LASIK eye surgery?

[Angel!]

Jun 25, 2013 11:21:02 GMT -5 @lonewolf said:

Jun 25, 2013 11:16:02 GMT -5 movingforward said:

It's not bad though.  The part I hated was the tong thingy they used to hold my eye open.  I did NOT like that thing but still worth it. 

OMG! So you were awake!!!? Why don't they knock you out for this. I don't think I could do it. Not awake.

I would guess your eyes roll around if you are knocked out.  Or maybe it just adds more risk to knock someone out when it is unnecessary.  But, it really isn't a big deal.  At least not after you get the valium .  I just remember staring at the red light & thinking "don't move, don't move" through the whole thing.

[thyme4change]

The place I ended up going, although very well respected, was a little assembly line.  You actually had to move, which makes sense because the machines are big.  So, you would stand up and move to the one table, and they would do something, and then you would walk over to the second table and they do something else, and then you sit in a chair, and then they put you in post-op.

Anesthesia is nothing to fuck around with.  You don't want to be fully knocked out for something so minor.  

[sapphire12]

I had it done in 2006. I only had to have one eye done. My left eye is still 20/15. But, my right eye, I couldn't even see the big E clearly; I think my right eye vision was 20/400. 
My cost was $1800 and well worth it. My eyes sometimes get dryer when the weather changes here, usually around Oct. A few drops of Systane fixes that up. Otherwise, no adverse effects from the surgery.

When I wore glasses, I couldn't have a script that gave me 20/20 in my right eye because it was such a huge difference from my perfect left eye, I would get headaches.

I was referred to my doctor by a friend. My doctor has had the procedure done as well.

Yes, Lone, you have to be awake for the surgery because you have to move your eye near the end of the procedure. As Thyme said, they give you a valium, but it made me high and I almost fell asleep, which was not good. LOL. I came to the second time he told me to look a certain way.

I think I'll need reading glasses before I need the surgery done again.

[NancysSummerSip]

You need to be awake and alert for these types of surgeries; the eye surgeon will be asking you to focus your eyes a certain way, which you cannot do when you are asleep. And honestly, they are so short (even the ones I am having won't last but a few minutes) that anesthesia is not necessary and just adds risk.

[Deleted]

Even with a Valium and it would take about 8, my eyes would be all over the place.

The laser stops when your eyes move.  You focus on a point of light.  My uncorrected vision was so bad I had trouble seeing the light and my one eye took a long time.

I've had lasik twice.  It's easy-peasy. Anyone that's been pregnant can handle it, I promise you.   The thing that I really disliked was the eyeball vacuum when the first laser cut the flap.  That was weird. 

[The Home 6]

I had LASIK done back in 2004, and it was paid for by the Army. My eyes were HORRIBLE. I'd been wearing glasses since I was 5 and my eyes got worse every year.

The Valium was very effective, and I am a wuss when it comes to needles or pain.

I was supposed to take 2 days off of work, but was so bored by the end of the first day, I went back to work a day early. It is still nothing short of a miracle to be able to see perfectly when I wake up in the middle of the night.

[justme]

Part of me wants to get it done, thinks I could handle it, but I seriously freak out about things touching my eyes. Last time I had pink eye I had to pull my eyelid out to get the drops in because my eye would close the second the dropper got near. Maybe if I ever have kids a couple of years of them almost poking my eyes out will prepare me to do it. Just seeing the pictures of what they hold your eyelids open with makes me want to cover my eyes and scream.

At least I'm near sighted so I don't need glasses 24/7.

[Bob Ross]

No way I'd pay someone to shoot a laser into my eyes.

Now if they could make lasers shoot FROM my eyes, that would be a different story.