OT--Lasik surgery?

[LauraP]

I'm thinking about this--anyone have any experience with it? Good, bad--I want to hear the whole story!

[Jim59]

My wife had it done on one eye after receiving an intra ocular lens following cataract surgery. The idea was to tweak her vision to 20/20 from 20/25. It worked perfectly even though the resulting vision was perfect for distance but ruined her reading vision. Now she sees 20/20, but needs reading glasses for close up. Her vision before the implant and Lasik was 20/600. She is very happy with the outcome.

[LauraP]

Thanks Jim! I have similarly horrible vision, in both eyes, and am tired of forever looking for glasses or taking out contact lenses, etc. Our company offers flex medical reimbursement plans, so I need to decide how much to hold back. It's come down in cost quite a lot--won't be surprised if they have a kiosk in the mall for this now, run by a bored teenager.

[Jim59]

My wife still wears a contact lens in the eye without Lasik. Nonetheless she is so happy with the result as she always had to wear coke bottle thick glasses and her contacts which barely corrected her vision enough to pass the motor vehicle eye test for driving. A friend of mine had the radial caratonomy (sp?) and was never happy with it and did a private pay Lasik treatment and now is a satisfied customer!! I like the way my progressive lenses in my glasses work for both reading and distance so I wouldn't have it done. I can understand that that would be very different for a women. Go for it but have your Ophthalmologist send you to an accredited laser center.

[Mother's Heart]

My brother's had this done yesterday. I hope he's pleased. He was frustrated with the glasses for several reasons...rain while you're hunting is a pain. :)
Another brother had it done. He was one who slept in his glasses to avoid having to find them in themorning. He walked out of the procedure, dropped his glasses in the Lion's Club Barrell outside the door and never looked back. Very pleased with it.

How are you at doing eyedrops? Antibiotic drops needed for a couple of weeks post-op.

There is a level of visual loss where this is not an option....the cornea has to have too much area 'trimmed' and loses too much stability.

[The Pogue]

my sister had it. Her vision has improved, but she complains about halos around lights. I actually think halos would be kinda cool...god knows I'll never earn one on my own...

[Mother's Heart]

I've been told the complication of halos can last up to a year. You don't have to experience them though.

My brother is doing well, but is somewhat uncomfortable now, early post-op. Trouble tolerating the dryness of the eye, and some soreness/headaches.

vision one day post-op is 20/25 and will likely improve more

[LauraP]

Yeah, I don't think I'll be getting any haloes either.

By the way, Pogue, my husband downloaded a Pogues song (their version of the folks song, "South Australia") on my iPod. It was a nice treat during my walk :)

We decided to forgo it this time around--vision is changing just a wee bit too rapidly to make that commitment. But, I do appreciate the advice from everyone!

[manmade]

Laser vision correction is the solution for many individuals who are dependant on contacts and glasses to see clearly. Laser vision correction can effectively eliminate or reduce nearsightedness, farsightedness, and/or astigmatism resulting in decreased dependancy on corrective lenses.Actually had it a couple months ago and the result to me was amazing. I don’t need to wear glasses anymore, I had an eye surgery in [link removed].In most cases, people who have had LASIK can return to work and resume normal activities the very next day following their surgery. However, be sure to consult your doctor before engaging in swimming or any other physical activities that could disrupt the healing process. The healing process was fast because they used an advanced technology and state of the art facilities. The link might help you to understand about Lasik and if you have some other question related to lasik that one might help you. God bless

[LauraP]

Thanks Manmade!

[rockwell25]

[link removed] was the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. I am a mother of a 3 year old and a 1 year old and that means a lot of waking up in the middle of the night. This translated to sleeping in my contacts so that I could see what I was doing when I had to check on my kids; after 20 years, it was starting to take a toll on the health of my eyes. [name removed] is so informative and has such a calm demeanor; he put me at ease even though I was nervous about the procedure. He went through all of the steps involved in the treatment so that I knew exactly what to expect. I appreciate everything he has done to make my vision what it is today. I can now see 20/20 with no help."

[LauraP]

It's looking more certain now--I put a chunk into the flex med account this year, mostly for Rhi's orthodontia, but then Aetna (our insurance) added in a $1500 orthodontia benefit, so there is extra $ that I have to spend. Maybe I will get DH done first, since he has major problems with contacts (can't tolerate them in his eyes), and he can be my guinea pig?

[sasyGIRL]

I undergo a [name removed] surgery last year, but it was a tough decision for me because my girl told me that im too young to undergo such surgery (she’s referring to the risk involved in the said surgery) but a friend of mine already did it 2 years priory to my [name removed]and he shared his knowledge and informed the risk pros and cons about [name removed] He also mentioned that as with any surgical procedures, there are risk associated with [name removed] but in the hand of highly skilled and experience surgeon. Reason I made up a decision that im going to do it. For almost 20 years i suffered astigmatism and ive been wearing contact lens for almost half of my life, made me not to do things to the fullest. After surgery for 2 months I experienced night side effects (halos) but after that, I able to see [link removed] without the help of neither glasses nor contacts. The best part of it is I can now do things to the fullest like diving and some stuff that I like to do since I was young. I consider having a wonderful and a life changing experience to me. Im very proud and contented with my life right now and I feel good and look good about it. It’s a life changing for me. Thanks to [name removed]

[The Pogue]

Rockwell and SasyGIRL have not posted on any other threads. That makes it look like the go a-googling specifically for questions on lasik to reply to.

[Mother's Heart]

Yes. Suspicious. and Manmade as well, from page one.

[RathyKay]

Did you bother to report them? They do sound rather like ad copy. I like how Rockwell has a " mark at the end of her post, rather like a copy / paste job.

[The Pogue]

Funny, all the underlined works take you directly to a the webpage of a lasik center in Missouri. What a coincidence that so many patients at that clinic just happened to browse an autism forum looking for parents who are considering lasik!