Re: OT: Lasic Eye Surgery

Posted by Jeff IA on July 19, 2007 at 20:54:40 from (216.51.166.211):

In Reply to: OT: Lasic Eye Surgery posted by Jim from Pa on July 16, 2007 at 09:08:16:

Had it done around 9 or 10 years ago. I was -8.00 in both eyes with some astigmatism(legally blind). I wore contacts for about 10 years prior to that. They couldn't make glasses good enough to correct without severe distortion - like looking in one of those spherical mirrors. Cost $2000 per eye. To me , it was worth ten times that. For months afterwards I would wake up saying "Hey, I can see!" My vision is 20/15 in one eye and 20/30 in the other. If I remember correctly, the limits they could measure was 20/400, and I was worse than that.

After surgery they taped plastic shields on my eyes and sent me home. The next morning they took off the shields and my wife and I went shopping. Except I could see better than I EVER could before. I wore safety glasses night and day for a few weeks because you would be amazed how many times you try to stick your finger in your own eye in a day.

I don't know if the procedure is the same nowadays, but the hardest part was when I had to stare at a focal point for a whole minute (per eye) without looking off. That's about how long the laser zapping part took. May have taken ten minutes altogether. I think the main thing is to go to someone reputable who has done it for a long time. It was relatively new when I had it done, but I went to a guy who had done a couple thousand.

Good luck with whatever you decide. Holler if you want any more detail than that.

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