lasik surgery

[cineski]

Glasses do suck. That's why there's contacts.

[ojisan]

Wavefront Lasik at age 40.
Bad astigmatism and nearsighted. 20/200 left eye, 20/300 right.
Glasses or contacts 24/7 since I was a kid.
I had both eyes done for distance.
They warned me I would need reading glasses right away for close work.
Two days later, I tested at 20/15 Left and 20/18 Right.
Never before had I seen the world in such amazing color and detail.
I had some irritation for a few days, then all was good.
I keep hearing about these night vision problems but I see better all the time, night or day.
I did pay $3,800 for a top rated doc, this wasn't the $599 per eye special advertised on the radio.
Glasses or contacts cannot fix astigmatism, but lasers can!
No reading glasses were needed until I turned 50.
Totally normal.

This is one of the best ever things I ever did for myself.

I liked it so much I paid for my wife to get her eyes done by the same doctor. She is perfect 20/20 and happy, too. Zero problems.
So then my oldest son got it. The doc hit another home run.

I have a VCR tape that shows the whole surgery and the laser in operation burning out my eyes.
Wisps of smoke come up as tissue burns away.
It's kind of weird to watch but it doesn't bother me as I know the result.

Your eyes need to be wet as the tear layer acts as part of the lens.
As you get older, your eyes make less tears, late in the day or tired is the same.
Dry eyes are blurry eyes; contacts, lasik, or whatever.
I used to wear contacts, finally my eyes were so dry all the time, I could not "float" the lens so it was back to glasses or lasik.

[high_revs]

Is your vision High def so to speak?

My vision is actually very good. It's like the feeling of new contact lenses and a stronger prescription. You can appreciate the depth between objects, e.g. looking at leaves on a tree. It is even more striking now that fall is here and you get that sharpness in the change of depth between different colored leaves. To date, I have zero issues and everything is sharp. I don't mind the sensitivity because heck, I drink quite a bit of water daily! If this was race season, I would have zero problems prepping my body against dehydration. I typically on drink a lot 3-4 days ahead of a race weekend. But now, I drink a lot daily.

The sensitivity is starting to lessen. I just got back from a 40 mile bicycle ride and I didn't finish both 750ml of water bottles. I drank probably 1.3L though it was not that hot, but it was sort of warm. Sometimes, I'll see the effect right away!

I fully understand what you mean by "tired" eyes. It does feel like that at night but only against tail lights. It's that sensation your eyes are tired because of starburst. Sometimes, it actually feels like my eyes are lazy, sort of like trying to go cross eyed. LOL But only when I"m not paying attention I guess, sort like letting your legs/arms/hand go limp because you're tired or lazy. That feeling happens early in the day at times, but possibly caused by work (sucks) and having a demotivated feeling of driving to work.

P.S. The wave light machine is still based on wave front technology. I think it was just more precise. We might just be talking microns here.

[high_revs]

Your eyes need to be wet as the tear layer acts as part of the lens.
As you get older, your eyes make less tears, late in the day or tired is the same.
Dry eyes are blurry eyes; contacts, lasik, or whatever.
I used to wear contacts, finally my eyes were so dry all the time, I could not "float" the lens so it was back to glasses or lasik.

This is precisely what my doctor told me. I did a 60 mile ride in maybe low 80F weather. Because my eyes are still healing, the tear ducts are not producing as much tears. When this happens, the body protects itself by producing mucus to protect the eyes. Unfortunately, this thin film over your eyes make them very sticky thus blurring my vision. I experienced an eye infection on my right eye in my mid-20s. Same exact feeling of stickiness sans the pain of course. But I felt the stickiness right away and it was pretty darn sticky. This is why the doctor told me to drink a lot of water.

Glasses do suck. That's why there's contacts.

There are pros and cons though. There were times this year I just did not want to wear contacts. I wanted to give my eyes a rest. But when I wear my glasses to much, sometimes I get irritation from the temples. I think I "rested" my eyes from contacts so much I did not finish all my contact lenses. I was left with 6-weeks supply.

[checkenbach]

I had mine done waaaaaaaay back in '97, when it wasn't technially legal, an "experimental procedure". I had 2-200?? or so, had worn glasses or contacts for 25 + years and was fed up with it. I had my procedure done by one of three Docs' licensed to do corneal transplants in the state(at the time), and my eyes were 20-15 after, they have faded a bit, but still much better than before. I had halos and starburst from car lights for a long time, your mind will adjust. One thing that does bug me is my white/black color balance seems to be off while watching TV, and night vision isn't as crisp. I'm 47 now, closeup vision could use some help due to age, not Lasik.
Do your homework to see if it's right for you, you only have two eyes!!!!!

[ojisan]

You can have one eye done at a time if you are really worried.

[norcal77]

I was blind as a bat without glasses until I go Lasik..best thing I ever did. I don't notice any kind of issues when I aim...just like natural for me..