I spy with my little eye.....

[mmcnealy]

Today I called up and got an appointment to go and get screened for LASIK surgery, that's the laser surgery to fix near-sightedness. I am so hoping that I can get it, I've been wearing glasses since I was 7 and contacts for the last 11 years, which are better than glasses, but I want to be free of perscriptive lenses forever!
No more itchy eyes, sticky contacts, dirty glasses lenses...

My appointment is in 2 weeks, then if I can have the surgery it would be about 4 weeks after that since I have worn rigid contacts for so long my eyes have formed into the shape of the contacts and need to relax into how they really are. So no more contacts for me, good thing I like the glasses I have. I've been thinking about getting this for over a year, its taken me that long to come to terms with someone cutting my eyes open.

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[jenlemus.livejournal.com]

Will be getting it in the future my self.

How stable are your eyes? If you've had to get a new prescription in the last 2 years *do* *not* get the surgery. Your eyes continue to change in your early 20's, so it's no use to get it before they stop. Did lots of research last spring (graduation gift) and decided against it for the next couple years (I'm 24 now).

Doctors make a lot of money off these surgeries, so be careful.

Good link
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/lasik/

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[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

My eyes are very stable and have been for about 7 years, also I'm no longer in my early 20's, 29 is coming up in April! ~shock~
I've chosen a surgery center that has done about 50,000 surgeries between the 3 doctors, the most experienced one is here locally.
I've also read lots of things about it over the last few years and several guides to these surgeries, including the FDA, so I think I have a pretty good idea of the questions that I want to ask, the main one being, "What's your rate of surgeries needing enhancements?" and "How much is this going to cost?"

Did I miss anything?

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine (with a +7 correction)did this a year ago and she's soo happy with it. I've been thinking about it myself, But firstly I don't have the money and secondly I feel a little queasy when I think about somebody cutting in my eye. Maybe in a couple of years. But my eyesight isn't that stable anymore, it's actually moving toward a little better because of me getting old (I'm nearsighted).
But I think you should do it if it's possible, it seems so much more comfortable.

Eva

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[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Its taken me about 5 years to come to terms with the thought of my eye being cut into. Its definitly not something to rush into.

Your vision might self-correct, my Mom was nearsighted all the years that I was growing up, now she doesn't need glasses except to embroider because her eyes have gone the other way. It would take a lot of flattening of my eyeballs for that to happen to me.