills:

Awww, what's wrong you guys? Suffering from a little aichmophobia, or is it that tiny possibility that the doctor could sneeze and you'd end up irreversibly blind for the rest of your life?

Note:

I did a little fact checking about the anatomy of the eye, and as a result, corrected several posts accordingly. The cornea is the clear bulging part of the eye in front the eye. It is shaped like a flattened drop of water on a horizontal glass surface. The next structure is the iris, the colored part of the eye that leaves a neat hole, the pupil, through which light passes. That light then passes through the lens. I mistakenly described the lens as between the cornea and the iris. That mistake is now corrected.