I too had lasik. I believed that I was an excellent candidate as that
is what the surgeon told me. I avoided the "low price" and thought I
was seeing a reputable doctor. The result was a cornea transplant. I
was legally blind in that eye for about 2 years, and now require a soft
contact with a hard contact (rigid gas perm) over it and glasses to
correct a residual astigmatism. This is the only method I can see with
now for the rest of my life. I have a tremendous understanding of lasik
now. Do a lot of people get good results and are thrilled? Yes. That's
why I wanted lasik too. Even more important than the surgery is the
screening process, which is totally ignored by most lasik surgeons. Are
there competant lasik surgeons out there? Yes. Are there a lot of
incompetants out there? YES!!! Agreeing to have lasik was the worst
decision in my life, bar none. There was a recent survey of lasik
surgeons on how many have had any form of refractive surgery on
themselves. Less than 18%. Most wear glasses, and for their patients,
they wear contact lenses.

If you still want lasik, think about a professional woman I met from
Oregon. She researched it. She was expecting competance. The surgeon
did not set the microkeratome correctly and cut the cornea off. She is
legally blind in that eye now.

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