eye trauma

[deweyeyed]

I had a freak accident over the weekend.  A friend of mine turned his head at the same time that I was turning mine and the bill of his ball cap hit me directly in my right eye.  I immediately had blurred vision in my eye and it was mildly painful.  The next day the pain was gone, but I still had blurred vision.  A few days later, I still have to blurred vision and lights tend to have half halos around them.  Only in that eye.  My other eye is perfectly fine.  To make the scenario a little bit more complex, about a year and a half ago, I had LASIK surgery and had 20/20 vision with no complications.  I am worried that this accident has screwed up my surgery!!  There is no bleeding nor did I get a black eye from this, as I think that the ball cap hit me so square in the eye, there was nothing to bruise.  Do you think that I can expect my vision to return to the 20/20 vision that it was from my surgery??

[deweyeyed]

I have an appointment tomorrow, but I am just trying to prepare myself for what she will say.  Thanks for your advice.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

What are you waiting for?  See an ophthalmologist ASAP.

Dr. O.