Custom Lasik Procedure Yesterday - Page 2

LeMansX5 · #11 01-26-2007, 10:43 AM

That must be the best mod for yourself.

Doesn't BMW call angel eyes as halos?
I have heard some people say that they do one eye at a time to minimize the risk.

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yeowzer · #12 01-26-2007, 10:54 AM

That is awesome! I want to get my eyes done but am still a little skeptical. Keep us updated and congrats.

blackbeauty · #13 01-26-2007, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by trueX5er

I'm sure the failure rate has dropped substancially since when it first came out.
The chances of screwing up now are pretty low.
Go for it!

That's why my sis and I made a deal 5 years ago to the day to have the procedure done.

(Both of our parents have perfect vision, yet all three of have really bad eyes.)

Anyways, we just talked about this yesterday and we are still scared, but exited nonetheless. (We can't believe our five year "wait" is up already!)

I will be following this thread closely bc I still hear horror stories.
My mom's friend cannot drive at night since the surgery a couple of years ago.

ifly · #14 01-26-2007, 11:22 AM

11 years post Lasik here and well happy. Congrats!

rbensmithX3 · #15 01-26-2007, 11:30 AM

I'm a Detroiter, so I fled to Canada in 1998 to have it done with "latest" technology not yet approved in the US. At the time, the guy had done over 18,000 pairs of eyes. I sit here 9 years later, without reading glasses, and seeing great, and I never even went back other than the next day AM consultation (you are supposed to go back every few months). The burning was pretty bad the night of the surgery, but when they helped me up to get to the door out of the chair, I could already see without my contacts/glasses. I have just noticed recently that I am squinting a bit on fine print and distant text (bilboards, etc), but it's guaranteed, so I will probably go back for an adjustment. I was 19 at the time. $4200 US.

Highly recommended, just don't do it for cheap. Treat your eyes like you treat your X--only the best mods.

fln8tive · #16 01-26-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by trueX5er

I had it done when it first came out, in 2001-2002 I guess. Bad decesion. They screwed up. Before, I had no trouble reading. Well, they fixed my vision problem, but created reading problems. So now I have reading glasses, but no normal glasses.

Not to say that you did not have a bad experience, but for people 40+ who naturally get prespiopia, this is normal...unless you choose the "monovision" approach, that is, having one eye corrected differently than the other...I have a neighbor in his 60s who had this done and he can read a cell phone at night without glasses. I had PRK (see below) done but did not choose monovision...they want to go in and tweak my right eye (left is 20/20, right is 20/50) and I may choose to have it corrected monovision...at lot of folks don't do this because when they dummy up what it will initially feel like in pre-op, the tendency is to shy away, forgetting, as my neighbor said, that the brain adjusts in short order and you no longer perceive the different inputs from each eye. I went from being near sighted and astygmatic to needing reading glasses...but I love the sharp distance vision for sports, etc.

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Originally Posted by the head

what is the healing time for this I really want to get it done but I do a lot of sports in the summer so I dont want to risk losing that ability for all or a large part of my summer and I also don't want to injure my eyes because of wakeboarding or something

Lasik is where they slice a small flap prior to letting the laser do its thing. PRK, is where they actually chemically abrade the thin layer of cells covering the cornea, then laser it, then put contacts on your eyes for a few days to heal those cells...this way there is no flap that can ever detach under force...all military and sports people do PRK...this also, I am told it reduces halowing. The laser by the way is a highly sophisticated machine that instantly pauses in the event the target area moves (say you sneeze, or whatever). This is not a laser like you see cutting steel on the Discovery Channel.

Also, you will not lose a "large part of" any sports season as you can be back at sports within 2 weeks, 10 days being the very minimum, but 30 is preferred.

PS Anybody with a BCBS PPO has a discount built in to their policy.

motordavid · #17 01-26-2007, 12:11 PM

Exc Info, FLN8!
You sir, are a wealth of good knowledge...

It, getting eyeballs fixed, crosses my mind with
some regularity, but am lacking in courage and resisting
the need to skip several wine shopping trips, to cover the cost.

Maybe you & SG & JV can hold me down at
SunFest with DrDrex taking a pocket knife to my situ,
while I bite on someone's Bluetooth gizmo?!
BR,mD

[email protected]

Michelle · #18 01-26-2007, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by motordavid

Maybe you & SG & JV can hold me down at
SunFest with DrDrex taking a pocket knife to my situ,
while I bite on someone's Bluetooth gizmo?!
BR,mD

Now THAT would be a picture!!

cmyX6go · #19 01-26-2007, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by motordavid

Maybe you & SG & JV can hold me down at
SunFest with DrDrex taking a pocket knife to my situ,
while I bite on someone's Bluetooth gizmo?!
BR,mD

[email protected]

You sir, are not wrapped too tight.