Question about recent PRK surgery???

[RookieFlyer]

Good Day All,

I hope this thread can be helpful to someone other that me. I am a private pilot who just recently had PRK surgery 16 March, this year. My motivation behind the surgery was to enable me to apply for Coast Guard OCS and become a pilot. Anyway, my eyes have healed beautifully since the surgery. I was 20/250 uncorrected before the surgery, and now I am 20/20 and 20/15 uncorrected. I couldn't be more pleased with the outcome. My only concern is my night vision. It was awuful immedietely after the surgery. I mean I was nervous driving my pickup at night, let alone flying. I couldn't (and wouldn't) have flown an airplane to save my life. Starburst, halos, glare, etc... You name it, I had the works. Since the surgery, my night vision has progressively and consistently improved. I still wouldn't call it 100%, but I am at the point of being comfortable operating an aircraft at night (rest assured that my eye care professional has cleared me to fly again). I will let you know for sure after I go up with an instructor next week. So my real question is, can I expect my night vision to continue improving, or has it probably stabilized now being 6 months post-surgery? Also, is the military able to evaluate an applicants night vision during a flight physical? And if so, how exactly is that evaluated and what are the standards? Regardless of any replies I may recieve to this thread I will be applying next spring, but I would certainly appreciate any and all "heads ups" that I can get. Thanks in advance for any replies.

[My Flight Surgeon]

Generally speaking, what you have at 6 months is what you will have long-term.

The military will proably have their own ophthalmologist exaimine you with a slit-lamp (examining microscope) to see if htere is significant problems after the surgery.

Military standards are tighter than FAA standards for this.

[RookieFlyer]

Thanks for the reply. My eye-care professional has used a slit-lamp to examine the surface of my cornea at every exam since the surgery (8 separate exams) and has always comented on the fact that both my eyes showed no abnormalities or scaring from the sugery. So other than the military looking much closer than my optometrist, they have no way, to your knowledge, of further examining my visual acuity for night time?

[My Flight Surgeon]

You are correct.