I started with 20/900 in one eye and 20/950 in the other. I was legally blind, as I could not see more than 2 inches from my eyeball.
I went in on a Thursday afternoon and it took about an hour for the procedure. There was no real pain with the surgery. You watch as they slice part of your eye and flip it over which is kind of weird. Then I watched a red dot blinking as it came in to focus as the laser went off. I could smell the burnt flesh which was also weird but was not painful.
I had my mom take me home after the surgery. I could see but it was not perfect, it was a lot like swimming in a super chlorinated pool for way to long. I stayed home for the weekend and went back to work on the following Monday.
My vision after the surgery was 20/25 and 20/30, which is well within driving vision. Over the years it has started to go a little, I am currently 20/35 and 20/40.
Overall I would HIGHLY recommend it, especially for those with really poor vision. Waking up and seeing the clock, taking a shower and seeing your feet, or even going to the beach and being able to see the chicks in bikinis while swimming is well worth it!
Just make sure you do research on the doctor where you get it done at. I would even probably talk to the chamber of commerce or the medical association that regulates them. You only have one set of eyes.
My sister had it done & it has not been so great for her. She goes through about 4-5 bottles of eye drops per week because she has such a problem with dry eyes. Also she can't drive if it's a rainy night because the halos around the lights & the raindrops really mess her up.
She says if she could go back she would have just kept her lenses.
I know probably 10 people who had it & she's the only one who has had serious problems.
"If you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch, you're out of luck."
Thats exactly where I am at. My asked my wife, while driving home the other day, when we should start thinking about it. She said "you first". My brother just had it done and his sight was worse than mine and my mother just had both of her lenses replaced, which is just mind boggling. My dad had 5 by passes and just had his carotid artery cleaned out, so I am continually being impressed by medicine. I am just chicken shit to have my own eyes cut.
my wife had her eyes cut 5 years ago.........the best 4grand she thinks we have ever spent.
live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
Yours eyes start to get worse when you reach 40 so you might end up getting glasses again anyway. If your young i'd say do it but if your somewhere near late 30s/40s you might want to think again.
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I started with 20/900 in one eye and 20/950 in the other. I was legally blind, as I could not see more than 2 inches from my eyeball.
I went in on a Thursday afternoon and it took about an hour for the procedure. There was no real pain with the surgery. You watch as they slice part of your eye and flip it over which is kind of weird. Then I watched a red dot blinking as it came in to focus as the laser went off. I could smell the burnt flesh which was also weird but was not painful.
I had my mom take me home after the surgery. I could see but it was not perfect, it was a lot like swimming in a super chlorinated pool for way to long. I stayed home for the weekend and went back to work on the following Monday.
My vision after the surgery was 20/25 and 20/30, which is well within driving vision. Over the years it has started to go a little, I am currently 20/35 and 20/40.
Overall I would HIGHLY recommend it, especially for those with really poor vision. Waking up and seeing the clock, taking a shower and seeing your feet, or even going to the beach and being able to see the chicks in bikinis while swimming is well worth it!
Just make sure you do research on the doctor where you get it done at. I would even probably talk to the chamber of commerce or the medical association that regulates them. You only have one set of eyes.
She says if she could go back she would have just kept her lenses.
I know probably 10 people who had it & she's the only one who has had serious problems.
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