Lasik Eyes Surgery - T +6 months

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T +6 months

Todd Rich

2005-08-04, 10:54 pm

Well, I had my 6 month follow up appointment last week. Still about
20/15-20/10 (I can almost make out the 20/10 line). No halos or starburst
at any greater intensity than when I was wearing glasses (my guess is it
was reduced by 1/4 when I had my surgery). It is far enough out that I
probably can't make a good comparison anymore, but I don't notice anything
at night or while driving in the early morning or late evening. Night
vision is still good enough to drive without headlights most nights. No
more feeling of dry eye. I'll still occasionally use drops, but mainly
when I'm having a problem due to my allergies. Shortly after the surgery,
when I got up in the morning my eyes would feel 'gummy' and I would use
drops then. I would say it has probably been about 2-3 months since the
last time that happened. I'm on a computer about 8-10 hours a day and
I've noticed a signifigant reduction in eye fatigue since the surgery.
That did surprise me, but I remember when I had glasses having to stop and
shut my eyes for a minute or two a lot more often than I do now.

No wiggles or visual distortions in my vision that I see.

I'm very happy with my experience, and would have been even had my
experience been not as wonderful. I was prepared to have as bad as 20/40
vision with some visual distortions and still be satisfied.

Todd Rich

serebel

2005-08-04, 10:54 pm

Best of luck going forward Todd. I'm sure the loonies here will tell
you how screwed up your eyes are now. They'll start putting words in
your mouth soon.

Serebel

Anna

2005-08-05, 9:14 am

Wow, you must have really small pupils to not have all kinds of post-LASIK
aberrations.

I have eye strain reading anything since LASIK. The computer is a proble,
especially with dryness since you tend to blink less at the computer. My
eyes
are so dry since the surgery they sometimes hurt when I wake up.

Serious pain a guarantee by bedtime. No type of painkiller seems to do the
trick.

A coworker's husband also reported focusing problems and problems with the
computer after LASIK. I was so bad he nearly went nuts. No wonder the FDA
LASIK warnings on the FDA website statest that LASIK is not for people
who are not risk-takers.

It's clear with recent scientific evidence that all LASIK patients have lost
some
visual quality and eye health. It is just a matter of degree. Glad to hear
there is
a patient or two who wasn't maimed too badly and isn't paying a big price
for
LASIK surgery ...yet....

"Todd Rich" <torin@panix.com> wrote in message
news:dcu93m$rcg$1@reader2.panix.com...
> Well, I had my 6 month follow up appointment last week. Still about
> 20/15-20/10 (I can almost make out the 20/10 line). No halos or starburst
> at any greater intensity than when I was wearing glasses (my guess is it
> was reduced by 1/4 when I had my surgery). It is far enough out that I
> probably can't make a good comparison anymore, but I don't notice anything
> at night or while driving in the early morning or late evening. Night
> vision is still good enough to drive without headlights most nights. No
> more feeling of dry eye. I'll still occasionally use drops, but mainly
> when I'm having a problem due to my allergies. Shortly after the surgery,
> when I got up in the morning my eyes would feel 'gummy' and I would use
> drops then. I would say it has probably been about 2-3 months since the
> last time that happened. I'm on a computer about 8-10 hours a day and
> I've noticed a signifigant reduction in eye fatigue since the surgery.
> That did surprise me, but I remember when I had glasses having to stop and
> shut my eyes for a minute or two a lot more often than I do now.
>
> No wiggles or visual distortions in my vision that I see.
>
> I'm very happy with my experience, and would have been even had my
> experience been not as wonderful. I was prepared to have as bad as 20/40
> vision with some visual distortions and still be satisfied.
>
> Todd Rich

Todd Rich

2005-08-05, 9:14 am

Anna <Anna@nospam_aol.com> wrote:
> Wow, you must have really small pupils to not have all kinds of post-LASIK
> aberrations.

Gee, and people were suggesting that I was being lied to when I reported
small pupils before the surgery.

(snip)
> It's clear with recent scientific evidence that all LASIK patients have lost
> some
> visual quality and eye health. It is just a matter of degree. Glad to hear
> there is
> a patient or two who wasn't maimed too badly and isn't paying a big price
> for
> LASIK surgery ...yet....

Ooohh scary.... Weird thing is everybody I know who has had LASIK done
considers it to be the best decision they made. That includes several
coworkers (including one who had it done 10 years ago), quite a few
friends, and some relatives. When I was considering having it done, I
talked to all the ones I knew then who had it, and they all recommended it
if I was a good candidate.

Yes, I know my corneas aren't the same as they were before, I can see
clearly without glasses now. I also know that if something strange starts
happening with my vision I need to see a doctor about it quickly, and that
if I take trauma to my eyes I also need to see somebody right away. I
know that the incision isn't as strong as the rest of my cornea, but after
2 years it should be about 80-90% of the original strength.

And I knew all of these things before my surgery. I even had a better
outcome than I expected.

Yes, some people have bad outcomes. It is sad when that happens.
However, they are not the majority, or even a large minority. When I had
a kidney stone removed 4 years ago, I could have died from a reaction to
the anesthesia. Happens to people every year. I know this. I still had
the surgery. You cannot remove all risk from your life. If you are
worried about a bad outcome, don't get the surgery. If you don't know
there are possible bad outcomes, you don't have a good grasp of how the
world works.

Just because I had a good outcome doesn't mean everybody else will.

Just because you had a bad outcome doesn't mean everybody else will.

Glenn - USAEyes.org

2005-08-05, 10:56 pm

I'm delighted to hear of your good outcome. Enjoy your new vision.

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
USAEyes.org

"Consider and Choose With Confidence"

Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org

http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org

I am not a doctor.

Ragnar

2005-08-07, 9:07 am

Note to group... Anna is one of our handful of mentally ill trolls.
It is debateable whether she even had LASIK done.

Even if you assume that she did have the surgery.. you can be sure
that her vision after surgery is better than it was before surgery -
even if it's still not perfect.

On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 08:10:16 -0400, "Anna" <Anna@nospam_aol.com> wrote:

>Wow, you must have really small pupils to not have all kinds of post-LASIK
>aberrations.
>
>I have eye strain reading anything since LASIK. The computer is a proble,
>especially with dryness since you tend to blink less at the computer. My
>eyes
>are so dry since the surgery they sometimes hurt when I wake up.
>
>Serious pain a guarantee by bedtime. No type of painkiller seems to do the
>trick.
>
>A coworker's husband also reported focusing problems and problems with the
>computer after LASIK. I was so bad he nearly went nuts. No wonder the FDA
>LASIK warnings on the FDA website statest that LASIK is not for people
>who are not risk-takers.
>
>It's clear with recent scientific evidence that all LASIK patients have lost
>some
>visual quality and eye health. It is just a matter of degree. Glad to hear
>there is
>a patient or two who wasn't maimed too badly and isn't paying a big price
>for
>LASIK surgery ...yet....
>
>
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