My LASIK adventure.

Rickw said:
One thing you should know though, whether you have the lasik or the PRK procedures, the area they alter is not as big as your completely dialated pupil. So, you will usually have some distorted vision when it is dark. 90% of your vision will be corrected and 10% will be uncorrected making for a semi blurred image. It's not a big deal but you should be aware of it. .
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This is good informatiion, but others should be aware that this is slightly outdated information. Unfortunately, many U.S. LASIK facilities are still using outdated technology. That's a shame.

Everyone's dilated area isn't the same as the next person's, and today's LASIK covers an area larger than they did 10 years ago or even 5 years ago. Potential candidates must talk about this fully with their doctor and choose the procedure that makes sense for their eyes. If the facility doesn't offer several different levels of LASIK, keep walking.

Fred
 
snyder1 said:
Glad it worked out for you ... but I've worn glasses since I was 13 & don't know any better so I don't mind them. In a way it seems like cosmetic surgery to me ... I'd have to hate my glasses pretty bad to let somebody cut my eye open so I didn't have to wear them. Don't mean any disprespect, but to me, it wouldn't be worth the risk. Good luck to you & I'm curious if your pool game improves - keep us posted ...

John
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I had lasik about 4 years ago and I love it. I understand what you are saying about the risk. My eyes were really not all that bad, but I did need to wear glasses when driving at night. Problem is that glasses give me a terrible headache (even sunglasses). Lasik has saved me from frequent pounding headaches. (Helped my pool game a bit too ;))
 
JLW said:
And besides, you can buy reading glasses for about $5 at Walmart. So it's not a big deal.
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Then you are overpaying, because they are only $1 at the Dollar Store. :D
 
Tony_in_MD said:
I was 42 when I got lasik done. Best thing I ever did. I now have 20/15 vision.

About your eyes changing: this change has nothing to do with the lasik procedure. The change causes you to lose close up vision (thus requiring reading glasses). This is caused by the lense inside your eye losing the ablity to change shape. It is called Presbyopia. There is a lasik solution to Presbyopia, however when my eyes change I will probably just use reading glasses for close in work.
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How would the LASIK solution for not being able to see close (computers and reading) work with the LASIK for distance sight? Would they crank one eye out for distance and reel in the other for seeing close? That stereo effect is hard to adjust to. I do it with my contacts and it is not ideal. I am still researching, so your input is valuable, Donovan. Thanks for the updates!
 
rackmsuckr said:
Then you are overpaying, because they are only $1 at the Dollar Store. :D
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Oh Linda....you got me on that one~as he cleans his keyboard.......I have 30>50 pairs of those buck seers......
Thanks for the laugh...:)
 
rackmsuckr said:
Then you are overpaying, because they are only $1 at the Dollar Store. :D
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Hmmm. I'll have to check that out. With prices like that, I can keep a pair in every room of the house. :D
 
JLW said:
Hmmm. I'll have to check that out. With prices like that, I can keep a pair in every room of the house. :D
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Yeah, we buy them 5 or 10 at a time. They are like pens, stamps, and tape...sucked into the vortex of your house, never to be seen again!

Oh, and don't forget to leave a pair in every bathroom, ROFL! :D
 
Good luck on your recovery Donovan..i hope you can get back to working out in the octagon soon...
 
dogginda9 said:
Truer words have never been uttered. I fell into the eye drop trap and have been addicted ever since.
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If you're going to be addicted to an eyedrop, I strongly suggest a simple saline solution instead of something like Visine. It's much more comfortable, and you're not bombarding your eyes with 30 different chemicals and preservatives 20 times a day.

-Roger
 
snyder1 said:
Donovan - I see your point. There are times I also feel at a disadvantage wearing glasses by the "lotta green" shots. I know I'll never be a top player, so it doesn't make sense for me. There are more great pool players than you think that wear glasses though, so there's hope for me yet ....

John
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I never once said or thought that there were not many great players that wear glasses. I mean Jimmy Caras is one of my idols. However, it is a hinderence for me. I am not a great player, but I aspire to be better everytime I step to the table. If I know a weak spot of mine is inside English, then I practice the heck out of it until it is one of my strong suits. Straight shots used to be my weakest shot in the game. Now it is my favorite shot to shoot no matter how long. Well, for me, seeing fuzzy balls over my rims is something I can fix, so I refuse to allow it to continue. Maybe I sound compulsive to some, but I think it is just my way of getting me another step forward. Settling for a weakspot, just because it is there, is not for me. I love overcoming adversity in anyway that I can. This time it just happened that I had to pay for it. ;)
 
juanbond said:
A few friends of mine have had the procedure and they all loved the results... Costs were about the same, in the $2K-$3K range. Glad to see you're doing something great for yourself and making the world around you much clearer without props.

Wait though...10,000 lasik's on fighter pilots alone?!? I'd bet he's fudging his numbers just a wee bit... I mean look at it this way: the first Lasik surgery in the U.S. was 1991. So, he'd need to average almost 13 fighter pilot lasiks a week, every week for 15 years straight!!! And that's starting from day one of Lasik being performed for the first time in the US. Anyhow, not important, but that figure just stood out to me. Kinda reminds me of Minnesota Fats telling tall tales... This doc must have been a fighter-pilot-lasik MACHINE!!! He once ran 150-lasiks-and-out in a single session!!!
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I thought of that too, and Damn if I didn't foprget to ask him again on my visit again today. This is, of course, the fact that I got the right number in the first place. BAH!
 
JLW said:
If you are nearsighted, you might want to consider just having the one eye done. This way you can have the benefits of the Lasik and still not need reading glasses. Many doctors recommend this as an option to consider.
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Farsighted here. They have to make me nearsighted and then I will have to heal to correct vision. I tried some +1.00 reading glasses today for fun (keep in mind I have a way to go for healing) and it made no difference for me thus far.
 
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actually what you said about only correcting a portion of your eye, being smaller than the dilated part, is not totally true anymore, the newest custom surgery actually addresses this problem! so now they correct your whole eye!
 
instroke75 said:
actually what you said about only correcting a portion of your eye, being smaller than the dilated part, is not totally true anymore, the newest custom surgery actually addresses this problem! so now they correct your whole eye!
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You are absolutely right. I did ask him that today. Thanks for that!
 
My left eye was yesterday and it was even easier than the right eye, since it was even easier to relax. It was only about 20 seconds longer than the other one. They took the contact out today and I am still dilated, but I am finally free. Every few days I will let you know how things develop. I know that my right eye is already starting to clear and sharpen. I may try and play on Thursday, even though it is a little early for any realistic results yet.

I just called them to see where my eyes were at.

Both were Hyper-optic.
Right eye: 40/40 +5 -1.25
Left eye: 40/150 +7 -1.75

It sounds like many of you understand all this stuff better than I do. All I know, is I could only read the top line of the eye chart with my left eye alone without glasses and the 3rd line down with them.

My next exam is in about 3 weeks.

I will throw some rep to those of you with input on all of this. I appreciate you letting me know this is worth doing by all of your questions and comments. Thanks.
 
I had my eyes done 5 years ago now and it was the best money I have ever spent. 4 guys on my team all had it done in the same month as me along with my wife. I also know of about 8 others that had done that love it also.

I paid $500 an eye and my vision was 20/800 and was 20/17 after the surgery. We used TLC (Lasik Vision Center) in Brookfield, WI.

Actually the guy that went in right before me was having one eye corrected for distance and the other for close up. I asked him about it and he said he wore his contacts like that and it only took him about an hour to get used to it.

You can never stop your eyes from getting worse but if I need it again I wouldn't hesitate to spend the money again. Oh, the next day to wake up and acutally be able to read the alarm clock, almost as good as sex. :p :p
 
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i had this procedure done 3 months ago. i had astigamatisms in both eyes. i was 20/60 in one eye and 20/80 in another. i went for my check up a month ago and i was 20/15, which is better than normal 20/20 vision. my procedure was a litlle different that donovans though. they did not use a clamp to keep my eyes open, they just used some tape. also, they did both of my eyes at once. it was $3800 for both eyes but my wifes insurance paid for all of it.

joey
 
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