schwabe.be— Having just come back from having the procedure done, I've chronicled the whole thing beginning to end. For those who are apprehensive of having this done, this may be an informative read!
Dec 2, 2005View in Crawl 4
I had this done three years ago. Yeah, it was worth every penny! 20/15 vision now. Surgery was over in six minutes - for both eyes. No pain at all. My doctor did use tape though, just to help keep eyelashes out of the way. I sat up from the chair and could read the clock on the far wall perfectly!So long as you don't have ANY eye/vision issues (other than poor vision) I recommend it! E.g. chronic dry eyes or worse and you're not a good candidate for this.
Both my wife and I had LASIK. It has been six years now. We are older than probably most of the Digg crowd, now in our late 40's. We had a great doctor and did pay a little bit more than other people I worked with at the time. We had no problems but the others had some bad experiences. What I'm trying to say is this is not the type of thing to look for the cheapest price. If your older talk to the doctor about a mono vision adjustment. This is where the doctor will under adjust one eye. This eye is then used for reading and the other eye will be for distance. You won't know the difference in your distance vision from someone who got both eyes 20/20. You can avoid needing reading glasses after ward.Now the my final concern which may be completely unfounded. In the past year I have suffered a detached retina. This is probably unrelated to the LASIK surgery. But when you have a something done to your eyes, and then something else like this problem happens later, you will always wonder if you caused the problem by altering something in your body. I will be interested to hear as all of us that have had this procedure done get older, will we have other problems.
I was 20/400 - legally blind. Now I'm a perfect 20/20 after laser eye surgery. It's all about how good the doctor is. DO YOUR RESEARCH on the doctor before doing it!!!!!
Lasik surgery and glasses are nothing but useless tools to make people money. For a 100% non-risk, completely free method of fixing your eyes, google "palming". Everything else is a waste of time and money.The book written by William H Bates in 1920 is highly recommended and it can be found free of charge (copyright expired 1978) at this website:<a class="user" href="http://www.i-see.org/perfect_sight/">http://www.i-see.org/perfect_sight/</a>remember, Palming is the only truth in eyesight, NOTHING else matters.
I had 'coke bottle' vision for many years. I was a vision junky, I tried every new type of contact lens that was ever invented. At age 59, 6 years ago I had the Lasik treatment. I had a very smooth treatment, 10 minutes and out, with drops for 24 hours and plastic guards overnight. I had IMMEDIATE clear vision and after about 6 months 20/20 vision. The only downside is that if the light is poor I need +1 reading glasses - improve the light and I can see the tiniest detail. I cannot think of a downside, being able to go swimming and wake-up without groping for the glasses/contacts is brilliant. Going from near blind to perfect vision sounds like an advertisers dream - I have NO connection with anybody/anything to do with laser eye treatment. I wish I had it done sooner.BTW The cost in Australia was $A2400 per eye
Typing blind isnt that hard. You most likely know where the keys are anyway. In theory typing with your eyes closed is the same as typing without looking at your hands which im sure most of us do anyway. P.S. I typed all this with my eyes shut.
Precisely, crummer. I've been typing without looking at the keyboard for over 10 years, so closing my eyes doesn't change my speed or precision. Just makes it hard to check grammar :)
xanax457Dec 3, 2005
I had this done three years ago. Yeah, it was worth every penny! 20/15 vision now. Surgery was over in six minutes - for both eyes. No pain at all. My doctor did use tape though, just to help keep eyelashes out of the way. I sat up from the chair and could read the clock on the far wall perfectly!So long as you don't have ANY eye/vision issues (other than poor vision) I recommend it! E.g. chronic dry eyes or worse and you're not a good candidate for this.
djdigger66Dec 3, 2005
Both my wife and I had LASIK. It has been six years now. We are older than probably most of the Digg crowd, now in our late 40's. We had a great doctor and did pay a little bit more than other people I worked with at the time. We had no problems but the others had some bad experiences. What I'm trying to say is this is not the type of thing to look for the cheapest price. If your older talk to the doctor about a mono vision adjustment. This is where the doctor will under adjust one eye. This eye is then used for reading and the other eye will be for distance. You won't know the difference in your distance vision from someone who got both eyes 20/20. You can avoid needing reading glasses after ward.Now the my final concern which may be completely unfounded. In the past year I have suffered a detached retina. This is probably unrelated to the LASIK surgery. But when you have a something done to your eyes, and then something else like this problem happens later, you will always wonder if you caused the problem by altering something in your body. I will be interested to hear as all of us that have had this procedure done get older, will we have other problems.
phocion55Dec 3, 2005
I was 20/400 - legally blind. Now I'm a perfect 20/20 after laser eye surgery. It's all about how good the doctor is. DO YOUR RESEARCH on the doctor before doing it!!!!!
whitesanjuroDec 3, 2005
after reading about the halo's and the nightvision, i would never risk it. i'll wait til i can have robot eyes to match my robot body ;)
rpggamerDec 3, 2005
Lasik surgery and glasses are nothing but useless tools to make people money. For a 100% non-risk, completely free method of fixing your eyes, google "palming". Everything else is a waste of time and money.The book written by William H Bates in 1920 is highly recommended and it can be found free of charge (copyright expired 1978) at this website:<a class="user" href="http://www.i-see.org/perfect_sight/">http://www.i-see.org/perfect_sight/</a>remember, Palming is the only truth in eyesight, NOTHING else matters.
hiredgunDec 3, 2005
y didnt they make you see an anestesiologist? Putting you to sleep seems way more comfortable than being awake while they slice your eyeball
entretecDec 4, 2005
I had 'coke bottle' vision for many years. I was a vision junky, I tried every new type of contact lens that was ever invented. At age 59, 6 years ago I had the Lasik treatment. I had a very smooth treatment, 10 minutes and out, with drops for 24 hours and plastic guards overnight. I had IMMEDIATE clear vision and after about 6 months 20/20 vision. The only downside is that if the light is poor I need +1 reading glasses - improve the light and I can see the tiniest detail. I cannot think of a downside, being able to go swimming and wake-up without groping for the glasses/contacts is brilliant. Going from near blind to perfect vision sounds like an advertisers dream - I have NO connection with anybody/anything to do with laser eye treatment. I wish I had it done sooner.BTW The cost in Australia was $A2400 per eye
crummerDec 4, 2005
Typing blind isnt that hard. You most likely know where the keys are anyway. In theory typing with your eyes closed is the same as typing without looking at your hands which im sure most of us do anyway. P.S. I typed all this with my eyes shut.
adamsDec 4, 2005Submitter
Precisely, crummer. I've been typing without looking at the keyboard for over 10 years, so closing my eyes doesn't change my speed or precision. Just makes it hard to check grammar :)
adamsJul 26, 2006Submitter
This link, posted on my old blog, is now obselete. Story can be found here: <a class="user" href="http://chlorofill.com/2005/12/02/laser-eye-surgery-part-7-the-conclusion/">http://chlorofill.com/2005/12/02/laser-eye-surgery-part-7-the-conclusion/</a>
adamsMay 1, 2007Submitter
Sorry I moved hosts again! This will be the last time, promise :) You can find my series of LASIK posts over here now: <a class="user" href="http://adamschwabe.com/category/lasik/">http://adamschwabe.com/category/lasik/</a>