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Re: Lasik eye surgery
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Sun, 12 Dec 1999 09:53:21 GMT
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Kevan Houser wrote:
> Hey all,
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> I just had Lasik eye surgery for my extreme myopia (I was about -10 diopters,
> got my first glasses when I was 6 years old, and then wore hard contacts for
> over 20 years).
> I imagine there are a lot of other nearsighted folk among the AFOL crowd, and
> if you or someone you know is among them, you have probably already heard about
> LASIK eye surgery to correct nearsightedness.
I had one eye done June, and am going to try to schedule the other ASAP in Jan
(when my Flex Spending account will pay for it with pretax dollars). I have HATED
only having one eye done - it made me really hate dealing with a contact lense in
the other eye ;-)
> I'd been following this for a few years, and although I wasn't having any great
> problems with my contacts, I finally decided to go for it! I had my surgery
> Thursday morning (two days ago as I write this).
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> I can't believe how easy it was and how great my results are. Far better than
> I would have dared hope for. I had good vision right after surgery and was
> functional all day without discomfort.
Yep - I could see out of the eye on the way out of the office (it was blurry
because of the eye shield, not my eye), and watched TV when I got home (which the
doctor said I shouldn't do, oops). I kept on closing my other eye, amazed at the
fact I could see so well without a contact/glasses on the "new" eye!
> Now it's 2 days post-op and my vision
> is crisp clear and sharp. I honestly can't tell the difference now between how
> I'm seeing and how I used to see (20/20) with my contacts.
Mine was corrected to 20/15, and I love it.
> I just thought I'd post this and volunteer to answer questions from anyone who
> is curious about this. (My partner at work had the same surgery from a
> different doc about a month ago, so I have that added perspective to answer
> questions from as well.)
I had mine done at Stanford Medical Center, because the doctor there had done
THOUSANDS of procedures, and I had many personal recommendations.
I recommend you always ask around and find people that have gone to your chosen
doctor.
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> (And no, I don't work for anyone who does this surgery!)
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> Feel free to contact me via personal e-mail if you've been thinking about this
> surgery and have any questions!
>
> Kevan Houser
> 103753.3631@compuserve.com
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| (...) Oh, man, BUT -- isn't it great knowing that the worst thing that could've happened is that you'd only lose one eye if the scalpel slipped? --Todd (27 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Hey all, I just had Lasik eye surgery for my extreme myopia (I was about -10 diopters, got my first glasses when I was 6 years old, and then wore hard contacts for over 20 years). I imagine there are a lot of other nearsighted folk among the AFOL (...) (27 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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