Laser eye surgery

[TERRIBLETOM]

My sister just had it done 3 days ago and the day she walked out they said she had 20/20 vision and said it would improve as they heeled. She scored big time in the price, i guess because when she was in FLA she put a deposit on the procedure. Well, since they had an office in the Boston area they honored the FLA price which is about half of what there paying in Boston. From what I understand she paid about $2,000.00 Some say there are substantial risks and would never do it, any comments or input?

[mojo]

if you get it done, you'll prolly be able to see well enough to have your name in not all caps :P

[TERRIBLETOM]

Oh boy, here we go again:banghead:

[Hunny]

Originally posted by mojo
if you get it done, you'll prolly be able to see well enough to have your name in not all caps :P

LMAO, mojo...:D
Ouch TOM !! :P

Ok...I know someone that had that very same surgery and its been a couple years..so far so good :)

My daughter wants the same thing done...I'm comfortable enough with it that we'll do it for sure as soon as she's old enough...
I haven't done any detailed research on it, but I think they like you to wait till you're a certain age??? (she's only 16 )
I could be wrong :confused:

[Tommy Boomfiger]

ive only known one person who had this done and now that person has permenant eye damage. he sees well during the day but at night everything is blurry. car headlights are way too bright and once in a while cause migraine type headaches. from what ive researched there is 1% failure rate. thats 1 in every 100 people, way too high for me to trust it right now for an elective surgery.

ive been tempted though. my glass are actually pretty thick and get in the way of some things. it has taken a toll on my physical activities. its really bothersome when i do any type of sport from warmup excercises to running to basketball and more. ive been putting off getting contacts for a while now, but at this stage id rather get contacts than go for such a risky surgery.

[TERRIBLETOM]

Originally posted by Tommy Boomfiger
ive only known one person who had this done and now that person has permenant eye damage. he sees well during the day but at night everything is blurry. car headlights are way too bright and once in a while cause migraine type headaches. from what ive researched there is 1% failure rate. thats 1 in every 100 people, way too high for me to trust it right now for an elective surgery.

ive been tempted though. my glass are actually pretty thick and get in the way of some things. it has taken a toll on my physical activities. its really bothersome when i do any type of sport from warmup excercises to running to basketball and more. ive been putting off getting contacts for a while now, but at this stage id rather get contacts than go for such a risky surgery. I did see a program regarding this eye surgery, they came out with a newer machine that basically adjusts to the eye movements twice as fast per second than the older models, I do not remember the particulars on the program though.

[attgig]

yeah, i remember seeing one of those dateline's or something..
they say that some of the doctors are really messed up, and try to get you to do it even if your eyes aren't fit for surgery, so they say go to 3/4 doctor's pre-exam thingy....usually they do it for free, so it's no biggie.

also, i dunno bout u, but i wouldn't want to be haggling with a doctor about the price of surgery done to your eyes... if you make them unhappy....watchout!
:eek: -----> :o

2 eyes ->no eyes!!!

[whitak24]

Originally posted by Tommy Boomfiger
ive only known one person who had this done and now that person has permenant eye damage. he sees well during the day but at night everything is blurry. car headlights are way too bright and once in a while cause migraine type headaches. from what ive researched there is 1% failure rate. thats 1 in every 100 people, way too high for me to trust it right now for an elective surgery.
:stupid:

i know actually don't know anyone who has had a failed surgery. but i'v heard of many cases, and to me, that risk is just way too high. i like my vision way too much to risk it just for the sake of convenience.

hang in there though, tommy. last time i was at my eye dr., he said they are experimenting with a new procedure that will basically implant a permanent "contact" under the cornea, and that should have a much lower risk rate. in addition, anyone can have it done (with lasik, if your cornea is too thin, they can't do the procedure)

[Tommy Boomfiger]

i think ive seen those "permanent contacts" before. they make an incision on the outer layer of your eye and then insert a plasic "lens" which will change the shape of your eye so you can see 20/20. interesting idea. its really wierd watching them do the operation. freakier than watching a lasik procedure because they actually cut the eye and flip the cut layer over to insert the lens. then they flip it back and let it heal

ive also seen nighttime contacts which you only wear while you sleep. they are supposed to change the curve of your eye while you sleep then in the morning you take them out and you can see clearly for the day. i would try those, but i dont sleep enough for that :P.

[faither]

I had both eyes done at year ago next week. I wan't an ideal candidate (very nearsighted, steep astigmatism) but I had a great doctor who performed all the preliminary work, the surgery and all post-op. I used Dr. Ken Moadel, E. 53rd Street in Manhattan. By no means was it cheap ($2300/eye) but I have been so pleased with the result. I call it my Christmas miracle. Before surgery I couldn't even read the clock radio in the morning. Now I'm 20/20 in my left eye and 20/25 in my right (Dr. Moadel said going into it that the best possible result in my right eye was 20/30...woohoo, he was wrong).

There were plenty of places/doctors that were cheaper but considering you only get one set of eyes, this was one thing I wasn't going to cheap-out on. It is the best gift I've ever given myself.

[nickel]

i have 3 friends who have had this surgery and all went well. one other friend consulted a doc about the surgery and he recommended she not have it because he thought it would be too risky for her type of vision problem.

i don't hafta wear glasses, but if i did i would have the surgery.

[Kim]

faither, do you have to wear glasses at all now? My husband's vision sounds similar to yours pre-surgery. We are considering having it done in the next few years, but the doc said there is a possibility he will still have to wear glasses. We're not sure if it is worth it.

[mcs328]

Had two aunts and a cousin do it a few years back. They no longer need eyeglasses and happy with the results. They has thick glasses. Sometimes you can't get perfect vision and still need glasses but it wouldn't be as thick as it was before.

[faither]

Originally posted by Kim
faither, do you have to wear glasses at all now? My husband's vision sounds similar to yours pre-surgery. We are considering having it done in the next few years, but the doc said there is a possibility he will still have to wear glasses. We're not sure if it is worth it.
No glasses at all. He did state that as I get older (40+), there's always the possibility I may need reading glasses. Lasik doesn't fix this.

BTW, one of the reasons I liked Dr. Moadel so much is that he was honest in his assessment as to whether I'd consider the surgery a success. Other Dr's said "no problem, you're a great candidate." I knew I wasn't. During one of my consultations he said based on his experience (16,000+ eyes done when I saw him) there was a 88%-92% likelihood I'd obtain the best possible correction. I liked those odds and have been happy ever since.

[Hunny]

Originally posted by TERRIBLETOM
Some say there are substantial risks and would never do it, any comments or input?

My $23.00 opinion would be.....Do your homework..
Eyes are just way too important to mess with...Jumping into something like that without researching is like playing russian roulette ...blah blah blah...
I'm sorry for those it didn't help :(


Its not like a bad boob job where you can just have lopsided boobs...

Ya need to see :cool:

[TERRIBLETOM]

Originally posted by Hunny


My $23.00 opinion would be.....Do your homework..
Eyes are just way too important to mess with...Jumping into something like that without researching is like playing russian roulette ...blah blah blah...
I'm sorry for those it didn't help :(


Its not like a bad boob job where you can just have lopsided boobs...

Ya need to see :cool: I think that candy bar to the head did you in...

[scarpell]

If you want to read some other opinions on the topic, some of you might remember slashdot posting an article on lasik, and it had a huge number of responses:

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/30/2031214&mode=thread&tid=156

I, personally, don't think it's worth the risk. Maybe when the reversible procedures (like the internal contacts) become more common practice, I'll take another look. :eek: