All decked out in the operating robe, I was a bundle of nerves last Friday evening – the day of my Lasik Surgery!

I have never been so frightened in my life before. It didn't help very much when the operating theatre was freezing cold. As I lay on the operating chair with the machine hovering very closely over my face, I almost wanted to call it quits. But oh well, vanity of all vanities! I braced myself up and told myself that it would be over very soon.

The smell of the antiseptic in the operating theatre was choking (probably because I was so petrified that I couldn't breathe!). Though the doctor was very reassuring throughout the surgery, it was still a nerve wrecking moment for me. It reminded me of the movie "Awake". I could hear every single conversation that was going on in the operating theatre and all the clanking of the operating tools around me. The only difference was that I was not under any form of anesthesia, except for a few drops of numbing eyedrops. I was WIDE AWAKE. How I wish I could be put to sleep during the surgery!

Very soon, the machine started to drone in the background and I was all set for the surgery. The whole process only took about 10 minutes, but it was the most agonizing 10 minutes of my life!

It was a horrendous experience which I will never want to remember or relive. So, pardon me for not being explicit about the traumatising operation and I shall spare my readers of the gruesome details just in case you are considering Lasik in the near future too. (Disclaimer: Perhaps I have a lower threshold for pain, so you might want to take this with a pinch of salt… haha)

The surgery went pretty well. I'm still recovering from the surgery, so no straining of the eyes for now. I will update my blog again when my vision gets better!

Blurring out….