I Got Eye Surgery on Friday the 13th

[@caitlinb1657]

Echo has ‘cool grandma’ energy, *and I stan*

[@Mars44875]

Eyeballs are weird man, eyeballs are so weird. Also side note you’re hair looks like sherbet and I love it :D

[@MelI-zm9lj]

I've been wanting to get my eyes fixed but I'm to scared to do it.

[@EchoGillette]

I was scared until I watched a bunch of videos talking about how safe it was. =D

[@applesong01]

Did you know that the military used to recommend it for new recruits

[@Bumblebee151991]

Omg, no, I want lasik, but not if I have to be awake for the whole thing! >n

[@TheGraceOfEbonee]

As a person who has had glasses since kindergarten and gone to the eye doctor regularly, I have never thought about the implication that having your eyes dilated is weird.

[@PsychoStreak]

Apparently not all eye doctors do it. The one our family went to for years always did it, but once I started going to others, some did, some didn't. I do know they don't do it if you drove yourself there and have to drive home, or go back to work, which makes sense.

[@PsychoStreak]

I've considered it, but the whole being awake thing is just. no. I only recently found out that not everyone sees the streaky halos at night. It was also a "wait, what?!?!" moment for me. Please do keep us updated on how your eyes feel as time goes on. Very curious about this.

[@DoodleOodle]

Same here, i've seen those weird spiky light halos my entire life so i thought everyone saw them, but apparently not.

[@LoreCatan]

can you explain what you mean by that? Both my eyes are -4.0 and I've never seen anything like that. Do you mean like, looking at the moon? Even then, it's not streaky to me, it's very round.

[@tux_duh]

I think it's super rare to not see them or something bc I too have always seen them lol

[@PsychoStreak]

​@@LoreCatan At night, say looking at streetlights or more often headlights, instead of just the light and maybe a less-bright ring around it, what I see is a ring of streaks. With white light, sometimes the streaks are sort of rainbow. Red tail lights are more vertical. Apparently it's more prominent for those with astigmatism, and not so much your prescription. The downside is oncoming headlights and bright tail lights are SUPER annoying, but polarized lenses help a bit. The upside is that xmas/holiday lights generally look super twinkly and nice.

[@Dee-wf7mg]

I get those too. Having spoke to my friends about it aparently a fair number of them get it, but most only get it lightly

[@lukadraws4629]

“Oh someone’s recording you, better wave” that was so cute 😂 also did anybody else think of that one old episode of fairly odd parents with a dragon and this little redhead kid and once he got his glasses on he went “I can see... I can FIGHT!”

[@KristoKorps]

It's finals week at my college with lots stress, thanks for reminding me of such majestic art: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6bYi2WhYrh5aKc

[@Honestlyjusthereforaburger]

I've learned that seeing halos is not normal in this video, but I see them all the time. Day and night. Now I feel a bit more special in this world.

[@oswinaltava]

same I honestly thought everyone saw them!

[@yuukxi]

Samee lol.

[@sammiboibenton]

..... I also see halos. Did not know it was a niche thing

[@mysticaljuxtaposition]

oh my god same

[@officiallytrav]

The halos is just from having astigmatisms, right? If so, I have those halos BAD. But if it’s something else, teach me!

[@piperh6349]

This scared the heck out of me but I’m glad u had the courage to do it

[@alpheusrose2997]

“Eyes can see!” yes they can see, and so can you lol, also i keep hearing it as “I can see”

[@aldoink]

Every time I hear "cut" or "peel" or "eye skin flaps", it undoes the reassurance of hearing it's painless

[@Kolateak_]

"I didn't know beforehand that you were supposed to take ibuprofen after the surgery so in the half hour car ride home the numbing drops started to wear off, and that was probably the worst pain I've ever felt in my eyes, ever" Oh I feel that, haven't had Lasik, but when I got my wisdom teeth pulled, we couldn't pick up the ibuprofen for a few hours, and when that numbing wore off, OOOOOOH BOY.

[@SummeryMussel9]

Strangely enough I really didn't need meds after getting my wisdom teeth pulled. I even went to school the next day

[@AnimeBloodyMuffin]

"This is eyes. Eyes can see." - Echo 2020

[@emskistay]

“I can SEE!” -Echo Gillette 2020

[@Kolateak_]

"the period of time between me waking up and deciding that I'm gonna get Lasik and me waking up and being able to see, was a period of one week." Hell yeah. America, baby

[@saturnsystem3167]

NO AWESOME POINTS?!?!? NANI?!?!?

[@lucamannstein2587]

I bet u only get them if u join the twitch streams

[@justkibby5959]

"Eyes can see" -echo Gillette 2020

[@jacquejac1840]

Wow! Lasik has come so far! My mom got it years ago. She was still healing 2 weeks after on pain meds &.went from having to use coke bottle thick glasses to really thin bifocals.

[@claddagh143]

I had mine done 14 years ago and mine sounds closer to Echo's than your Mom's. How long ago did she have hers?

[@jacquejac1840]

19 years ago...early 2001.

[@Oxalis_stricta]

I always forget that most people don't get their eyes dilated every time they go to the eye doctor... Also it took me ages to realize that most people don't see a halo of light around lightbulbs. . . I have really bad vision in one of my eyes that can't be fixed with glasses.

[@tarotfiend]

Can we all agree to call it Quarentime instead of Quarentine Time

[@BobbiDeeWebley]

I love how you described this. Makes me want to go and do it! I’ve been debating it for years, but the price point always prevented me. Thanks for all the info!

[@applesong01]

I've been considering it so that I don't have to take my glasses of to see up close to put them back on to see far away. and holy carp I see night halos and didn't know that wasn't normal

[@snail_smoothie2314]

Holy carp

[@catherinejennings5637]

same, i thought everyone could see them until now

[@Mymkn]

HER HAIRRRRR!!!!!

[@ashy_ink]

2:21 wait that’s not normal?! I’ve been seeing them since I was 7!

[@claddagh143]

That can be a symptom of astigmatism. My Lasik actually helped get rid of that temporarily. (12 years) it's started to come back but now I have glasses that are specifically for night driving. The glasses keep me from seeing multiple letters on signs, and the streaky halos are toned down.

[@1just_chillin]

Hey the notifications for you finally worked!!!!!!

[@pernishkatehaswaytoomanypl8273]

My vision is pretty bad, I have -6 and -9.5 on my eyes and I'm only 16 so I'm currently waiting till I stop growing. I hope I can get an operation in 4 years! This video was also very cool. I wish you all the best Echo ^^

[@terriemoulton1084]

This is totally unrelated but I wanted to thank you Echo. I watched Bojack Horseman because of your role in it and it really opened my eyes to a couple things that I really needed to see. It's a great show. Thanks a lot!

[@michealelijahdipasalegne]

-8 and -9 😔✊ I'm glad you got you're eyes fixed tho!!!!

[@jellythekat7851]

Just wanted to say I saw your video and a big o smile showed up on my face! I missed you, you wonderful human. I'm so happy for you and your eye surgery.

[@ratbarf63]

I clicked on this video knowing damn well how terrible my hate for eye touching and close ups is and was the worst decision I've made all day because I nearly started crYING at that close up

[@annika12]

Just noticed your Todd Chavez funko! I tried watching Bojack ages ago but didn’t care for it much, then after seeing your video about it, I gave it another shot and loved it! I just loved the ace rep, it was surreal seeing that part of myself represented in such a good way on TV for the first time. It was also so cool to see you as Maud, you did an awesome job 💜

[@themoonlit-wolf3773]

I have that eye light halo thing too. I thought I was crazy or everyone had it

[@katehickey2047]

This feels wildly serendipitous because I was JUST THINKING last night that I kinda want to get lasik, after YEARS AND YEARS of thinking that I don't need it. Thanks for the good story to support my own anxious worries about surgery.

[@peachrat1003]

I thought my night halos where normal mine are spiky as heck

[@heavenlyaguilar6607]

I got Lasik in January. Best decision ever. Love your hair btw

[@sorachicken]

I'm so glad it worked out, Echo!! :) And yes, the achy kind of burning pain the first hour after (before falling asleep) was the worst part. -Janelle

[@lylachristopherson865]

Thank You. I've always wanted to Lasik, but I have other eye problems as well. So, I'll investigate it again. Thanks again.

[@sandiesmiggs6552]

Congrats, so glad you can see so well now

[@Forcemaster2000]

Those charms are cute! Glad your surgery went well, stay safe and enjoy quarantine while it lasts!

[@wolfietaurus]

Oof that sounds scary but I'm glad it went good for you! Awhile ago my doctor pointed out that one of my pupils was smaller than the other and I was WAT??? I've never noticed it before lol

[@MadKarinStudios]

I would get my eyes fixed but I just have a lack of depth perception. So like nothing would happen .-.

[@schoo9256]

What is that called?

[@TheLookoutStudios]

Echo!! I’ve missed you!

[@thelivingdaylights8611]

I love you so much! Your humor doesn't go unnoticed. Keep being you

[@felixgothart4973]

Happy quarantine time!!! Wow your hair looks crazy!

[@moniquesmith5542]

Ever since I first learned I needed glasses I thought about getting my eyes fixed when I got older and 8 years later I still want to get it done. Thank you for sharing your experience Echo, and bringing something interesting out of these boring times of isolation.

[@AnnieNorthman89]

Glad to see you're doing well after the surgery ❤

[@karag6556]

Fantastic information!!! Thanks!!

[@gothmushroomking.]

Love the little fugly bear in your background lol. I've always wanted one of those

[@Btheafterparty]

I love the different colors in your hair

[@idsworldart1754]

I flipping love those bunny charms! 😍

[@DoodleOodle]

WAIT WAIT WAIT LIGHT HALOS? Do you mean when you look at like a street lamp in the darkness and it has those weird light spiky things coming from it sort of? That's not normal???

[@MrBrelindm]

I can relate to the eye pain. I once swam in a pool that I didn't know had just had chlorine dumped into it a few minutes before. I swam under water with my eyes open. Within two minutes my eyes turned as red as a stop sign. I was a sophomore in highschool then, and that was my first period class and home room. So I spent the entire day in the nurses office. I kept running out to the hallway and dousing my open eyes on the stream from the water fountain. I could only open them to flush them that way because they burned so badly and they were so dilated that the light from opening them was off the charts painful. I'll keep my glasses thank you! But you look great. Love the hair dear.

[@aleidafujita5677]

Beautiful

[@lornawestwick6704]

I want the medusa 😍 Glad your surgery went well.x

[@Fudgeey]

Almost time for an update video!!!

[@greengirly13]

I didn’t know you were in Phoenix! I lived in Tempe for 4 years so when I visit after this is over I’d love to meet you!

[@fabianshedenhelm2986]

Welp now I'm questioning my eyes as well with the night halos, nice video glad you're doing good in the pandemic

[@peterr.905]

Hi Echo, You are a brave person, lasering your eyes on Friday the 13th, madness. I am glad it has worked and you can see clearly now. Unfortunately/fortunately, they can't laser my eyes as I am far sighted and they can only correct near sighted. I am going slightly stir crazy, but thank God for KZbin maintainer of my sanity. Stay safe. :-)

[@jaywolf-ib4rf]

Congratulations echo 🎉

[@powerfulkangaroo1679]

I haven’t watched your videos in a little while and your hair looks awesome I like the green a lot

[@nightwingnoir]

I’m a cashier, so I’m still constantly out of the house. I sometimes forget that I am even in quarantine... then I’m reminded when I get the realization that I could get the virus at any time... nothing is stopping someone from sneezing on me

[@claddagh143]

Ooh. This was super interesting to hear your experience! I had it done 14 years ago. Technology has changed a bit since then, but a lot of it is the same. I was given Valium and was told to take it an hour before my appointment, and I needed a person to drive me to/from the appointment. Then they gave me the drops, and I was in a waiting area until that kicked in, then went to the room with the machine. It was 21seconds for one eye and 22 seconds5 for the other. They did tell me I might need new glasses 10 years down the line because of age. Immediate side effects: My eyes were itchy the first 2 days I was *extremely* light-sensitive for a week (I wore sunglasses to class cause even the fluorescent lights were too bright) Long-term: I do have dry eye syndrome, but it's fairly well controlled now that I know the biggest symptoms and remedies. If you (or anyone reading this) has it, one of the side effects besides dryness is excessive tears/crying/watering eyes for seemingly no reason. Which freaking hurts! The first time it happened I was so scared something horrible had happened. But no, just another of my symptoms for dry eyes! 🙄😅 The best thing to do to prevent that is staying hydrated! It's super important that your body gets enough water. Protect your eyes from wind/fans- including AC and heat in the car by turning vents away and wearing sunglasses on days it bothers you. If you wear mascara, use a lash conditioner and don't get the mascara too close to your eyes (I had to quit wearing it altogether). Use a warm eye mask compress at night, most eye doctors can recommend one, some of them sell them. Then lubricating drops for day/ointment for night can be bought in the pharmacy. I occasionally have to do all these steps, but if I keep up with steps 1 and 2, thats usually all I need. For brightness, I still wear sunglasses and sometimes even layer and wear 2 pairs of sunglasses on super sunny days, but indoor light no longer bothers me. Two years ago (12 years post-op) I did have to go and get new glasses. They are specifically to help with my night driving astigmatism which started to come back (it's no worse than before the surgery) I think my symptoms were very mild but also fairly common. I still consider that surgery the best money I ever spent. 😁

[@sadisticsweet3140]

Oh wow your hair! That's neither good nor bad. Also you're the second youtuber this week I see in a video who got that so maybe I'm gonna get it in the future when I can make moneys and sign contracts myself

[@ladalekoehler2176]

I wish I can do laser surgery for my eyes but I have to many problems so I live with glasses. Glad you did what’s best for you. Hope you and yours are safe from this virus. Ty for your videos.

[@Kasumi0cada]

I hope you do your 1 year update. I'm considering getting this done at some point.

[@meghanhegwood5571]

I thought that seeing the night halo things was a normal thing that everyone saw. Thanks for making a video about this !

[@EclecticGreyWitch]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I have wondered if I qualify for laser eye surgery, but I also have fears of it going wrong. After what you described, it sounds freaky, even if it goes right! Slicing the eyes... *Shudder!* My vision has gotten worse as I've aged, and I've suffered from dry eyes since I was a kid. I don't know if that automatically disqualifies me, and I definitely don't want it worse. It annoys me almost constantly as it is. Let us know how your sight is in three and six months, too, please, besides a year.

[@eyedrawanime2546]

I loved your old videos of when you did stories, tutorials, and random videos

[@redgeraniums]

I got my eyes fixed quite a bit ago and I have loved the results!! It’s honestly scarier hearing about what happens than getting it done :) Haha I also got those eye hickeys too

[@TheMarijaSunshine]

I also see halos, and kinds of other stuff. Very sensitive to light. But no eye doctor has commented that as weird but also haven't explained why it is like that

[@deborahkort2922]

I somehow didn't realize they peeled back part of the eye skin or whatever and am now even more scared of getting laser eye surgery. I'm super happy it worked for you though. On the subject of the pandemic, I'm big mad because my work shut down for the last two weeks but I'm going back on Monday even though, if anything, the world is more dangerous now than it was when we were all sent home. And I have been very bad at truly self-isolating because I have an eight month old collie puppy who needs exercise and I don't have a fenced in yard so we've been taking one big walk a day (avoiding people all the way, obviously) and then going to an empty field at night to play some fetch.

[@LuciaRodriguez-sn5gm]

Okay but I LOVE the clown bunny charm omg ;__; I added it to my list of things I want when I finally have money that includes a poster where somone wrote out the entire "Wicked Witch of the East" argument in fancy script and lettering 😂

[@babyboioli3386]

Weird fact but I have a doll that reminds me of how you used to draw in the sketchbook tour and I named the doll after you

[@adamashworth7863]

So notifications do work! I love you echo :)

[@underscorekay]

Because of what you said I also just figured out that the halos are not normal

[@chernz722]

Oh god as soon as you said you couldn't see anything after machine 1 my stomach clenched. I think I would panic even knowing it was coming- like what if something went wrong and you were stuck like that? Ugh. I think I'll stick to my contacts...

[@user-ex8iu6vs7p]

I'm just glad you're okie

[@connorbowersox9050]

I’ve never worn my glasses under my vr headset and I don’t have contacts, so I’ve never played it and not had it be slightly blurry. It might be easier with some headsets but I only have a PlayStation VR and the rubber part around your eyes wouldn’t fit my glasses comfortably.

[@rachelhill5023]

My vision was -9.25 in one and -10.00 so my laser was a full minute per eye. I had to have one eye done at a time. It's been 4 years and I'm so dang happy that I can roll over and see my clock or my phone! I can swim without glasses or contacts. It's amazing. So worth it.

[@cicelylawson2261]

CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW EYEBALL POWERS!

[@mariahgarcia9942]

I just got lasek on March 6! My prescription was -11 and fun fact contacts don’t get made after -9 so I got it to finally fix everything after I stopped being able to wear contacts. Lasek is a little different than lasik because I was so blind but other than the way they cut open your eye your experience is pretty similar to mine so far. Lol still watching I was given Xanax to take before surgery and after because they wanted me to keep my eyes closed 24 hours so I just slept the whole time.

[@addisonw3676]

I’ve been seriously thinking about laser surgery, I’ve worn glasses since primary school and now my prescription is so strong that I have to get the special thinned lenses and they cost a fortune!

[@xoxowena]

You just blew my mind with the light halo thing totally thought that was normal too lmaooo

[@KarlaDS02]

Me as a person who has bad vision thinking of getting lasik or even putting contacts in my eyes freak me out but I’m still want to take my chances of improving my vision

[@nickfenix3892]

So Britain isn’t the only place where no one listens to quarantine. Am glad you can see probably it might take me a while to get used to you with out contacts or glasses

[@samanthaoddsweb]

EVERY weird question I ever wanted to know about lasik eye surgery and couldn't ask. Thank you. AND what was it like watching the blury movements as it happend...

[@kealchsfactory7492]

So apparently during the quarantine everyone is either messing with their hair, streaming on twitch, or playing animal crossing. Or all of the above.

[@tylergriffin6062]

Did not realise night halos weren't normal, this information led to me staring at my light bulb in confusion for a few minutes, 10/10 would not recommend

[@shannong.6689]

"Use your quarantine time wisely" Me: *obsessively plays Animal Crossing for insane amounts of time* This is fine

[@wolfmaw8154]

Glad you can finally see lol See you on twtich!

[@mayschreiberlevi6128]

The last time I was this early school was still a thing

[@corruptpasta]

Okay I’m freaking out once you described the smell I could smell it … help

[@officiallytrav]

You’re the first person I’ve heard talk about lasik and mention ANY pain at all. You’re also the first person I’ve heard talk about lasik with no complications or imperfections. So I guess I’d be happy with pain if it came out perfect.

[@nephixii]

that process sounds absolutely terrifying

[@isalesme015]

My prescription is -6 and I've been wearing glasses since I was 6 years old (it was definitely gradual, first I only used them to read the chalkboard and books and watching TV but now at 22 years old I wear them all the time) so the idea of just waking up and being able to SEE without glasses or contacts is just wild to me. I hope I can actually get laser eye surgery one day.

[@francisgeorge7639]

You should do more talking, not just art. You're a great talker. So long as you keep away from views/opinions then it's all just great fun like this vid.

[@sadisticsweet3140]

Oh and you sound kinda like you had astigmatism. That's exactly what my halos look like and my mom has astigmatism too and hers are worse. Also a tumblr post showed a picture of what my mom's astigmatism looks like (because it made the halos into stars but worse) and I'm like "oh so that's what astigmatism is" my mom and I both knew I had it and that she had it but before that I had no idea what exactly it was. Halos are fun. Lights are weird. I have glasses that fix my eyes temporarily

[@rat7791]

Well, I can say now that the two things that absolutely disgust me on a primal level are shots and the newly added process of eye surgery

[@MystFox1314]

Rat I hate the idea of having anything touch my eyes

[@crazylilrocker7076]

I'm in the negative 6s and 7s but I have to wait still because my eyes are still getting worse

[@Joshitanium]

Awesome video keep up the good work. ☺️🧸

[@quietzest]

My sister had to get eye surgery at 6 or 7, and still wears glasses because they couldn't fix everything. But she was put under the whole time. I just remember her being driven home, and still being asleep afterward for the next 2 or 3 hours. It's so cool that it took like 13 seconds to actually 'fix' your eyes! (compared to the one or two hour-long surgery and then pain afterward my sister had to deal with) How is your lovely Gecko doing? :3