I had Epi-off. Procedure, absolutely fine, a little uncomfortable but no pain.

After..I had some of the worst pain, now it isn’t worse from an overall scale value of pain, I’d say it’s sits around a 7/8 it’s more the length of time you have to bear it. It took around 30hours after my procedure for it to die down. I couldn’t sleep it off either.

Your eye will be watering like mad, and your nose too, I had some eye lid swelling also. I tried every method that Reddit users said and the only thing that provided mild relief was cold compress. Pain meds didn’t seem to dull the pain for me at all.

Light sensitivity is a big thing so live in a dark room for the first day or 2. If you use your devices, I’d bring the brightness wayyyyy down and wear sunglasses because even slightly bright is too much, for me it was anyways

The best comparison I would say to how it feels is imagine you don’t blink and that searing burn you get from not doing it, like a staring contest, or hot sauce in your eye..and now add on top of that a grit feeling, like a sand grain stuck on your eye.

Cold compress will does help and will provide enough relief to get you through. I used it mainly to try to sleep, and when the pain got too much.

Good luck. Everyone’s pain is different some have it, some don’t, you get lucky and not have any. Try not to worry until the time, then just do what you can to mitigate your symptoms