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| Dear all,
I'm sheduled to have LASIK at 1th of October in St Petersburg Russia,
Dr. Fjodorov Institute.
Their representative agency in my country told me that I don't have to
wear glasses prior to operation but can still wear lenses.
Something in me is telling me that this is a little bit strange.
I have a myopia and -8 diopters on both eyes, aswell as astigmatism.
Do I really can wear soft contact lenses until the operation?
THANK YOU
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| Tom Lucas 2006-09-21, 8:26 am |
| "Una" <plavuna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Dear all,
> I'm sheduled to have LASIK at 1th of October in St Petersburg Russia,
> Dr. Fjodorov Institute.
>
> Their representative agency in my country told me that I don't have to
> wear glasses prior to operation but can still wear lenses.
>
> Something in me is telling me that this is a little bit strange.
> I have a myopia and -8 diopters on both eyes, aswell as astigmatism.
>
> Do I really can wear soft contact lenses until the operation?
As far as I know you must stop wearing lenses two weeks prior to the
operation because they change the shape of the cornea.
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Tom Lucas wrote:
> As far as I know you must stop wearing lenses two weeks prior to the
> operation because they change the shape of the cornea.
It sounds like this doctor doesnt know what hes doing. I suggest you
reserch the risks of lasik now so you can inform yourself if you still
want to go ahead. I am not gonna try and stop you, but dont do it on
impulse, think it over.
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| Tom Lucas 2006-09-21, 8:26 am |
| "Ace" <acemanvx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Tom Lucas wrote:
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> It sounds like this doctor doesnt know what hes doing. I suggest you
> reserch the risks of lasik now so you can inform yourself if you still
> want to go ahead. I am not gonna try and stop you, but dont do it on
> impulse, think it over.
I would agree that you should read up on this a bit more. Lasik as a
procedure is proven and safe (albiet with a small chance of a
disappointing outcome) but I'm not so sure your surgeon is.
www.usaeyes.org is a good site to start with but make sure you read a
few others too. A large number of people on here will start jumping up
and down and telling you to look at the LasikFlap forum but only do that
once you have done a lot of research elsewhere because, whilst there is
a little bit of advice there, a lot of it is alarmism/personal
attacks/mis-information/downright deceitful.
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| lasik5506 2006-09-21, 8:26 am |
| I had to quit wearing gas permeable lenses (hard contacts) for 2 months
before LASIK. I agree that I would be skeptical of any place that told
you it was okay to keep wearing soft contacts up until surgery. They
need to be off for 2 weeks, as Tom already posted.
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| Damn, damn, damn.
Operation is dated for 1st of October and my agency which is their
representative in my country told me that I can wear lenses with no
problem.
Do you think that it may be safe enough to start wearing glasses today,
10 days before the operation?
Operation is in St petersburg, Russia, Dr Fjodorov Institute and I have
already booked a vacation from work and ticket with accomodation there
What would you do?
Una
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| Tom Lucas 2006-09-21, 4:27 pm |
| "Una" <plavuna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Damn, damn, damn.
>
> Operation is dated for 1st of October and my agency which is their
> representative in my country told me that I can wear lenses with no
> problem.
>
> Do you think that it may be safe enough to start wearing glasses
> today,
> 10 days before the operation?
>
> Operation is in St petersburg, Russia, Dr Fjodorov Institute and I
> have
> already booked a vacation from work and ticket with accomodation there
>
>
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>
> What would you do?
Firstly, I am not a doctor.
Talk to your surgeon - maybe 10 days is OK and they tell you two weeks
to be safe? To be honest, I think they say two weeks for a reason and
you might be increasing your chances of a problem if you don't follow
the advice to the letter. Of course, this is only our advice and not
your surgeon's. Or is this the agencies advice?
Can you postpone it for a week? Perhaps they have someone scheduled for
after October the 5th who would like to swap with you? A lot of people
would jump at the chance of getting the procedure early.
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| Glenn - USAEyes.org 2006-09-21, 4:27 pm |
| Previet Una,
When you say 'my agency representative' do you mean an optometrist who
will provide some of your postoperative care?
You must be out of contact lenses for enough time that whatever effect
the contacts have had on your corneas has dissipated. This may be as
little as a week (two is better) with soft contacts, but can be as
long as several months with hard contacts.
If your corneas have not relaxed to their natural state before
surgery, all measurements will be based upon inaccurate information.
You may want to read http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/contacts.htm
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
USAEyes.org
Patient Advocacy Surgeon Certification
"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.
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| THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH
I will definitelly try to postpone the procedure.
Unfortunatelly, that is only representative for dr Fjodorov clinic in
my country.
It's a shame that they are so unprofessional and representing so large
clinic.
I still can't believe that they told me that I can wear lenses until
the procedure no matter of my diopters or astigmatism. Shame.
Thank you again you nice people 
I hope I'll be able to help you with something
Una
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| Ragnar 2006-09-21, 4:27 pm |
| On 21 Sep 2006 11:58:07 -0700, "Una" <plavuna@hotmail.com> wrote:
>THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH
>
>I will definitelly try to postpone the procedure.
>
>Unfortunatelly, that is only representative for dr Fjodorov clinic in
>my country.
>It's a shame that they are so unprofessional and representing so large
>clinic.
>
>I still can't believe that they told me that I can wear lenses until
>the procedure no matter of my diopters or astigmatism. Shame.
>
>
>Thank you again you nice people
>I hope I'll be able to help you with something
>
>
>Una
The person who responded to you was talking about gas permeable RIGID
lenses. There is a world of difference between soft and rigid
lenses. Still.. you should be out of the soft lenses for some number
of days before the surgery.
The difference is.. soft lwnses conform to the shape of your eye,
whereas rigid lenses force your eye to conform to the lens.
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| southeasteyecare@hotmail.com 2006-09-23, 4:27 pm |
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Hello Una,
Before you commit to an elective laser eye surgery PLEASE read The
LASIK Report
at:
http://thelasikreport.com
High myopia (over 6 diopters) is a risk factor for a poor refractive
surgery outcome.
To treat 8 diopters plus astigmatism the surgeon must destroy much
irreplaceable corneal tissue with the laser, and your treatment zone
will be oval because of your astigmatism. If your treatment zone is
oval you are more likely to have aberrations from seeing the edges of
the treatment zone, because it is narrow on one axis.
Deeper ablation for high myopia means destruction of corneal nerves at
a deeper level as well.
I can speak with some authority on the subject of the unpleasantness of
permanent LASIK dry eye from nerve damge.
The LASIK report has lots of references for you to check for yourself.
Be informed!
Best of luck to you!
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