But oh well, no more glasses!
I had PRK done in 2002, and it was a good 2 months before everything really dialed in. 
On the plus side, though, I went from 20/400 to 20/15 and that's stayed pretty constant since.
Whatever you do, follow the doctor's advice rigorously--the only guys I know who had problems didn't follow orders about rest and pain medication and drops and things.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Which surgery did you have done?I had PRK done in 2002, and it was a good 2 months before everything really dialed in.
On the plus side, though, I went from 20/400 to 20/15 and that's stayed pretty constant since.
Whatever you do, follow the doctor's advice rigorously--the only guys I know who had problems didn't follow orders about rest and pain medication and drops and things.
Cost me $3000 and had it done in New Westminister at the Laser Eye Center in British Columbia.
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Cool--keep up with the treatment religiously and it'll be cool pretty quick. PRK seems to be the least invasive way to do it, though I wish they'd have immobilized my eye for the laser instead of just saying, "Now it's really important that you look at the red light and don't move your eye. . .or the laser with zap something it's not supposed to. No pressure, now hold still while we take a Dremel to your eyeball to prep it for the surgery."
I really want to do it... but this part scares me.
That and I'd have to take 6 months off from flying before the FAA will give my medical back.
The wierdest part is when they were brushing my eyeball.
I forgot you're out west, cause I'm looking into getting it done. (though, a long time from now)
The entire process takes about 3 minutes.
That was the one part of the procedure, of course, they neglected to mention when the explain the surgery to me beforehand.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bent over the coffee table, Xyrra squealed:
I really want to get it done, but comments like "No pressure, now hold still while we take a Dremel to your eyeball to prep it for the surgery." make me curl up in a corner and rock back and forth for awhile.
To be fair, I didn't feel a thing. It was just the watching while they did it that was a bit traumatic.
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x--nem-xO-('-'Q) :
I thought it was supposed to be like half the cost of that
That was the comment I made. Around here you can get it done for about $800, and that's at a good place - the chop shops can be as low as $400
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That was the comment I made. Around here you can get it done for about $800, and that's at a good place - the chop shops can be as low as $400
Sweet Jesus I hope that's per-eye and not total.
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Sweet Jesus I hope that's per-eye and not total.
No, total.
I can scan the newspaper ad if you like.
If you google up other places, like the LASIK vision institute, the prices are similar. Maradon! fucked around with this message on 03-03-2007 at 06:01 PM.
The biggest wierd-out came when they peeled back the protective layer of the eye with a little hook.
If anyone wants, I took some videos of the procedure that I could try to upload. 
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I had my eyes done a while ago during a charity auction. A local clinic was auctioning off a procedure and donating it, and I somehow got it for $500. Anyway, yeah. You may to be very sensitive to light from now on; quite a pain at times, but helps at night.The biggest wierd-out came when they peeled back the protective layer of the eye with a little hook.
If anyone wants, I took some videos of the procedure that I could try to upload.
Sounds like you had LASIK--not the same thing as PRK. With PRK, they shape the front of the lens, leaving the eye intact; LASIK shapes the back, and gives quicker results, at the expense of some integrity (contact sports, for example, would run a risk of detaching the retina).
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Sounds like you had LASIK--not the same thing as PRK. With PRK, they shape the front of the lens, leaving the eye intact; LASIK shapes the back, and gives quicker results, at the expense of some integrity (contact sports, for example, would run a risk of detaching the retina).
Sounds like that answers the question.
$3000 or the chance that my eye will fall out? I think I'll stick to glasses.
And wait, did you cross the border for this? Isn't paying for healthcare illegal in canada? Maradon! fucked around with this message on 03-03-2007 at 06:42 PM.
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Sounds like that answers the question.$3000 or the chance that my eye will fall out? I think I'll stick to glasses.
And wait, did you cross the border for this? Isn't paying for healthcare illegal in canada?
LASIK is quite safe, and actually an easier procedure, as the patient gets up off the table with his new vision, whereas PRK takes days or weeks to settle down to the final corrected vision. It's just that with LASIK, you shouldn't play contact sports or pull G's or jump out of airplanes or things like that. 
The Air Force did my surgery--PRK is the only one approved for aviators in the service.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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It's just that with LASIK, you shouldn't play contact sports or pull G's or jump out of airplanes or things like that.
Well, I plan on being a super hero some day - or at least a secret agent - so I probably shouldn't. Really though, I find it kinda difficult to just up and say I'll abstain from high contact physical activity for the rest of my life just to save myself the inconvenience of glasses or contacts (or $2400 and a seven day dream sequence)
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Well, I plan on being a super hero some day - or at least a secret agent - so I probably shouldn't. Really though, I find it kinda difficult to just up and say I'll abstain from high contact physical activity for the rest of my life just to save myself the inconvenience of glasses or contacts (or $2400 and a seven day dream sequence)
Sorry man, you need 20/20 vision to join the super hero/secret agent club.
I think it's rule number 5...
However, to actually succeed in doing it to me, I think they're going to have to firmly strap down my arms and legs and hold my head in place.
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I had my eyes done a while ago during a charity auction. A local clinic was auctioning off a procedure and donating it, and I somehow got it for $500. Anyway, yeah. You may to be very sensitive to light from now on; quite a pain at times, but helps at night.The biggest wierd-out came when they peeled back the protective layer of the eye with a little hook.
If anyone wants, I took some videos of the procedure that I could try to upload.
That part about the hook almost made me scream out loud just reading it.
I've had two surgeries on my eyes and they didn't adjust well to contacts, so I'm kinda sensitive about my eyes.... reading this thread made me wanna curl up like Xyrra.
They'd have to sedate me to do that. No question. Not that it matters - I'm nearsighted and astigmatic so they'd have to carve up my cornea like a Thanksgiving turkey to do lasik on them. Mightion Defensor fucked around with this message on 03-03-2007 at 09:03 PM.
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However, to actually succeed in doing it to me, I think they're going to have to firmly strap down my arms and legs and hold my head in place.
I'd have to be the same way. I'm very thankful for my good eye sight, because god damn I can't stand anything even remotely close to my eyeball. I've never been able to open my eyes underwater without searing pain and every summer they react violently to pollen if I venture out of doors for more than a couple of hours at a time.
My eyes are pussies. Damn well engineered pussies though.
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How.... Pvednes.... uughhhhhh:
However, to actually succeed in doing it to me, I think they're going to have to firmly strap down my arms and legs and hold my head in place.
I'm in this boat.
They might need some large German women to hold me down. Hulga and Helga.
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They might need some large German women to hold me down. Hulga and Helga.
Uh, yeah. Me too.
What is this thread about?
Oh and the sclera was blood red for a day or two.
But he hasn't had any problems since then.
I wish there was something for my eyes. When I was younger, I was severely farsighted. Plus "Lazy Eye" whatever the hell that means. Thick glasses, etc etc. Then when I hit seventh grade, I suddenly didn't need the glasses anymore. Go to the eye doctor, he said it's fairly common for kids like me to grow out of their glasses, and that it might regress once my body caught up to itself, but I should enjoy it while it lasted. Sure enough, by tenth grade I needed glasses to read....kinda....
For the next two years, I needed glasses to see anything at distance. But it wasn't really that things were fuzzy. Just hurt my eyes. So when I was due for new glasses, I went in and got an exam. Doctor tells me, after having me sit in the chair for like an hour and a half, slipping through all sorts of lenses, and adjusting the light, that I suffer from a degree of light sensitivity. Upside is I have great nightvision (it's something to do with the pupil's contractions, I gather), downside is incandescent lightbulbs tend to be harder on my eyes, glare or indirect light while trying to focus on something can give me headaches, etc.
Anyway...believe me, when they come up with a surgery for my problem, eye trauma or no, I'll be all over that shit.
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My buddy Leonard had the Lasik. He was impressed beyond measure. He goes in, they set him up, zap zap, and he says suddenly it was like adjusting the zoom on a camera...everything just came into focus. And this was a guy who was so fucked up he was wearing contacts AND glasses at the same time. Couldn't see shit without glasses. The only drawback was the constant itching for several weeks and the knowledge he wasn't supposed to rub his eyes.Oh and the sclera was blood red for a day or two.
But he hasn't had any problems since then.
I wish there was something for my eyes. When I was younger, I was severely farsighted. Plus "Lazy Eye" whatever the hell that means. Thick glasses, etc etc. Then when I hit seventh grade, I suddenly didn't need the glasses anymore. Go to the eye doctor, he said it's fairly common for kids like me to grow out of their glasses, and that it might regress once my body caught up to itself, but I should enjoy it while it lasted. Sure enough, by tenth grade I needed glasses to read....kinda....
For the next two years, I needed glasses to see anything at distance. But it wasn't really that things were fuzzy. Just hurt my eyes. So when I was due for new glasses, I went in and got an exam. Doctor tells me, after having me sit in the chair for like an hour and a half, slipping through all sorts of lenses, and adjusting the light, that I suffer from a degree of light sensitivity. Upside is I have great nightvision (it's something to do with the pupil's contractions, I gather), downside is incandescent lightbulbs tend to be harder on my eyes, glare or indirect light while trying to focus on something can give me headaches, etc.
Anyway...believe me, when they come up with a surgery for my problem, eye trauma or no, I'll be all over that shit.
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Peanut butter ass Shaq Doomjudge booooze lime pole over bench lick:
Sorry man, you need 20/20 vision to join the super hero/secret agent club.I think it's rule number 5...
Uuhhhhh hello? Colbert wears glasses duh
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And wait, did you cross the border for this? Isn't paying for healthcare illegal in canada?
Optometry isn't considered a "needed" health thingymabob... Therefore, you have to pay for it.. (glasses, appointments, etc.) same with dental, othodontics, certain immunizations (Hep A, for example, I had to pay for) etc.... So, being half blind like I am without my glasses, isn't considered a nesscessity. Unless you have coverage from work benefits, it comes out of your pocket.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Maradon! was all like:
Uuhhhhh hello? Colbert wears glasses duh
No lenses, it's like Superman.
