Anddenex Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I highly recommend it. Went from nearly blind to 20/15, with potential to get better from here. My wife is a little jealous... I tell her it is against the commandments to be jealous. She then calls me a "jerk." LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 One of my kids did this and I understand she is happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I had it done 10 years ago. I was legally blind and now I have nearly 20/20 vision. I'm very happy with it. It's not without risks, but it's safer than it was when I did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I'd love to be able to afford it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I'd love to be able to afford it.I was working for an optometrist. Hooray for professional courtesy! For anyone in the Pacific Northwest, I highly recommend Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute. Top-notch care, and the doctor prayed with the whole room before my procedure. I really appreciated that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I highly recommend it. Went from nearly blind to 20/15, with potential to get better from here.My wife is a little jealous... I tell her it is against the commandments to be jealous. She then calls me a "jerk." LOLAny reason you didn't go with PRK or implantables? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anddenex Posted November 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Any reason you didn't go with PRK or implantables?Great question Vort. My procedure would actually have been described as PRK. No blade touched my eye.This describes my procedure:In PRK, epithelium is removed and the outermost layer below the epithelium is treated with laserI really never took thought about having implantables. I thought this was only for people with cataracts, but apparently it isn't.I believe my wife would actually need implantables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I had it done, and would do it again in a heartbeat. Even though I was one of the doc's first patients with the new location and equipment. Even though I was the patient that taught him "Gee, bigger guys need a little more sedation". Even though I can remember the whole procedure. I remember the laser clicking away as the doc held my eyeball flap open. When I lied down on the table, the white blur above me was the lazer. When the doc folded back the flap, I could see the serial number on the stamp on the machine. I've never gone through something that produced such an instant life-bettering experience. Even though I spent Christmas recovering, the following 8 years were so worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anddenex Posted November 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 My surgery wasn't so smooth either L_M, even though she has done over 20K surgeries. I found out that my cornea is 1.8 mls. smaller than the average persons. The average person is apparently 12 mls. I am 10.2 mls. The epithelium was removed, but I had to wait for 30 minutes before they could actually proceed with the laser treatment. Apparently in removing my epithelium bubbles were created that would have had interfered with the laser treatment. When the bubbles dissipated, I was able to proceed. Despite the hemorrhage in my right eye, nothing serious, everything went fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Well, thank you, gentlemen; there is now officially no way in high Hades anyone's coming NEAR me with one of those laser-thingies. I like my glasses just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 It's important to know what the procedure involves. I don't fault anyone for hesitating to let their miraculous organs of sight get all ginsued and slicified. But dang - I've been given the miracle of unassisted sight - yep - worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anddenex Posted November 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Well, thank you, gentlemen; there is now officially no way in high Hades anyone's coming NEAR me with one of those laser-thingies. I like my glasses just fine.Ahh JAG, don't be a baby... everybody is doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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