Had my eyes fried Saturday!

[kevin922 0]

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They are hiring like crazy now. How far have you gotten in the process?

Feel free to pm me or email me directly Kevin

[jceman 1]

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Try being -5 in both eyes and developing a contact lens intolerence. The risks seem minor by comparison

I would have killed for -5 correction pre-LASIK. My correction was -13.5 with -1.5 cylinder. ("Chart, what chart?" -- "The one on the wall!" -- "What wall?")
Cost wasn't the big issue for me, waiting for the technology to advance to the point they could handle such large corrections was. I was lucky that the price drop and the advances in tech occurred at the same time.
Needed adjustments six months later for fine tuning. Last week I went to get my driver's license renewed and for the first time have a DL with no restrictions!
As for starring, I have less starring now than I did with either glasses or contacts. The one thing I got a charge out of before surgery was when someone saw me with glasses, they would look at the 1/2" thick edges and tell me that "You know they have new technology to make lenses lighter and thinner". My response? "Yup, this is it!"

[mountainman 0]

For those of you who have gotten Lasik, how was it?
Just tell me your thoughts from before, during, and after the surgery. I am planning on getting that next year. I am mostly curious about the actual surgery aspect of it.
Thanks!
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[Sebazz1 2]

Same here. I just am nervous. Plus I have a stigmatism.
I thought there were several types of eye surgerey now?
SEBAZZ.......

[jceman 1]

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I just am nervous. Plus I have a stigmatism.

Actually, it is an astigmatism -- meaning a distortion of the eyeball. That is what the -1.5 cylinder in my other post meant -- a rather severe case of astigmatism.
The best advice I can give is to go to a doc who has done lots of cases, esp. with astigmatisms, and make sure he is using the latest VISX tracking laser. They can handle that with ease and better results.
Yes, there is more than one type of laser surgery, but in the majority of cases, LASIK will be the treatment of choice. The biggest thing is to ask lots of questions, don't proceed until you feel comfortable with the answers. Go to more than one doctor if you need to.
Oh, yes, one other very major thing -- take your time with the pre-op refraction, it is far more critical with surgery than with lenses. When the doc or the tech refracting you asks which is better, A or B, take your time. I had one freind who had LASIK and was not happy with the results, but he realized he had been lazy at the refraction; he went back for an adjustment, made sure he took care in the refraction and was very happy with those results.

[QuickDraw 0]

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Plus I have a stigmatism

It's amazing how many people seem to get this at easter. j/k
..Billions of people living out their lives..Oblivious..

[weid14 0]

I got it a little over a year ago -- absolutely wonderful. they gave me a valium before the surgury, but it didnt' work though, I about ripped Elmo's head off (they gave you a stuffed animal to hold). The nurses ended up putting my feet up and I had to wait a little while before walking with a cold towel on my head. It wasn't so much the surgury itself it was the thought of them cutting my eyeball (how else do you get a flap?) and you can smell the flesh burning off. 35 seconds on each eye under the laser. I must say that I'm glad I did it, my vision is clearer than before, when I get tired my eyes feel that same dryness as I did with contacts but it's not to bad. my vison has gotten better over the year also. I know of at least 3 skydivers that jumped the day after. I know of 1 how somehow scratched his eye at night and had to have the flap re-positioned (THAT would have freaked me out)

[skyhawk 2]

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[Aviatrr 0]

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Well I went under the lazer saturday..

Cool man, you'll be happy you did it.. I had Lasik about a year and a half ago, and I test at 20/15 now.. I was 20/20, borderline 20/15 the day after the surgery.. My vision changed a bit for the next 3 or 4 days, but then stabilized.. The halos and starbust went away almost completely in less than 2 weeks, and there's just a very faint halo around some really bright lights now.......but it's 100 times better than the halos I used to see with contacts or glasses, and a lot of other people(with perfect vision) tell me that they see very slight halos around bright lights too..
The FAA just required my doctor to do a couple specific tests, and all was cool with them.....they issued me a 1st class medical immediately..
Mike

[SmoothAl 0]

Congratulations, kevin. I had it done a couple of years ago, and just love it. It's great to be able to wake up in the middle of the night and not need to reach over to end up knocking your glasses on the floor in the dark. I know I'll never have 20/20, or better, but that's only because my eyes were so bad to begin with. You'll love it, the more the settle and you get used to doing the things you love w/o the need for glasses or contacts.
SmoothAl

[Scratch 0]

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I test at 20/15 now..

That is so cool.
I was 20/15 for a while but sunk back to 20/20.
For a few months people thought I had x-ray eyes.
The only down side for me has been that my twilight vision is not great. Artificial light, daylight, nighttime are all fine. Sunrise and sunset...not so good....it is a small price to pay.
Sometimes you're the windshield.
Sometimes you're the bug~~~~Dire Straits