Lasik Question

yes...but it will vary...

DrCue'sProtege said:
For everybody's information I searched on Lasik. I found a lot of threads and read through some of them. A lot of the responses were that Lasik helped. However, I don't recall seeing anyone post a response to this question, which in my mind is the main reason I am asking about Lasik here.

DID IT HELP YOUR POOL GAME? DID YOU GET BETTER? DID YOU SEE THE ANGLES BETTER? DID YOU BECOME BETTER AT CUT SHOTS?

And yes, I suppose somewhere in some of those threads somebody talked about this but I didn't want to have to read and read and read through umpteen threads.

r/DCP
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It's greatly going to depend on WHY you need lasik...

I had degeneration due to astigmatisms that had developed. I got glasses issued when I had found out that my eye sight wasn't better than 20/20 any more after testing to become a youth correctional counselor for the state of california.

I got past the issue of the glasses falling down by strapping them to my head, but it was much better after having lasik.

I was seeing two balls on the long shots prior to the glasses and lasik so i had to guess on the longer shots, now I can see them just fine.

Jaden
 
Nostroke said:
If you are over 50-forget it- You cant turn back time.
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You really took the wind out of my sail. My vision started getting pretty bad the last couple years, I have not seen eye doctor yet but I will be going soon. I have never needed vision correction of any kind but I think I also have scar tissue on my right eye. I have gotten metal in it a few times, one time when I had pink eye, I didnt know about that sliver until I noticed halos around street lights driving home from work. My family Dr. sent me to an eye specialist, he found the sliver right over my pupil and there was a rust ring around it, he had to grind a pretty good chunk out to remove the rust ring. He told me it would heal fine but I may have some scar tissue. Last couple of years I have had to use a magnifying glass pretty regular. I got something in my eye again about 2 years ago, the nurses kinda laughed when they gave me my eye test, I guess I did not do so well. Its kinda weird, sometimes my eyes seem real bad, other times they seem pretty good.
 
I tried to help you with this very point c. one year ago. I even addressed the chance, and a good chance, that at your age you are probably having problems with cataracts.

But since you've put me on your ignore list, I won't even try to offer you any information.

Any coherent person would schedule a thorough eye examination and get a professional and proper determination.

God bless you. Try praying to improve your game instead of all these ubiquitous threads.

If not, throw some balls through your wall paneling, or smash a perfectly good cue, as you have done in the past. I've never found it helpful, as I prefer to do practice drills instead, but apparently you do.
 
You should consider doing your own lasik. They have home kits on eBay. At least give it a try before you blow all that money!
 
DrCue'sProtege said:
For everybody's information I searched on Lasik. I found a lot of threads and read through some of them. A lot of the responses were that Lasik helped. However, I don't recall seeing anyone post a response to this question, which in my mind is the main reason I am asking about Lasik here.

DID IT HELP YOUR POOL GAME? DID YOU GET BETTER? DID YOU SEE THE ANGLES BETTER? DID YOU BECOME BETTER AT CUT SHOTS?

And yes, I suppose somewhere in some of those threads somebody talked about this but I didn't want to have to read and read and read through umpteen threads.

r/DCP
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Sort of, maybe. Somedays I wish I hadn't had it.

Tiger's game went down after his surgery. Didn't Efren get it a few years back and his game fell a notch, too, iirc.

Let me just say it depends on the specifics of your eyes, your age, and finally the exact correction made. I recommend, for pool, about 30/20, NOT 20/20. 2020 means you probably won't be able to read without glasses and beings we're inside 95% of the time, 20/20 isn't necessary for most unless you are a hunter or something like that.

I can read without glasses, play pool without 'em, legally drive without them, but I can't see clearly past about 6 feet and that makes the big table a problem for me now.

Long answer, but it isn't a simple problem.


Remember, your brain and eyes have been married to each other for years and divorcing them takes a long while to get used to again.


Jeff Livingston
 
I would advise against getting Lasik surgery. When it comes to lasik, it will improve your distance vision, but the result from having the surgery you will need glasses for up close aka readers. In the long run, nothing was achieved or accomplished. You will end up paying $4,000+ for surgery just to end up going one end of the spectrum to the other.

Consider purchasing a pair of billiard glasses. Our rimless billiard glasses are fashionable, and they're a lot easier on your wallet than Lasik surgery.

www.billiard-glasses.com
Main Website: www.williamcurranopticians.com
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Nostroke said:
If you are over 50-forget it- You cant turn back time.
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Actually waiting until after you need reading glasses is the best time, imho. If you do it too young, you'll have more problems at 45 years or so when you become farsighted.

Jeff Livingston
 
Eric. said:
Wow. DCP/OCD might be the first guy to get committed to the nuthouse over...Pool.

Reading that thread was like watching a cat chase the red dot of a laser pointer.


Eric
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And I may be close behind him. I've just reached critical mass as far as his bullschitt.

I'm amazed he garners so much interest and comments from the members. Can no one see him for the lazy asswhole he really is?

Get ready for the resurrection of his custom cue thread. Apparently his pseudo "custom" Joss was not the panacea it was cracked to be. So as to not miss a moment of the action, he's once again changing out his cloth to some sort of light blue. Again, Simonis green, English green and T. Blue didn't cut it either. Oops. I forgot to mention a key point. He plays on a GC4. WTF cares.
 
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Regardless of the OP, for anybody reading, I had it done over 15 years ago. One of the best moves I've ever made. One eye stayed the same, the other weakened a little, but the result is I have 20/20 in one eye, about 20/40 in the other and don't need reading glasses at all at age 63. Not needing reading glasses is a rarity, however.

The finished result is just like wearing invisible contact lenses. It takes a few months for the eyes to completely heal.

It is basically a safe procedure as far as surgery goes. Threat of vision loss die to infection os considerably higher among contact lens wearers than lasik patients according to Wed MD.
 
BillCurran2020 said:
I would advise against getting Lasik surgery. When it comes to lasik, it will improve your distance vision, but the result from having the surgery you will need glasses for up close aka readers. In the long run, nothing was achieved or accomplished. You will end up paying $4,000+ for surgery just to end up going one end of the spectrum to the other.

Consider purchasing a pair of billiard glasses. Our rimless billiard glasses are fashionable, and they're a lot easier on your wallet than Lasik surgery.

www.billiard-glasses.com
Main Website: www.williamcurranopticians.com
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Bill,

Why do you say he will need reading glasses? Do you know his prescription? I had LASIK 15 years ago and didn't need reading glasses.

My vision has since slipped back a bit, although I don't need glasses to drive and my optometrist says that at my age I would need readers if my distance vision were perfect.


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My father needed it and got it done. He can see much better and a happy side effect was that it helped his pool game.

I think seeing better without the assistance of contacts or glasses would ultimately help ones pool game and be good for life in general.
 
DrCue'sProtege said:
And yes, I suppose somewhere in some of those threads somebody talked about this but I didn't want to have to read and read and read through umpteen threads.

r/DCP
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I don't have the time to look up my extensive post on this, so here is a suggestion: get a specialist to examine your eyes to determine which procedure is best for your condition. Then get a second opinion from another specialist.

My experience with having lens implants was incredibly good. Six years and still 20/20. By the way, I'm 73.
 
What I know about Lasik..

My recently deceased wife was once blind as a bat..She wore strong prescription glasses or contacts, from early childhood on!..She had lasik surgery about 20 yrs. ago,(when she was about 45) and the procedure was fairly new..We were naturally very apprehensive at first!..I don't know if they still do it the same way, but they did one eye for distance vision, and her weakest eye for up close. She came out with 20/20 for distance, and could read all but the smallest print. She was ecstatic with the results.

She enjoyed almost perfect vision the rest of her life..She only had to go in for one minor touch up, about seven yrs. after the initial surgery. I don't know if an older person (60/70) would have the same chance for such complete success, as someone middle aged?..I would tend to doubt it, but I would sure get a good, qualified opinion or three, if someone older is considering it..

PS..Its true, we only get ONE pair for life!..But I don't think I've ever heard of any complete disasters, as any rare surgical miscues always can be corrected, if needed!
 
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DrCue'sProtege said:
However, I don't recall seeing anyone post a response to this question, which in my mind is the main reason I am asking about Lasik here.

DID IT HELP YOUR POOL GAME? DID YOU GET BETTER? DID YOU SEE THE ANGLES BETTER? DID YOU BECOME BETTER AT CUT SHOTS?

r/DCP
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Well, there is often a confusion between visual acuity , visual confort, and the performances.

Our vision is done by our brain.

When you do a Lasik, it's , most of time, because your affected by a certain minimal level of myopia (and +/- astigmatism) . Or because you wanna go back to work as soon as possible after the Lasik.

So , on such levels of myopia (and +/- astigmatism) , the vision is often better with contact lenses -or lasik- than with glasses. most of time much better.

So , when you wear only glasses, the Lasik provide a better vision -when done as expected- .

So, with Lasik your vision will be better. highly probable.

BUT

Lasik won't make you play better !!!

Lasik is a cornea modification method , an alternative to contact lenses , implant, glasses...

lasik will correct your ametropy. (<- a big part of ... but that's another -off topic- story)

Lasik can't correct your body position, your stance, your stroke , and even your aiming.

Lasik don't replace an efficient training session , or even table time.

Lasik can't correct a bad aiming, or a bad shoot choice, or the false ideas you have about pool.

Lasik won't add skills, nor experience , nor patience.

When you play bad, you play bad. When you shoot bad, you shoot bad.

To replace glasses , or contact lenses, by a lasik surgery , will simply provide you a different, often mostly better vision. But when you don't shoot straight, and/or you aim badly ...

PS: something a surgeon will rarelly tell you immediatly : when you're a high level player or sportman, lasik, like all vision modification, can negatively affect your performances, and it will probably affect negatively your performances on the very short term.Normal. because it's a change in the chain... you will see different, so you will have to adapt....
 
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