wally
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I considered resurrecting this thread, which I had participated in:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=216249&highlight=Lasik
But its got so long, and many of the later responses had not read the earlier parts of the thread anyway.
Short answer. I had Lasik done on both eyes on Jan 3rd (www.doclipsky.com is the place) and today was my first trip to the range since having it done and I am thrilled with the results despite having had a complication in my right eye that has its healing about a week behind the left.
I can't over stress the need for at least two independent evaluations and if they don't agree get a third and then of two of these three don't agree, forget about it and give the technology and screening procedures more time to improve to handle your situation.
If you are satisfied with glasses or contacts I'd certainly recommend staying with them as no surgery is without risks! I tried both and found both seriously lacking for my needs.
My complication was the right eye flap "wrinkled" over night and my next day follow up exam detected it and immediately corrected it, although I had to wear a "bandage contact" for a week which is why my right eye is a week behind. I had clear vision in the left eye but blury vision in the right when I woke up from the sleeping pill, so I figured something had gone wrong on the right side
Its wonderful to see the front and rear sights clearly again I was hitting the steel plate with irons the way I had needed red dot optics before! Did make me miss a bit more with the red dot since I was distracted by being able to focus on the dot -- with red dots you must look thru the dot and focus on the target. My right eye astigmatism had gotten so bad I was seeing two sets of blury sights!
I still need "cheaters" for reading and computer work (although I can read my monitor from 4' away!, just can't do it comfortably when sitting in front of it for more than a few minutes), but what a miracle to be able to see the buttons on the TV remote without having to fumble for my glasses, my near vision is not 20/20 as prebyoptia prevents that, but its good enough to have real utility where before I needed cheaters for anything inside of 7-9 feet, now only need them inside 3 feet.
I'll be happy to discuss specific details if anyone is interested. Dr. Lipsky had me do two monovision trials with contacts and these were much better than what the pervious eye doctor fitted, but after an through discussion I decided fixing my right eye astigmatism and previously undiagnosied hyperoptia and using cheaters for reading was the way to go!
My wife watched the surgery on a colsed circut TV monitor and said it was like putting an onion in the microwave -- lots of little sparks. She is scheduled for a detailed exam to verify PRK is OK for her later this week, Lasik is out for her because of too thin a cornea.
--wally.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=216249&highlight=Lasik
But its got so long, and many of the later responses had not read the earlier parts of the thread anyway.
Short answer. I had Lasik done on both eyes on Jan 3rd (www.doclipsky.com is the place) and today was my first trip to the range since having it done and I am thrilled with the results despite having had a complication in my right eye that has its healing about a week behind the left.
I can't over stress the need for at least two independent evaluations and if they don't agree get a third and then of two of these three don't agree, forget about it and give the technology and screening procedures more time to improve to handle your situation.
If you are satisfied with glasses or contacts I'd certainly recommend staying with them as no surgery is without risks! I tried both and found both seriously lacking for my needs.
My complication was the right eye flap "wrinkled" over night and my next day follow up exam detected it and immediately corrected it, although I had to wear a "bandage contact" for a week which is why my right eye is a week behind. I had clear vision in the left eye but blury vision in the right when I woke up from the sleeping pill, so I figured something had gone wrong on the right side
Its wonderful to see the front and rear sights clearly again I was hitting the steel plate with irons the way I had needed red dot optics before! Did make me miss a bit more with the red dot since I was distracted by being able to focus on the dot -- with red dots you must look thru the dot and focus on the target. My right eye astigmatism had gotten so bad I was seeing two sets of blury sights!
I still need "cheaters" for reading and computer work (although I can read my monitor from 4' away!, just can't do it comfortably when sitting in front of it for more than a few minutes), but what a miracle to be able to see the buttons on the TV remote without having to fumble for my glasses, my near vision is not 20/20 as prebyoptia prevents that, but its good enough to have real utility where before I needed cheaters for anything inside of 7-9 feet, now only need them inside 3 feet.
I'll be happy to discuss specific details if anyone is interested. Dr. Lipsky had me do two monovision trials with contacts and these were much better than what the pervious eye doctor fitted, but after an through discussion I decided fixing my right eye astigmatism and previously undiagnosied hyperoptia and using cheaters for reading was the way to go!
My wife watched the surgery on a colsed circut TV monitor and said it was like putting an onion in the microwave -- lots of little sparks. She is scheduled for a detailed exam to verify PRK is OK for her later this week, Lasik is out for her because of too thin a cornea.
--wally.