Lasik

[beanoil]

After 38 years of correction of some kind, glasses or contacts, I took the plunge. I was apprehensive, and did a thorough interview of several places before I had my procedure done. I chose a doctor with 9600 procedures done, investigated her state issued licenses (PA, NJ, NY, and MO, -all clean-) checked her education (good colleges, interned at NYC Eye Institute), and found one lawsuit where she was found not guilty. (She was attempting to repair a botched job by another doctor, and it didn't work.) The procedure went great, 55 seconds of laser for my right eye, 42 seconds for my left. Really uncomfortable for 4 hours after surgery, and a massive headache (probably from the Valium I was given). BUT.... At 2:30 in the afternoon (surgery was 9:20 AM) I was watching TV with no glasses or contacts. My 24 hour check up was great, with 20/20 at distance, 20/25 at 1/2 of arms length. And now 4 days later, all is well, and my eyes are even more comfy than usual because I'm no longer wearing contacts. YMMV, but for me, now, I don't know why I waited so long. If anyone is considering Lasik, sitting on the fence, or is scheduled for surgery, post it up. My results were great! Now I'm like this guy....

 

[javacontour]

beanoil,

As a fellow cardinal fan in your area, I'd like to hear who you had perform your surgery as I'm considering this for myself.

 

[Papa Bear]

Just across the river from Detroit in Windsor, Ontario, you will find this Doctor who is well respected in the industry. He did my DIL's eyes years ago and she is doing today.

 

[Drew99GT]

Lucky you! My cornea is too thin, according to a VERY well respected ophthalmologist. The others in town say, go right ahead, all will be fine! But I trust the 1st guy (who was an army ophthalmologist for 20 years). So I'm stuck with glasses for life.

 

[Ben Boyle]

I had Lasik done in '01 and so far I am stil digging it!

 

[Gary Allan]

I wanted to do this procedure. At 50 though, you're bound to end up with cataracts sooner or later ..so lens replacement is probably in your future anyway. It's harder to get the procedure done with the multitude of Lasik centers operating. My ophthalmologist actually said that lens replacement was cheaper to do ...but that she's dead set against any eye surgery without cause ..which she doesn't consider correction to be. I figured that I'd kill two birds with one stone, so to speak since I was paying the frieght anyway

 

[beanoil]

java,
You have a PM.

 

[beanoil]

Gary,
You may be interested in this:

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Since the LASIK procedure is performed on the surface of the cornea, (see diagram, below) and with cataract surgery, the lens implant is placed through the pupil, behind the colored iris, neither area is negatively affected by the other surgery.

In other words, should you have LASIK now to reshape the front of your cornea and have cataract surgery in, say 15+ years; the cataract will be removed and a new lens implant will be inserted behind the iris and won't adversely affect the positive results achieved with your prior LASIK surgery.

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From this page: web page But, follow your instincts and the advise of your preferred experts.

 

[Shannow]

Best thing I ever did for my eyes was join a rifle club.

 

[michaelc80]

I had mine done in March of 2006 and it was one of the best things I ever did. It's been about 9 months and I'm still at 20/20.

After 38 years of glasses and contacts I'm finally able to throw them away.

 

[Blokey]

For a b-day present to myself, I had Lasik done in Sep. '06 at Emory in ATL and I'm loving it!

 

[dwendt44]

50 years of glasses, best money I ever spent.
Don't go cheap; niece did, and while her eyes are better, they aren't perfect.
Had a co-worker who had the lenses done, took a few weeks
to get used to them, but they are working fine now.
Lasik can be, and sometimes is, after lens replacement.

 

[moribundman]

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Best thing I ever did for my eyes was join a rifle club.

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You'll put an eye out!

 

[Shannow]

mori,
"wetherby eyebrow" isn't that common on the .22s. Although I have seen a guy crawling the stock on a .243 that got a shock.

 

[Rob Taggs]

From what I've seen and heard LASIK is great. I had RK (Radial Keratotomy) done on my eyes in 1990 and they are still great today. Don't think much of Army eye doctors. Tried to reenlist in the military and got rejected because I had RK performed.

 

[beanoil]

Thanks for the replies. Now day 5, and doing great. Went bowling yesterday, had no trouble picking up the lane markers, or seeing the pins. Only minor halos at night so far, but the air has been very humid, and the temps have been falling at night causing a lot of moisture to drop out and hang. Now I know what smokers must go through when they try to quit. It really is odd not to grab the glasses after getting ready for bed, and to set the alarm and then remove them to place them on the nightstand, but I think I'll get used to it...

 

[LarryD]

Any dry eye problems? I had my proceure done in 1999 and again in 2000 and still have dry eye problems today.

 

[wantin150]

I had mine done in 1998. Went from a 20/200 to around a 20/15 on the table. Mine have settled to a 20/20 now. I could see the second hand on a wall clock at 20 feet which I would never have been able to do before.

The only issue with dry eyes is in the morning. I use a .$97 bottle of natural tears from Wally World (3 drops in each eye) when I wake up and I'm good for the rest of the day.

FWIW, my mother had it done and went from essentially legalky blind without glasses to a 20/60. She, like me, would do it again in a heartbeat if necessary.

 

[OriginHacker21]

I'm all for it - but I think an important thing to do is make sure that your eyes are not changing. My friend got lasik as soon as he turned 21. A year later, now, he has to get glasses and is looking into contacts again.

 

[michaelc80]

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Any dry eye problems? I had my proceure done in 1999 and again in 2000 and still have dry eye problems today.

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I use drops everyday to avoid the dry eye issues. Walgreens in my area carries a product called Natural Tears that has a reclosable vial-it annoyed me to open a vial only to throw 3/4 of it away.

I make it a habit to put them in each morning and have no issues during the day.