I need someone to give me some good advice. I’ve been looking around on the internet; I’ve talked with my doctor. He said I would be a perfect candidate for the surgery after I turned 25. He said my eyes are healthy, no stigmatism. I’m only like a -3 in the left and -2.75 in the right. As far as fluctuation goes, maybe .25 a year or every other year. Like I said, the doc said that should stop after 25, but I just turned 25 in December. I might wait to make my decision after actually talking with the surgeon and just see if I feel comfortable. I get that sixth sense thing (not seeing dead people) Anyway, if I feel a bad feeling I just won’t do it. That’s my policy when I shop lift, I’ve never been caught, except that one time when I was totally stoned and was stupid enough to think they wouldn’t put a sensor on a bottle of vodka, I’m totally kidding, no I’m not. Anyway, any comments positive or slanderous are welcome, always been a big believer in free speech so say whatever. Oh, and Katie, I just want you to know that I copied and pasted this entire comment in Word just so I could spell check it. I don’t want you thinking I’m not a creditable source, now I really am joking. However, I spell amazingly well at 1:00 in the morning. Thank you all.

I recently had my one-month post-op with my surgeon and I can say that my vision is now much better compared to how it was during the 2nd week (when I posted my complaint on here). My Dr. states it will get much better with time and could take 6-9 mos for the halos to go away. He explains that the halo and brightness effect is a result of the brain trying to get accustomed to the new “vision system” and will eventually learn to block it out. As for my blurry right eye, he will recommend that I get a little fine tune with Lasik and explains that it’s the astigmatism that prevented the perfect results that were achieved in my left (it has no astigmatism). The fine tune is all included in my initial surgery cost. My vision is 20/10 in the left and 20/30 in the right. I have to wait 90 days to begin the Lasik process, I will keep everyone posted on the results.

One thing I want to clear up is that I am now much, much happier with my eyes since the halo effect has greatly diminished. I think one just needs to be patient with the results and you won’t be dissapointed. If you have a high Rx and don’t have astigmatism, the ICL should work perfectly for you!

I’m sorry you’ve had a bad experience. Is it possible to find another doctor to correct the problems?

Daniel, I know from my brother’s experience that Lasik speeds up the need for reading glasses, by a few years.

Anyway, I remain on the fence. My eyesight is -10, and I’m fine with contacts and glasses, as long as I’m not traveling to places with bad air pollution, or camping, or…

Couldn’t agree more.

I had mine done in UK with Optical Express, part from the dry eye during the first few months my vision was, and has been since, excellent. I get the occasional Halo at night around bright car headlights, but had those with glasses.

I found the after care with Optical Express really good also, continued to go back for check ups (regarding the dry eye) for months after the intial surgery. (no extra cost of course).

No reading glasses for me yet, but I’m in my mid-thirties, so shouldn’t need them for another 10 or so years.

Cheers

Daniel

I know there are a lot of shoddy practitioners out there who don’t know what they’re doing–but in “real life” I know far more people who have been very happy with their results. They all paid top dollar for it too.

today is the annual day of my worst decision. Maybe I need “bitter drink”. Though slow improvement occurs, I still see starburst around the most bright car lights and halos around others. Also, when getting elder, you miss your near sight, when doing some accurate hobby, like electronics, what I do. So, do not undergo this unsafe procedure.

Sorry to hear about the problems you are having. Of course, I am not a doctor, but one thing I would highly recommend you ask your doctor about and try out would be using some Alphagen P drops. If you take it just before nightfall and give them about 30 minutes or so, they could reduce your night vision problems. I take it sometimes and it works really good. I don’t always have the problem though and it is mostly just halos at night when I do have any issues. As far as double vision goes, that could be some of the astigmatism I think from the one eye. I never had what I considered “double vision” per se, but I could get my eyes to do something like that mostly before the lasik I think (hard to remember all the details now).

As far as the Alphagen P goes, it is prescption and can cost some $, but maybe the doctor will give you some of his as well – it wouldn’t hurt to ask. I really would recommend trying it at least if your doctor says it’s OK. It just seems to make things sharper at night and I think will improve the night driving quite a bit – then hopefully later on some of the issues might get better on their own and/or after the lasik.

Jim.

I had Lasik back in Sept 08.

My vision was pretty much clear after the first day, the dry eye lasted a good few months and is uncomfortable.

I didn’t really do enough research before I had my eyes done, but luckily I did not have any problems (bar the dry eye).

I would recommend researching thoroughly before making any decisions.

Do the army have a stance on eye surgery ?

Best

Daniel