Your re-posting of the fiction from Lasik Flap borders on criminal.





On 23 Jul 2006 09:33:27 -0700, "Ace" <acemanvx@yahoo.com> wrote:

>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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