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PearlJam24
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Has anyone here had or considered LASIK surgery? I'm thinking about having it done but am a little nervous about any complications or side effects. I'd like to hear other peoples experience or thoughts on it before making my final decision. I have a consultation next week with my eye doctor and already have a few questions lined up for him.
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It was quick and painless.. in and out of the room in 10 minutes, about 40 seconds each eye.
I won't lie, I was scared shitless, but it was waaay more comfortable than going to the dentist.
You'll see starbursts from street lights at night for a few weeks, but other than that, the foginess you'll experience after the procedure goes away in a few hours. Your eyes will feel dry for a few months too.
Good luck!
Do it! You won't regret it at all!!
*(Dry eyes and starbursts diminish overtime and they are so not a big deal in the long run. And for sure you will need sunglasses as lights are sensitive in the first week)
however, my right eye is almost completely red. dr said it's no big deal but it looks bad.
does anyone know how long that can last?
A guy that I work with had it done recently and his eyes were pretty red/bloodshot for a couple weeks. It gradually faded away after that...
okay, that makes me feel better thanks
Good luck w/ everything! I'm pretty damn blind myself. I'm hoping to get lasik sometime in 2013.
I had glasses since I was 10 years old, and gradually my eyes just got worse and worse until I couldn't see a damn thing. The optician told me I had utterly terrible vision and that laser eye surgery wouldn't do me any favours (I'm pretty sure he was trying to merely keep my custom and continue getting my money).
I decided to go for a consultation, and then chose the newest treatment available, the "state of the art" treatment, because the other basic stuff wouldn't have been beneficial due to my unusually shaped corneas. I wanted to have the best vision possible, so I had to go for the more expensive one.
They put two drops of anasthesia in each eye and within 5 minutes my eyes were sleepy.
They popped some rubber cap type things in my eyes to keep them open, and they told me to just focus on the bright colours that I could see. They zapped each eye three times and that was that.
As soon as I sat up, I could see better already but it was slightly grey and foggy. The nurses told me that once the eye drops wore off I'd feel some discomfort. I'll warn you, it hurt. And I mean HURT. I'd never felt discomfort like it, and for the whole trip home I wanted to pull my eyes out.
I had to lie in total darkness for about 10 hours and my dad came in every 4 hours and popped some drops in my eyes.
When I woke the next morning, I could pretty much see perfect and although there was a slight irritation in my eyes it wasn't painful. My eyes were dark red though and stayed that way for 2 weeks. It was frustrating because I started my new job two days after the surgery and everyone was looking at me weird because I looked kinda evil.
It's 2 and a half years later and I'm 26 and I can see perfectly. Best thing I ever did, my confidence level improved greatly and I can happily wear sunglasses too!
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My sister-in-law, two aunts, and a friend have had it done and they all say the exact same thing - best money they've spent.
A year after Lasik I noticed a blur at times, from the side of my eyes. My Vision was good, but the blur on the side had me a bit worried. I saw a specialist who said it was an epithelial disruption, the corneal flap was not put back on correctly, kinda overlapped/not put on straight or whatever the case was.
He said an option was to have another surgery to put it back correctly. Or just live with the results. I chose to live with it as I only saw the blur at certain times with my eyes in certain directions. Like if I was a batter in baseball, right hand bat, my left eye to the pitcher, right at the bottom left of my left eye would be a weird blur.
Funny enough, the blur ended up going away in time. After it was gone I had my eyes checked again and they said everything looked perfect!
As far as my eyesight goes, it varies but I average 20/20.
I'm glad I had it done and happy with the results to this day.
The procedure was painless and relatively quick and I would do it again and recommend it to anyone in a heartbeat.
Good luck!
for the last few days, the blurriness has been back. im nervous. should i see an opthamologist?
I dont' mind glasses/contacts, but I sure do miss the days of not wearing either andd I have been thinking about lasik hard lately.
Davidtrios, I hope everything works out for you....
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There is an easier solution that most Americans have already figured out - just stop reading.
Plus I have this fear that RIGHT when they're about to get going, there's an earthquake.
(for the record - I am, by nature, not a paranoid person)
Im going to have to invest like $400 in contacts, $200 in eyeglasses, and $80 appointment next year. My prescription has stabilized, and I figure the technology has likely improved a great deal... Im considering getting lasered.
Any thoughts? Costs? Tricks to getting a lower cost? If I go to one of their open houses as opposed to cannonball in for a consultation do they offer any incentives?
Probably going to do my flex spending for the full amount, and possibly financing over 2 years if they offer 0% which I heard the do. Basically it will be a free loan and tax free... but still expensive.
I also figure between contacts and eye appointments for the prescription, it's $450-ish per year. I will eventually come out ahead.
Anyway, mine seemed to be an easy case. It took approx 20 minutes per eye, and I left the clinic with sunglasses. My procedure costed 4000 Euros. Yes, it is that expensive in Germany. The insurance covered nothing because it is considered a cosmetic procedure. I considered going to Turkey to have it done, but my parents are both doctors and got scared thinking about it, so they went along :P
After the procedure I slept a couple of hours and in the evening, was able to watch tv without glasses or contacts. It felt like a miracle! Hahaha
I went for checks during the weeks after that and steadily improved up to 0 diopters. It was awesome!
My vision has gotten a little worse, and I need glasses for driving or when I am tired now, but they are only -0.5 diopters, so I don't care. I think it has to do with me working on the computer constantly. I am hoping that once age sightedness kicks in, if at all, it will even out with the little weakness that I have in my vision now, so I will be all good again
I would recommend the laser procedure to anyone who is bothered with glasses or contacts. My eye doctor was amazed at how great the scars looked on my eyeballs. You can hardly see them. People with myopia are usually not good with night vision, and this will not be improved with the Lasik. Especially in the beginning, I had more halos and flares around lights at night than usual. But this was in the healing process. I think it is worth the money, but have yourself checked properly before to make sure this procedure is for you. I went to one generic examination for free and then a more special testing that costed 100 Euros where the actual doc who operated on me noted the thickness of my eye skin etc etc for the operation.
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