| serebel 2006-09-28, 9:29 pm |
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knowthed...@yahoo.com wrote:
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> Sands of the Sahara or DLK can make you go blind. This is not just a
> little nuisance he had for a little while. His episode may have left
> behind some permanent haze, even if it is now 'cleared up', which of
> course the surgeon wouldn't mention to the patient.
If it's cleared up, it's just not possible for it to be a problem.
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> Sure, I know patients with some haze from 'a little DLK that cleared
> up'. It's all eye damage, and that flap is vulnerable to late DLK for
> life. Nice, huh?
If you stick a fork in your eye you can get DLK, maybe you know
someone who's done that.
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> To find out if you have haze from a previous bout of DLK go to ANOTHER
> surgeon, tell him you had your surgery in Canada and then ask the
> question 'Do I have haze'. Under these conditions you MAY get an honest
> answer out of the surgeon.
Not tooooo paranoid, are we?
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> There are so many ways you lose visual quality with refractive surgery.
There are so many ways to actually see without correction with RS.
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