After tomorrow...
 

...no more contacts for me!!!! :rockwoot:

I'm going under the laser in the morning.:dthumb:

Congrats!!!

Congrats. It's one of the best things I've ever done. I've been without glasses and contacts now for 8 years

2 years for me... Not perfect, but never need contacts again (until I get old)... Agree 100%... one of the best things I've ever spent money on. Go in, get your eyeball squeegied, cut the flap, zap zap, then in the dark room with your eyes shut for a half hour... test and out the door... Go home, crash out, wake up... and AMAZING... You can see like a champion. Don't be frightened by your shit vision directly following the procedure... go home and sleep for a few hours and you'll wake up AMAZED.

My biggest fear is the loss of my night vision.
I've heard from quite a few that have had lasic that their night vision sucks after.

I have a lazy eye and my night vision sucked to begin with... I cannot read street signs and the like as well at night, but it's not terrible. Halo and starburst effects have to do with the size of your pupils when they are fully dialated and relative size of your cornea. They should be able to tell you if you are going to be suseptible to those things when they give you your exam. They told me I would be fine and I was... However, the girl who went before I did had been warned that she might have those problems at night, but she decided to go for it anyway.

My night vision took a hit. It's actually bad at dusk and dawn and then things aren't as bad. It was worth the trade off for me though. Before having the surgery, I couldn't see a god damn thing without my glasses or contacts. It was a major blurry world and I would be fucked without corrective lenses. Now I'm at 20/20 or better.

I'm definitely looking forward to it...2 more hours, the wait is killing me.

Good luck!!

good luck buzz :rockwoot: :rockout:


get under the lazer, smell burning.....

ahh nevermind :D

what was your favorite part from the whole experience?

How immediately everything was better, and how incredibly quick and easy the whole thing was. I hate hate hate any kind of medical procedure so I was a little stressed out about the whole thing. The procedure was super quick though. I don't think the whole thing took more than ten minutes. When I sat up I could immediately see far better than I ever had before. My vision was still a little blurry, but that's expected from just having eye surgery, but I was able to see the clock on the back wall and make out the time the minute the surgery was done. There was no way in hell that would ever happen without glasses before. The clock would have been a blurry white blob on the wall with no features. I went home and took a nap, and when I woke up, things were even clearer. By the next day I was seeing almost as well as I would have been seeing with contacts. That kind of instant result is something that you just don't forget.

good luck... :dthumb:

my wife did it several years ago, and then had to re-do it again.. night vision - she tells me everthing looks like it has a halo of light around it when she drives at night.

One guy at work had to go back to HARD lenses after the procedure...

I have other buddies that have done it with no problems at all.

I had my done almost a year ago, congrats!!

I love it and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I do have a hard time seeing at night, especially after using a computer or when I'm tired... but I never have to wear glasses or contacts. Yay!!

nice, same for me,,i went to sleep also
had a patch on my left eye because it was the worst

but my fav part were the drugs b4 during and after
and the smell of burning flesh while under the lazer <--kidding, but i did smell it i was prepared

All went well...just relaxing now. It is amazing how I can see immediately after the procedure, yes it is fuzzy but what a difference.

Congrats!!!

I'm glad everything went well.

Yay buzz is back and all better:wink:

woot woot :rockout:

Since I'm not allowed to drive today, who is bringing me dinner? :whistle:

That's the best part. To be able to read a magazine right after the surgery :dthumb:

What's up stranger? I think the rhino girls are worried about you.

I'm worried about me!!

We will have to find a beer to remedy that.

nice! glad things went well... one of the first things I'm gonna do when I get to mississippi and get signed in is get into the Optometry Dep and get on the list for the surgery. I am tired of my fuck'n contacts and glasses... maybe by the rally I'll have had the surgery...

You're not supposed to smell anything... I did as well... I forget why they said that happens sometimes...

The part where they squeegie your eyeball. When I watched people getting it done I was like :wtf:... then I got it done and with the numbing stuff, you can't feel shit. It's like sticking your face right up against your windsheild with the wipers running...

That's wierd! I checked my todo list, and that doesn't seem to be on it! :idk:

It is on the list your wife has yet to give you. :whistle:

The smell to me was like when a tooth is being drilled, it wasn't that bad at all.

She gave it to me, I just haven't read it yet!

You haven't gotten any lately...have you? :whistle: (from her)