so I got LASIK today
Update as I recover
Sleep now
See young llama! SEE THE WORLD!!!!
I got LASIK too! Best decision of my life
Good to know bc I've debated it for a long time now. What's the process like?
Mine was horrifying, but I got it for free in the military, haha.
The most uncomfortable thing for me was the suction cup they stuck to my eye to cut my cornea with a laser
Uh, what is LASIK exactly?
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Looking forward to hearing your progress
Glasses can give me a headache after 11 hours
And contacts get dry by the end of the day
Quote from: MuggyWuggy on March 25, 2015, 01:49:12 PM
Looking forward to hearing your progress
Glasses can give me a headache after 11 hours
And contacts get dry by the end of the day
Very true on the contacts thing, I've been noticing that... (Still pretty new to my contacts :P ). Don't really like the idea of lasiks though, also I think I'm too young because my eyes will probably change.
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I, for one, can never have LASIK or PRK... So I'm stuck with the glasses for eternity...
Gonna be completely honest here, I've had the same pair of contacts in for about a month, and they are still fine.... That's probably not good though XD
Quote from: Popper23345 on March 25, 2015, 06:37:14 PM
Gonna be completely honest here, I've had the same pair of contacts in for about a month, and they are still fine.... That's probably not good though XD
I used to do the same thing when I had contacts, haha
Quote from: rarehuntertay on March 25, 2015, 06:15:39 PM
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I, for one, can never have LASIK or PRK... So I'm stuck with the glasses for eternity...
Oh god PRK, my Senior Drill Instructor had PRK done and said it was the most excruciating pain that he's ever been in 😨
Quote from: Popper23345 on March 25, 2015, 06:37:14 PM
Gonna be completely honest here, I've had the same pair of contacts in for about a month, and they are still fine.... That's probably not good though XD
Same before, now I use dailies, waaaaay better
But how sensitive to light are you?
Headaches?
Eye aches?
Quote from: rarehuntertay on March 25, 2015, 06:15:39 PM
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I, for one, can never have LASIK or PRK... So I'm stuck with the glasses for eternity...
So yo believe that progress in medical technologies is none?
Quote from: Piotr on March 29, 2015, 05:23:37 AM
Quote from: rarehuntertay on March 25, 2015, 06:15:39 PM
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I, for one, can never have LASIK or PRK... So I'm stuck with the glasses for eternity...
So yo believe that progress in medical technologies is none?
Or he could have a situation with his eyes that doesn't allow for Lasik to be possible?
Quote from: Dstyle1 on March 30, 2015, 10:53:44 PM
Quote from: Piotr on March 29, 2015, 05:23:37 AM
Quote from: rarehuntertay on March 25, 2015, 06:15:39 PM
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I, for one, can never have LASIK or PRK... So I'm stuck with the glasses for eternity...
So yo believe that progress in medical technologies is none?
Or he could have a situation with his eyes that doesn't allow for Lasik to be possible?
My eye doctor refuses to let me get contacts. Something about the shape of my eye.
What Piotr is saying, in his usual harsh manner, is that it's possible that technology will progress and whatever issue is preventing LASIK from working will have a workaround.
Quote from: Taysby on March 30, 2015, 11:36:54 PM
For the moment, I haven't seen any interest in finding a solution, so he'll probably be stuck with glasses for his life.
If this is what your precognition skills are, I would not recommend doing business with you ;)
Of course there are plenty of people interested in removing problems preventing current solutions from working. As there are plenty of people working on competitive solutions.
Therefore, nobody are stuck with anything unless they are dying today.
In response to Piotr...
I am not a good candidate for LASIK, simply because my eyes constantly move. The only way I can have the surgical is if they put me under general anesthesia and do not allow me to enter a REM cycle.
If I was conscious during the procedure, I would more than likely not people to complete it. I have never finished a comprehensive eye exam, as I cannot stand the test for cataracts or the testing to determine interocular pressure. Things close to or in my eyes do not make me comfortable. A LASER would be worse.
As such, very few doctors in the States, if any, would consider me for this surgery.
And technically, aren't we all dying from the moment we are born??? 😉
Can we not have a debate. This thread was for llama telling us about his surgery (that thank god went ok :D) but also for ppl who want to learn about LASIK so debate in another thread please :D
Quote from: Mattao19 on March 31, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Can we not have a debate. This thread was for llama telling us about his surgery (that thank god went ok :D) but also for ppl who want to learn about LASIK so debate in another thread please :D
But isn't debating a way of learning information? :)
You can get $99 per eye LASIK
Just tell me about it afterwards
You wanna play yugioh or you wanna play magic.
Quote from: Noblellama on March 31, 2015, 05:46:48 PM
LOL, it is that expensive because
1) Xp of the doc (do you really want a first timer pointing a laser at your eye?)
2) over head for the machine and a DR's time
3) proprietary technology
Think about what it's doing too. Glasses aren't cheap either. And you'll /never/ need them again. (If all goes well).
I might try it... Maybe lol. I hate my government issued glasses lol
Quote from: Noblellama on March 31, 2015, 06:54:11 PM
I am SOOOOOOO happy to wake up and not have to reach for glasses, or have to clean them when they get smudged, or be careful playing with the kids so they don't get knocked off my face, or lose track of things in the "double vision" zone as they leave my lense view...
I'm jealous. When I'm older if I manage to not be completely broke I intend to get this done.
Quote from: rarehuntertay on March 31, 2015, 06:44:53 AM
And technically, aren't we all dying from the moment we are born??? 😉
No, when we are born we are in the process of living not dying.
Quote from: Piotr on April 04, 2015, 03:16:30 AM
Quote from: rarehuntertay on March 31, 2015, 06:44:53 AM
And technically, aren't we all dying from the moment we are born??? 😉
No, when we are born we are in the process of living not dying.
deep
Quote from: Noblellama on March 31, 2015, 11:37:19 AM
RareHunter
I hate things near my eyes, could never do contacts, hell I can barely do my eye drops.
They give you a valium before you go in and you hold still for a few moments while they attach a light suction cup like mount to the eye (after it is numbed) and then the laser module docs to that. The module riding the doc and the micro motion sensors allow the laser to account for any sort of eye movement that isn't deliberate and should anything become unaligned the laser shuts off in response, thus preventing damage to the eye.
All I did was stare at a green light in a field of red lights for about 2 minutes per eye from start to finish (mount to disengaging) and I was done :)
Gah, even that makes me feel all weird. I'm terrible with anything around my eyes. I'm so thankful that I have near 20/20 vision already. You guys are way way more ballsy than me haha.
Quote from: MuggyWuggy on March 31, 2015, 12:23:33 PM
You can get $99 per eye LASIK
Just tell me about it afterwards
You wanna play yugioh or you wanna play magic.
Amen to this👆. I assume you're talking about how small the font on yugioh cards is?
Quote from: Skullguy725 on April 08, 2015, 05:51:37 PM
Quote from: MuggyWuggy on March 31, 2015, 12:23:33 PM
You can get $99 per eye LASIK
Just tell me about it afterwards
You wanna play yugioh or you wanna play magic.
Amen to this👆. I assume you're talking about how small the font on yugioh cards is?
I thought he was talking about quality...
Quote from: E.kann1 on April 08, 2015, 06:05:40 PM
Quote from: Skullguy725 on April 08, 2015, 05:51:37 PM
Quote from: MuggyWuggy on March 31, 2015, 12:23:33 PM
You can get $99 per eye LASIK
Just tell me about it afterwards
You wanna play yugioh or you wanna play magic.
Amen to this👆. I assume you're talking about how small the font on yugioh cards is?
I thought he was talking about quality...
You're probably right. But I was just looking over some of my old cards, and daaaaamn, that writing is small.