I had it in 1999, and it's all good.

I am fine today!

The results are fantastic. I'm really happy.

Thank you for the advice and for sharing your experiences.

If I wasn't such a big baby I would get it done as well

florescent said:

That is AWESOME! Congratulations!

florescent said:

No problem with my eyes apart from glasses whe nim on a pc

you sharing those pills?

endymion said:

Get it done!!!
Seriously, I'm such a wuss
The actual surgery was completely painless. It started to hurt a bit a couple of hours after the surgery, but they give you anaesthetic drops if it gets too much (i didn't need them).
My eyes felt a little gritty yesterday and were swollen, but there was no pain - at all! ....and thanks to the sleeping pills, i slept for almost 36 hours solid anyway.

oldpurple said:

I actually chickened out of taking them last night 'cos they're so good!

My wife had it done about 6 years ago. It worked pretty well, but she occasionally gets halos in her vision. It has also affected her ability to drive at night.

I on the other hand would never do it. I wear glasses, but my eyes aren't so bad. I can walk around and stuff without glasses. I also can't imagine having my eyes messed with in such a fashion.

Only one of my eyes is bad but I am so scared to do this.

florescent said:

I am real glad it worked for you! Didn't you just love the first glance at something and realize...wow I am not wearing contacts or glasses?

I would just love to get up in the morning and not need glasses to find my glasses. I think I will be getting this done next year.
Thanks for the heads up. Glad everything went well for you.

MoniGram said:

When the surgeon had finished I sat up and practcally shouted 'OH. MY. GOD. I can SEE things!' I really had to stop myself from kissing him full on the lips!!

I had my bandage lenses taken out yesterday so now my eyes are completely naked. WOO-HOO!

BklynBabe said:

Thank you.

florescent said:

I'm glad to hear everything went well with your procedure and I hope your vision improves.

So, I went for my eye appointment yesterday and asked my doctor of 10 years, AGAIN, if I'm a candidate for Lasik and AGAIN he said no because of where my astigmatism is located on my lens the laser can't fix it. He did say that I may be a candidate for something called PRK, which I know nothing about but I will be looking into.

Needless to say, my astigmatism got worse and so I need new, custom-made contacts and glasses. The price for all of this:

Exam, follow up visits, and contacts $688
Frames (luckily I bought these last year) $308
Lenses for frames $310

This was me at the receptionist's desk

Being blind sucks!!! (but I did tell the doctor that it figures that I would need haute couture contacts instead of off the rack )

One of my zillion cousin Wendy has had it done the results are good.

florescent said:

That's great to hear.

SCNDLS said:

WOW! at the amount of money that's crazy. I wish everyone could be helped. Never heard about PRK, well I hope for all the best whatever the solution will be.

NMuzakNSoul said:

I swear I got lightheaded when she gave me the bill. I handed her my credit card in a complete daze.

SCNDLS said:

I understand that.

NMuzakNSoul said:

Oh my...! That's a lot.
I just googled PRK and it sounds to me to be the same/very simular to what I had done.
I was supposed to have Lasic, but on the day the surgeon said my corneas were too thin for this, so the only other option was Epi-Lasek.
From what I understand, it's very simular to Lasic, but because they actually scrape the flap of the cornea rather than just lift it up, it generally takes a little longer to recover.
I would recommend that you look into PRK and find out if you are suitable.
The cost of all those lenses and glasses every time you need to change them adds up to so much.