DUO eyelash adhesive!

I'm in love!

I have heard a lot about the DUO eyelash glue, everyone who has tried it says it's the best. I have been hunting it for some time, but I have never found it. Until now! I had to try it right away, and it is the eyelash glue I have waited for all my life! Easy application, sticks on after just 30 sec, easy to manoeuvre in place, and then sticks like it belongs! It's even waterproof! I have tested it for some hours now, and I can lightly pull on them, and it still sticks on perfectly! If you can get your hands on this wonder, you should never have a problem with eyelashes falling of in the middle of a party again!

Update on my eyes

This is me right after my surgery.

I can see! So I guess the surgery went well. I still can't see perfect, there is still some blurriness and haze, but all in all I can see better than before without glasses (or lenses).

The day of the surgery went by very fast. The surgery itself took about 30 sec on each eye, and did not hurt at all. There was a mild discomfort when the doctor put on the eyelid-holder on the second eye, but he paused a bit when I pointed it out (and my eye went rolling and eye-muscles twitching) and waited a minute more for the anesthesia to work before trying again. That, and some irritating and stinging eye-drops before the surgery was what hurt at all (and we are not talking really hurting, more like getting something in your eye that’s mildly discomforting). Immediately after the surgery I could actually see quite well, almost as good as with glasses, just a little hazed. Then I could go home, and got the surgeons mobile-number in case something felt wrong. I got pain-killing eye-drops to use the next two days, and tear-like eye-drops to use every 10 Min until I went to bed. Every 10 Min sounds like a lot, but I found that it was almost too long to wait, because after the surgery my eyes felt sore and dry. The eye-drops really were comforting, and I just waited for the alarm to ring every 10 Min to get to ease my sore eyes. I found it hard to keep my eyes open, like the muscles around my eyes were tired and sore, and I felt like a vampire when ever I saw light. So home we went, and into my dark bedroom to listen to the Nightside on audio-book, and drop my eyes.

I woke a lot in the night, feeling dry and sore, and my eyes were clogged together with dried stuff, so I had to really blink and drag my eyes open. Whenever I woke, I would use the eye-drops to ease my dry eyes, and then just go to sleep again. I was really afraid to rub my eyes in my sleep, so whenever I felt like it, I actually woke up! After a week I can finally rub my eyes again, I cant wait!

The next days my muscles improved and so did the light-sensitiveness, and by the third day after surgery I could finally watch my computer screen and TV. I had to really reduce the brightness of the screen, or all black letters on white background would get too blurry. I had spent my dark days listening to audio-books and sleeping a lot, I tend to get sleepy when I get bored.

Today is the fourth day after surgery, and I feel I can see fine, but still a bit blurry and hazy. I have extra large pupils when it is dark (over 8 mm) so I will get a bit of hazing around lights especially at night, but this is something I have noticed from using lenses also, so this does not bother me much. My eyesight will improve the next month or so, but usually it is good enough to drive within a week after surgery. I don't have much dryness either any more, but I keep the drops handy in case I feel an itch, since I still cant rub my eyes.

I hope this was informative to you, if you are planning to get eye-surgery, I know this is a bit different than if I was getting Lasik. I had my surgery at Synslaser in Oslo. To have a helping hand around the days after the surgery is invaluable, since being tired in your eyes makes cooking and finding things a bit tough. I have to hand it to my honey Espen for being a real trooper with doing a lot of the chores around the house, and being an excellent cook and butler for me. Thank you, honeyboo! <3

Laseroperation!

Wow, it has been a year since my last blog post. I guess I have not had as many blog-ideas as I hoped. Or the will to write my ideas down. I will try to change that.
I am writing in english, so I get to practise my english, since I don't often write any other language than norwegian. Do you prefer to read my blog in english or norwegian? I guess I don't have many non-norwegian readers, but I do hope to get more, so I will try to stick with english.

Today's topic is eye-surgery. And the fact that I am going to have one. OMG! I have been dreaming about having it done for years, ever since I found out I am near-sighted and started using lenses. I guess it's been over 10 years since I had to get them. But I have been using day- and night lenses that you only have to take out and change once a month, witch is no hassle at all, and I therefore did not mind using them. But since I got allergic to my cats and other things, I have not been able to use them any more. They just cloud up in matter of days, so for the past year, I have been using day-lenses that I throw away at night, and use fresh ones in the morning. To be honest, I love to sleep in and use minimal time in the morning, so to be able to cut out the fumbling with new lenses every morning is going to be awesome! And taking a nap in the middle of the day, even for just a few minutes, really dries out your eyes if you are wearing day-lenses. So yes, laser-surgery!

The type of surgery I will have is called c Ten. It is the safest and most high-teck laser-surgery you can get in Norway. I have been reading about different types of laser-surgery for many years, and at last I have decided to get this type. It differs for LASIK (the most common type of surgery) by not creating a “flap” on your cornea, witch is usually what causes problems if you are unlucky and get complications from your surgery. The c Ten uses just the laser-beam to remove the top layer of cells, and then goes on to correct your vision. It takes usually just 20-30 sec. It is usually more painful and it takes almost a week before you can see clearly, because the cells need to regrow over your outer cornea. With the flap in LASIK you don’t have to wait for this, and you usually can see clearly within the first days after the surgery. But then you can get problems with the flap moving, get regrowth under the flap and so forth, that’s why I stick to the c Ten



If you are not squeamish, here is an intro to LASIK (the one with the flap):

And here is the surgery I will take, c Ten, and you will see the difference:

So now I have been using glasses since Tuesday, because you cant wear lenses the last 7 days before the surgery. And I have been taking 1000 mg of omega 3 and C-vitamin every day for a week before surgery and two weeks after to boost healing and the immune-system. I am also going to take doses of ibuprofen from Monday to Friday next week, and also a whole regime of eye-drops I will start with just after surgery. And the surgery-date is on Wednesday 30.may! The 2-3 days after I will have to spend resting my eyes, so I can't read, watch television or use the computer! I will almost get bored to death, I think! My only rescue is audio-books. Espen has recommended Nightside, so I hope it's a very entertaining series.



Finally, here is a picture of me with my glasses, hopefully I will not have to use glasses until I am older and greyer and have to use reading-glasses.