Had Lasik surgery this morning

[Rolando]

i had it done 5 years ago. My left eye was "too far gone" for 20/20, my right is great. So I effectively have monovision. The scariest par was smelling the burning, knowing that is your cornea!! It was weird, tho. No all laser back then, they sliced off the cornea like a flap, that was a wierd sensaion, along w/the doc "painting" it back on.

I recommend it 100%, if your eyes can use it. No glasses, no contacts. I agree that you shouldn't be reading or on the comp for a couple of days.

[kj4btkljv]

You had that procedure this morning, and you're already typing on the computer? You must be a super-healer...

Jeff

[rgG]

I am considering the toric lens surgery. Lasik won't work for me either, farsighted with a major astigmatism, but having a toric lens implant might allow me to go without glasses or contacts for the first time in my life. This lens is a multifocal type that has been developed mainly for cataract lens replacement, but it might be the fix for me. A friend of my husband is having this type of lens implant done on both his eyes and I can't wait till I hear how his goes.

[Bill in NC]

The "rebound" is a function of the initial correction.

In my case, I was starting at -7 (both eyes).

Not surprisingly, my left regressed to about 20/50 over about 9 months (yeah, it took awhile to stabilize)

After one followup, it's at 20/20.

Right eye was 20/30 from the start, no changes (sometimes that bugs me inside, in very low light conditions)

That was pre-wavefront - recently a relative with worse eyes than mine, had the wavefront and laser flap and he walked out 20/20 both eyes.

More than 5 years later, I still stop sometimes when I'm outside and marvel at how crystal clear everything is without glasses.

[quote RAMd®d]jdc, you'd know better than us, but really- Lasik isn't 100%, almost ever.

And eventually it unwinds anyway.

[DavidS]

Thanks for the well wishes. They put plenty of numbing drops in before and during the procedure, so I didn't feel a thing. They use clamps to keep the eyelids open and a vacuum to keep the eyeball still. The whole thing from beginning to end for both eyes took about 15 minutes. I could tell a difference almost immediately. After the numbing drops wore off, it burned a bit, just like when I keep my contacts in too long. I did not get the monovision done, so I guess I may need reading glasses in the future.

I went home and slept for 2 hours (then posted on here) and then went back to sleep for another 4 hours. The difference is impressive. I did have the CustomVue with the wavefront technology. I have limited my computer and TV time today and am taking the day off from work tomorrow also.

I went with Lasik Plus because they offer free lifetime "touch-ups" if needed. I'm not sure of the incidence of that, but it seems small.

[John B.]

I had it done back in 2001. Back then they gave you a 2 drop regimen (anti-infection, anti-inflammitory), 4x for 10 days. Follow the regimen. I drove myself to my follow-up the next morning, no corrective lenses needed.

No signs of mine "unwinding"...whatever that means. My correction was for nearsightedness (I was 20/400 before surgery, 20/15 the day after), and astigmatism. I received the standard disclaimer that as I hit middle age, I would probably need some sort of correction for farsightedness, which is typically reading glasses. At the time I had my surgery they were working on another procedure to correct that, and I will research it further when my eyes tell me it is time.

My standard advice is still: If you are considering Lasik, go to the clinic in your town that fixes other clinics' eye issues, and typically the one that works with pro sports teams. If the doctor says you're a good candidate, proceed as you wish. If the doctor says that you're marginal or a bad candidate, you should look for another type of corrective option.

[Rain]

be sure to go for all your follow ups -

I have to put in eye drops in the mornings when I get up.. other than that no dryness.
And I dont have any more star bursts than I did with lenses in.

LOVE my new Eyesite!

Yea, the smell of burning tissue - that was the worst of it.

That and my 2nd surgery.. yes I had it done twice.

I was pretty much blind and had an astigmatism.
Numerous prelim. tests so the computer knew just how much to take.
Told Doc to cut short of perfect.. since it was so drastic of a removal.

So after first surgery I had -.5 in my right eye and -1.5 in my left.
Wore glasses with a corrective lens on the left and window glass on the right for a few months that summer.
then once i was all healed up, had the 2nd surgery.. just on the left eye.
At this point it was a very minor removal, but hurt 100 times more than the first time. (had to re-slice my eye open. yea!

Does wig ya out when you totally loose vision during it as they are pulling the flap off and such. But I was very calm and knew Doc was gonna take care of me.

Now I have perfect vision in my left eye and the -.5 in the right.. easy to see the TV, oncoming t raffic, the computer, and read a book.
First time in 30 years I've had perfect vision -
Ran me $899 an eye.