Lasik
 

Im supposed to get lasik tomorrow but I'm freakin out after reading horror stories online. Anyone with experience care to share?

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i heard people that get LASIK have weaker visualas from psychedelics

A majority of people never have a problem with the procedure. Don't freak out and do what you are told to do for recovery.

Just make sure they wipe the chair clean so you don't get any of the last dude's eyeball on you and you should be fine.

I got Lasik...gosh...3 and a half years ago now? My vision went from something like 230/whatever bad number to 20/20. It was amazing. The first year was rough, as my vision fluctuated and I'd panic that I didn't get the best job. But it turned out great.

Now I just deal with eye strain, but that comes from having a computer job. Still don't need glasses for anything, and after the first 23 years of my life needing glasses or being blind, it's great. I've also dealt with a lazy eye since I was younger, which made me uber paranoid during the procedure. But both of my eyes have perfect vision as far as myopia is concerned.

The process is over in like 5 minutes. It's a little jarring, even if they give you valium. But immediately afterwards I was able to sit in the doctors office and read a freaking clock across the room, I nearly burst into tears. Then on the way home I burst into tears again because my eyes hurt so bad. But that's over in like 2 days.

And honestly I had vertigo for about a month because my eyes weren't "lined up" correctly. Turns out, one eye I guess took some time to correct itself. The morning for my 1 month checkup I was cooking breakfast, thinking about how I'd handle the situation with the doctor, and all of a sudden I had a flash of white in my right eye. Once the whiteness left and I felt a "pop", my right eye all of a sudden had perfect vision. So to reiterate, the healing process is truly a process.

What horrors have you read? A lot of the botched procedures occurred from ancient technology that used to use a knife to cut open your eye. Now most of them use a laser, which is much more precise.

I should also note that my success with Lasik prompted 3 people at my job to get the procedure done as well. All of them had just as great success with it as myself.

One other thing I forgot to mention: you'll use eye drops religiously for like 6 months. For like 95% of the people, the required use of this goes away completely. I still use them every once in awhile, but thats just because now I know what dry eye feels like.

At least half of people who get it experience permanent chronic dry eye and halos surrounding lights at night which make driving difficult.

Good luck!!!

Praise Jebus!

I wish I could get Lasik, even though I have kind of a phobia about someone messing with my eyeballs. But I've been told my corneas are too thin so either I live with the contacts and glasses or I get the earlier procedure, I forget what it's called but I hear it's fairly painful. Anyone have the one I am talking about?

Ok, I just looked it up. It's called PRK. Would love to hear more from someone who has had this one done.

My vision is 20/600 so it would be like a miracle to be able to see without lenses.