Eye Surgery
Going in tomorrow at 0700 for either LASIK or PRK. Has anyone here ever done either? I'm a little nervous and looking for advice or words of encouragement.
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Had lasik 7 months ago, best thing I can say I've ever done.
I went from not being able to see the alarm clock on the night stand (like 20/450 in one eye and 20/350 or so in the other) to being a little better than 20/20 in both. Had it done Friday morning, and was back to work on Monday. I drove myself to the doctor saturday morning for a checkup, something I couldn't of done without the help of contacts or glasses. Good luck It took me about 5 years to finally work up the nerve to get it. I was scared to death. My brother and several friends had to done with 0 problems, but I still couldn't work up the nerve. I was finally running out of contacts, and needed to make another appointment to get a new prescription, and just bit the bullet and made the appointment. After it was done, I regret not having it done sooner. |
I had it done, piece of cake and worth every penny of it! I was 20/400 in both eyes and couldn't really function without glasses or contacts. Just follow the doctors orders for after and it'll go smooth.
I did do some peeking on my way home just to see, and could read road signs at 30-40yrds when before I'd barely even see a sign. It'll be worth it, trust me! |
Everyone I know has had a wonderful experience with it. I worked with one guy a few years back who had to have the surgury a second time because his vision got worse after the first surgury, but that was in the early days of lasik, they've gotten much better since then
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Thanks for the encouraging words, guys.
How did you fare with dryness and whatnot in the months following? Any issues with riding? |
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I never really had any problems with dryness. Every now and then I would start to notice it, but I would just carry some Visine around with me, and tried to avoid getting a direct stream of wind to the eyes. Nothing that I would say was uncomfortable. As far as halos at night, for the two weeks they were bad but I could still manage, and after that I would get a small halo around lights, but they were hardly noticeable.
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but it goes away after about 30 seconds... but it's a hell of a way to wake up I'll tell ya! oh and it's slowly decreasing in both frequency and intensity as I get further away from the day I had my surgery... so hopefully it'll stop all together.... SOON!!!! |
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