Lasik Eyes Surgery - Golfer Kenny Perry has damaged vision from LASIK

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Golfer Kenny Perry has damaged vision from LASIK

Tabby

2005-05-22, 10:52 pm

More people are being more public about this problem. Thank you, Kenny
Perry for speaking out about your vision damage from LASIK.

January 17, 2003

http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandto...30117perry.html

"I think all great putters have great eyes, and I've had Lasik surgery
twice. I don't think my vision's as good as it should be."

May 21, 2005

http://golf.tbo.com/golf/MGBR9SL5Z8E.html

"Kenny Perry is having vision problems that make it difficult for him
to read greens or see clearly from long distances and shady spots."

serebel

2005-05-22, 10:52 pm

Strange, in neither article is he actually quoted saying lasik caused
visual problems.

SErebel

Glenn - USAEyes.org

2005-05-22, 10:52 pm

Why do you consider this strange. It is exactly what would be
expected from an anti-LASIK zealot.

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
USAEyes.org

"Consider and Choose With Confidence"

Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org

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I am not a doctor.

Loubert

2005-05-23, 9:01 am

Tabby wrote:
> More people are being more public about this problem. Thank you,
Kenny
> Perry for speaking out about your vision damage from LASIK.
>
> January 17, 2003
>
>
http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandto...30117perry.html
>
> "I think all great putters have great eyes, and I've had Lasik
surgery
> twice. I don't think my vision's as good as it should be."
>
> May 21, 2005
>
> http://golf.tbo.com/golf/MGBR9SL5Z8E.html
>
> "Kenny Perry is having vision problems that make it difficult for him
> to read greens or see clearly from long distances and shady spots."

What an odd day to post this. Kenny Perry won the Colonial today by 7
strokes (19 under par). If Lasik will allow me to play half as well as
Perry, sign me up!

Lou

CatmanX

2005-05-23, 9:01 am

ROFLMAO

dr grant

CatmanX

2005-05-23, 9:01 am

Reminds me of when Titleist cancelled Tiger's contract after he was
shown hitting a Nike ball in a commercial, you know, the one where he
juggles the ball. After that, Nike asked poor Tiger to take a huge
increase in his sponsorship to use their balls. Tiger went on to win
the next 7 straight titles, including 2 or 3 majors. Poor Titleist guy
who made that call.
\
dr grant

Ragnar

2005-05-23, 9:01 am

The two articles below don't indicate that LASIK had anything to do
with his vision problems. In fact, he obviously HAD pre-existing
vision problems which is why he had lasik done!

I think it is incredible that with all the people that have had lasik
done, the malcontents can't seem to find many, if any real disasters.

On 22 May 2005 18:49:09 -0700, "Tabby" <tabby_english@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>More people are being more public about this problem. Thank you, Kenny
>Perry for speaking out about your vision damage from LASIK.
++++++The garbage above is Tabby's invention. It is completely
misleading in that Kenny Perry has never said his vision was damaged
by LASIK

>
>January 17, 2003
>
>http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandto...30117perry.html
>
>"I think all great putters have great eyes, and I've had Lasik surgery
>twice. I don't think my vision's as good as it should be."
+++++++Tabby cleverly ommited the line where Kenny says he is always
searching for something magical. Anyone who is expecting great eyes
or magic from their lasik has unrealistic expectations. They MIGHT
get that, but nobody should ever have lasik surgery with the
expectation that they are going to get better than normal vision.

>May 21, 2005
>
>http://golf.tbo.com/golf/MGBR9SL5Z8E.html
>
>"Kenny Perry is having vision problems that make it difficult for him
>to read greens or see clearly from long distances and shady spots."

2005-05-23, 11:54 am

Actually, he really does seem to have problems seeing post-LASIK except
for on really sunny days:

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/3191996
> Perry, 44, has worn contact lenses for most of his career, undergoing Lasik
> surgery in the late 1990s. That procedure didn't take, so he went in for
> another procedure the next year. For now, at least, Perry is relying on
> caddie Andy Lano to help read his putts.
>
> Despite the troubles with his vision, Perry captured his eighth PGA Tour
> victory in March at Bay Hill and is ranked 15th in the world. Perry
> one-putted 10 greens Friday and was 30-for-32 from inside 15 feet during the
> first two rounds.
>
> "I cannot see the slope," Perry said. "I can't see the ball land on the green
> right now. I'm better when the sun is out. If it's cloudy and overcast, I
> really struggle."
>

http://www.golf.com/gdc/news/article.asp?id=32391
> The Cooper physician told Perry that despite two previous Lasik surgeries,
> his sight was so bad that he wouldn't be able to pass a Texas driver's
> license test.
>

http://thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx...select=16290&se
lect2=0
> Can a blind man win?
> Kenny Perry walked into the media center on Thursday after a round of 65 and
> talked about how he couldnt see very well. I cant see the balls land on the
> greens, Perry said. He was talking about how a LASIK surgery in 1998 didnt
> quite work and how hed had it done again in 1999. Perry said hes struggling
> with reading the greens and plays much better when its sunny. A doctor told
> him hed have trouble passing a drivers test right now and hes set to visit
> another next week before going to Memphis where hell gulp where a pair of
> glasses at the FedEx St. Jude Classic next week. Is this crazy or what? We
> joked on the Sprint Post Game that hell have no trouble getting ahead of
> himself this weekend because he cant possibly look at the leaderboards he
> cant read them anyway!

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~RT
The truth lies somewhere between Ragnar and LASIKtruth
Two sides of the same coin