I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to this sort of thing but have been tempted as my sight is so crappy and I can't be arsed with contacts. I have a friend (optometrist, sp.?) who works for optimax here in the UK and he says he wouldn't have it done. He tests people pre- and post-op and reckons that when it works, it works great. But it can go wrong for a lot of people and then they have problems with their vision that cannot be corrected with more surgery or even with glasses etc. That's the thing that puts me off the most - at the moment i have really bad vision but glasses correct it really well and if i had the surgery there's a risk (if it goes badly) that even with glasses i won't see as well as i do now.
None-the-less, I'm still thinking about it. I get more bothered with not be able to see if i go swimming and stuff.
I guess it comes down to how much you want it vs. the inconvenience of not being able to see properly etc.
Scary though! So respect to all those here who have had it done!
Powerdoc I am interested to hear more!!!! I have 20/40 or some such, pretty bad. I'd like to grab that LASIK and get 20/10 or something awesome.
I am VERY paranoid about my eyes. I can't touch them. I can't put contacts in (I tried once and I couldn't.)
Can you do this LASIK while you are unconscious, so you don't have to suffer through it? Besides what if you blink do they burn a hole in your eyelid? I assume they hook you up to something that holds your eyes open, but still, I'd probably FREAK.
20/40 is pretty damn good vision, if you ask me. You can legally drive without corrective lenses with 20/40. Usually, LASIK is used when the person's vision is really bad, and they correct you to somewhere between 20/30 and 20/40.
My wife, called the opthalmologist, for some more explanations. He explained that the procedure went fine, my eyes are perfect, but that I have loosed 0,25 dioptrae when I moved my eye under the laser.
0,25 dioptrae is a very small correction, and in practice they tolerate 0,50 dioptrae.
My left eye should increase his vision in the next coming weeks, and reach a good result even if it would not reach the perfect correction of the right eye.
The strange thing with this surgery, that in some case one eye evolve perfectly in a couple of hours like my right eye (perfect correction, and the perfect vision recquired by airfighter pilots), and the other need a couple of week to do so.
The difference of vision between my two eyes, made me panic a little.
Sorry to have scared some potential candidates to this surgery. For the record, I have driven my car today, and play golf, and my eye are absolutely painless.
20/40 is pretty damn good vision, if you ask me. You can legally drive without corrective lenses with 20/40. Usually, LASIK is used when the person's vision is really bad, and they correct you to somewhere between 20/30 and 20/40.
Really? I used to have 20/40 when driving in Canada, and they marked my license for corrective lenses. I remember once forgetting my glasses and trying to drive. Scary! Hey, this might explain all those bad drivers out there!
And thanks for that info about LASIK correcting you only if your eyes are really bad. As I've mentioned in the past, I corrected my eyes the British RAF way: Bilberry and Grape Seed Extract along with eating red globe grapes - seeds and all. Just recently, got my eyes retested due to license renewal and had the corrective lens thing removed - 20/18!
I wore glasses all the time untill I had hte surgery - as I didn't see my fingers without. Now I most of the time would need probably -0,5-0,75 d correction but i so much enjoy being without the glasses.. and I can drive without. 8) so I'm happy still and would do it again..
Thanks for sharing this with us PowerDoc, and yes you did scare some of us. I'm very happy that your procedure was successsful. How long did you consider having this surgery before doing it? I suppose it was inspired by your wife having the surgery....maybe it was a pact to have your eyes done?
My optician has told me that they are moving into a new field with this type of surgery. In near future they will operate with external laser only, no cutting. And the procedure will be far less expensive.
Thanks for sharing this with us PowerDoc, and yes you did scare some of us. I'm very happy that your procedure was successsful. How long did you consider having this surgery before doing it? I suppose it was inspired by your wife having the surgery....maybe it was a pact to have your eyes done?
Well, my wife went sucessfully throuhg this surgery, and was very happy with it. I think that I would have never done this surgery if she didn't. She gave me courage, but she decided alone, to do the procedure : I didn't push her like a scout
I have to wait one month to have a complete result. One month of adaptation is needed after this procedure : internal cicatrisation occur.
My optician has told me that they are moving into a new field with this type of surgery. In near future they will operate with external laser only, no cutting. And the procedure will be far less expensive.
I will stick with my contacts for now!
External Laser only surgery already exist, but is more painfull (three days of pains) and is more indicated in small eyes corrections. Lasic is for intermediate ( 2 --> 6 dioptrae) and internal corneal lens for huge corrections.
I recommand that you find a laser with eye tracking. It will stop the laser immediatly if your eye move out of the target.
just a few questions. been interested in LASIK for a while and just started doing some research. Meeting an actual opthalmologist, would answer my questions, but though I would ask here.
Is there an age limit to when you should take this surgery? I'm 30 yrs old now, I've read it's better to get it done younger, rather than when you are older.
How much does this procedure cost? how much have some of you paid? If you don't mind me asking.
Anyone know of a trustworthy opthalmologist in the NYC area?
I got mine done when I was about 25 YO. It was my understanding that you should wait until your prescription has stablised before you have the surgery.
I paid about Oz $4k for both eyes. That is about $2.50 in your terms
just a few questions. been interested in LASIK for a while and just started doing some research. Meeting an actual opthalmologist, would answer my questions, but though I would ask here.
Is there an age limit to when you should take this surgery? I'm 30 yrs old now, I've read it's better to get it done younger, rather than when you are older.
How much does this procedure cost? how much have some of you paid? If you don't mind me asking.
Anyone know of a trustworthy opthalmologist in the NYC area?
Powerdoc I'm surprised you did this considering your line of work. If you got a bad result your career could have been over.
Good remark. I was confident in the result. The surgeon is a friend of mine, and he wouldn't have done the procedure, if he feared a disaster (he didn't ask any money for the job for me, nor he asked for my wife). He told me if the first eye was a failure, he won't have done the second eye.
Perhaps I am a little too tragic in my description. The little incident I had is not so usual, and will not have terrible consequences. I have just to wait one month.
BTW if in the long term, the risk of having my career over was very small *, I realised that if both of my eye where like the left one, I could not work for a full month. Such a thing would have been a financial disaster. I am happy that my right eye is perfect allowing me to work even with a small headacke.
* in case of disaster, you can always graft a cornea.
It made me nervous also. after the procedure, I had to go to bed. It was also the case for my wife.
You can always take an anxiolytic, but I didn't want to. the only time I take Rohypnol for sleeping, I became totally nuts. I wanted to have full control of my self. But if you have the habit of such medications, I will recommand to take it.
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None-the-less, I'm still thinking about it. I get more bothered with not be able to see if i go swimming and stuff.
I guess it comes down to how much you want it vs. the inconvenience of not being able to see properly etc.
Scary though! So respect to all those here who have had it done!
Originally posted by Aquatic
Powerdoc I am interested to hear more!!!! I have 20/40 or some such, pretty bad. I'd like to grab that LASIK and get 20/10 or something awesome.
I am VERY paranoid about my eyes. I can't touch them. I can't put contacts in (I tried once and I couldn't.)
Can you do this LASIK while you are unconscious, so you don't have to suffer through it? Besides what if you blink do they burn a hole in your eyelid? I assume they hook you up to something that holds your eyes open, but still, I'd probably FREAK.
20/40 is pretty damn good vision, if you ask me. You can legally drive without corrective lenses with 20/40. Usually, LASIK is used when the person's vision is really bad, and they correct you to somewhere between 20/30 and 20/40.
My wife, called the opthalmologist, for some more explanations. He explained that the procedure went fine, my eyes are perfect, but that I have loosed 0,25 dioptrae when I moved my eye under the laser.
0,25 dioptrae is a very small correction, and in practice they tolerate 0,50 dioptrae.
My left eye should increase his vision in the next coming weeks, and reach a good result even if it would not reach the perfect correction of the right eye.
The strange thing with this surgery, that in some case one eye evolve perfectly in a couple of hours like my right eye (perfect correction, and the perfect vision recquired by airfighter pilots), and the other need a couple of week to do so.
The difference of vision between my two eyes, made me panic a little.
Sorry to have scared some potential candidates to this surgery. For the record, I have driven my car today, and play golf, and my eye are absolutely painless.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
20/40 is pretty damn good vision, if you ask me. You can legally drive without corrective lenses with 20/40. Usually, LASIK is used when the person's vision is really bad, and they correct you to somewhere between 20/30 and 20/40.
Really? I used to have 20/40 when driving in Canada, and they marked my license for corrective lenses. I remember once forgetting my glasses and trying to drive. Scary! Hey, this might explain all those bad drivers out there!
And thanks for that info about LASIK correcting you only if your eyes are really bad. As I've mentioned in the past, I corrected my eyes the British RAF way: Bilberry and Grape Seed Extract along with eating red globe grapes - seeds and all. Just recently, got my eyes retested due to license renewal and had the corrective lens thing removed - 20/18!
I wore glasses all the time untill I had hte surgery - as I didn't see my fingers without. Now I most of the time would need probably -0,5-0,75 d correction but i so much enjoy being without the glasses.. and I can drive without. 8) so I'm happy still and would do it again..
Originally posted by Powerdoc
Today, was the day for me. I went throught a eye laser surgery. ...
WOW! JEZZ!
I considered LES by myself, but i couldn't plunge forward (for some specific reasons
My optician has told me that they are moving into a new field with this type of surgery. In near future they will operate with external laser only, no cutting. And the procedure will be far less expensive.
I will stick with my contacts for now!
Originally posted by drewprops
Thanks for sharing this with us PowerDoc, and yes you did scare some of us. I'm very happy that your procedure was successsful. How long did you consider having this surgery before doing it? I suppose it was inspired by your wife having the surgery....maybe it was a pact to have your eyes done?
Well, my wife went sucessfully throuhg this surgery, and was very happy with it. I think that I would have never done this surgery if she didn't. She gave me courage, but she decided alone, to do the procedure : I didn't push her like a scout
I have to wait one month to have a complete result. One month of adaptation is needed after this procedure : internal cicatrisation occur.
Originally posted by New
congratulations on your eyes doc!
My optician has told me that they are moving into a new field with this type of surgery. In near future they will operate with external laser only, no cutting. And the procedure will be far less expensive.
I will stick with my contacts for now!
External Laser only surgery already exist, but is more painfull (three days of pains) and is more indicated in small eyes corrections. Lasic is for intermediate ( 2 --> 6 dioptrae) and internal corneal lens for huge corrections.
I recommand that you find a laser with eye tracking. It will stop the laser immediatly if your eye move out of the target.
Is there an age limit to when you should take this surgery? I'm 30 yrs old now, I've read it's better to get it done younger, rather than when you are older.
How much does this procedure cost? how much have some of you paid? If you don't mind me asking.
Anyone know of a trustworthy opthalmologist in the NYC area?
thanks
I paid about Oz $4k for both eyes. That is about $2.50 in your terms
Originally posted by trowa
just a few questions. been interested in LASIK for a while and just started doing some research. Meeting an actual opthalmologist, would answer my questions, but though I would ask here.
Is there an age limit to when you should take this surgery? I'm 30 yrs old now, I've read it's better to get it done younger, rather than when you are older.
How much does this procedure cost? how much have some of you paid? If you don't mind me asking.
Anyone know of a trustworthy opthalmologist in the NYC area?
thanks
I am 38, so 30 is good.
I recommand that you find a laser with eye tracking. It will stop the laser immediatly if your eye move out of the target.
Goodness yes! That makes me nervous...
Originally posted by Scott
Powerdoc I'm surprised you did this considering your line of work. If you got a bad result your career could have been over.
Good remark. I was confident in the result. The surgeon is a friend of mine, and he wouldn't have done the procedure, if he feared a disaster (he didn't ask any money for the job for me, nor he asked for my wife). He told me if the first eye was a failure, he won't have done the second eye.
Perhaps I am a little too tragic in my description. The little incident I had is not so usual, and will not have terrible consequences. I have just to wait one month.
BTW if in the long term, the risk of having my career over was very small *, I realised that if both of my eye where like the left one, I could not work for a full month. Such a thing would have been a financial disaster. I am happy that my right eye is perfect allowing me to work even with a small headacke.
* in case of disaster, you can always graft a cornea.
Originally posted by Aquatic
Goodness yes! That makes me nervous...
It made me nervous also. after the procedure, I had to go to bed. It was also the case for my wife.
You can always take an anxiolytic, but I didn't want to. the only time I take Rohypnol for sleeping, I became totally nuts. I wanted to have full control of my self. But if you have the habit of such medications, I will recommand to take it.