Leaving now to see if I qualify for lasik. I tried a few years ago and they turned me down due to a thinning of the cornea in my left eye. I hear now they are able to do this on my situation. Any comments? Veiws? or problems? Dave
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10-16-2008 09:35 AMOnly two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: Jesus Christ and the
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10-16-2008 10:07 AMSister and Brother-in-law are opthalmologists- basically it's all about the surgeon. The cheap places re-use the knives until the tissue starts to tear. The first guy gets an OK job, the last guy...
Ask about knife use- the best places use fresh ones every time- but you are buying the knife- they're expensive. They have an affiliation with the TLC people- about 10 years now. They say they wouldn't consider doing it with anyone else or any other way.
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10-16-2008 12:20 PMTurned me down again.....
Said I have a bulging cornea in the left eye and the procedue would be to risky. Oh well....back to contacts and glasses. Dave
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10-16-2008 01:38 PMYeah- they refuse to do me too. Mostly because I'm a whiner.
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10-16-2008 01:50 PMOne of my employees had it done 8 years ago, his vision was perfect for about a year afterwards then over time weakened back to its original state.
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10-16-2008 05:07 PMThey turned me down too.Told me that My eyes are not bad enough.
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Turned me down again..... Said I have a bulging cornea in the left eye and the procedue would be to risky. Oh well....back to contacts and glasses. Dave
SOS NINJA dancing on the boundaries of hell.
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10-16-2008 08:35 PMDude, don't know jack about eye's! I do teeth, but a real good friend of mines wife is an optometrist & has a great job at a large hospital near Detroit. She can have any surg she wants done & chooses not 2 have this type of surg! Just pass'n on from somebody "EYE" trust!!!! Originally Posted by Wardey
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10-18-2008 07:03 PMI'd love to have it done but I'm too scared. If something would go wrong, there's nothing that can replace your eyesight.
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10-18-2008 08:26 PMI would never do that
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10-19-2008 06:16 PMRob had his done over 3 years ago. Wore coke bottles glasses and has excellent vision today. He wished he hadn't waited so long.
Get it done and don't be afraid. You'll be amazed!Queen of Bammin'
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10-20-2008 06:18 PMI had it done a year ago. My vision is 20/15 now. I feel like Ted Williams!
"Tear gas and draft beer don't mix."
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10-21-2008 07:56 AMI had it done in 2000 and loved it, I was in bifocals and was getting ready to have to go to trifocals,,I got 8 years out of it and went in to be reexamed in June for an enhancemnt and found out that I was developing cataracts so they won't do an enhancement.
Would I do it again,,,YES.The people I used would only do one eye at a time, in case they ever had a problem, I wouldn't lose total sight.
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10-21-2008 08:20 AMThe good news is when they do the cataract surgery, they can do corrective lens implants (that is, if there's any good news about cataracts)
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10-21-2008 09:10 AMMy wife had Laysic and she loves it. The only problem is now she can see how damm ugly I am!
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10-21-2008 01:17 PMI did it in 2002...had to get glasses in the fourth grade, and then wore contacts for 35 years. The lasik is excellent!!!! 20/20 and 20/15. Reading glasses for very small print, no problems with wind or dust.
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10-22-2008 01:33 PM Originally Posted by Chris
The cataract surgery scares me more than the lasik ever did...
so I've been hiding from it for a while.
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10-22-2008 03:50 PMI know several people that have had it done and all say they wished they had done it sooner and not waited so long.
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