Do most choose the surgery or the laser....
I feel a tad remiss commenting without having read any of this thread...but...
Seek a surgical remedy for any of this stuff before laser.
1) Years ago, my dentist warned me of the failure rate of laser procedures. He claimed they suppress the data.
And, come to think of it, I've never seen failure rates publicised on anything.
2) My sister had laser and the 'zappers' overdid it apparently. She has to use drops 4-5 times a day and hot-compresses her eyes 4 times a day. She carries a thermos with hot water and cloths to warm her eyes.
I wouldn't go near laser unless it was for the most minor of 'touch-ups' within the eye.
3) to facility1: Do try to focus away from the 'hebee geebie mindset'.
My first eye (L) didn't clear for 4 days.
>>Believe me, I had the ADVANCED HEBEE GEEBIES when all I could see through my L eye was grey color.
In other words, I was $#!tting my pants except for the fact that optomological surgery is so advanced and the eyeball is so darn tough.
Then BANG, it was clear. The surgeon said my experience was normal.
I rescheduled my R eye on the 4th grey morning, and then it cleared.....oh well...no big deal.
A week apart became a month apart.
The second eye (R) was clear within hours. Go figure.
FUNNY: The day of the R eye, two patients before me 'no-showed'.
I was completed and released 10 minutes after my original pre-appointment, arrival time.
ALSO FUNNY: Because I was seen out of order, the OR staff quintruple checked my identity, etc. and the serial numbers of my custom ordered, astigmatism correction lenses were double-checked a dozen times.
ODD: The backs of my OE lenses (ha-ha) looked like an accumulation of splattered yellow stripe paint on a mud flap.
However, I had no "night driving halos" or smearing or spectrumizing so many characteristically report.
Problems zeroing in on a common eye chart was the optomotrist's clue that I had cateracts.
The salient post-op effect I experienced involved blue being color shifted and brightened.
The stove's gas flame looked quite different.
I'm sure I just overlooked any increase in clarity.
