ASCRS releases LASIK guidelines for consumers ... PHILADELPHIA - Guidelines released here yesterday will help people interested in LASIK decide for themselves...
Hi everyone, I'm going in for my evaluation tomorrow. I've been thinking about Lasik for a few years now. And I think i'm ready to see if i'm a candidate for...
Having my surgery tomorrow...I'm 46 yrs old, wear glasses for distance. reading is OK. But my doc says 90% of his procedures are for monovision. I was...
That is unless he charges extra for the enhancement to recorrect you. Many places charge a fee of $150 upwards to $500 dollars for an enhancement. You might...
Good luck with your procedure. I had my first Lasik on both eyes in October. At that time they told be because I am "older" (42) I would probably lose my near...
well, I had the mono done and i'm glad i did. the main eye or whatever they call it...for distance ...that one is kind of blurry and not so good....and my...
Yep it is way too early to tell! The best thing any of us can tell you..Drops drops drops drops drops! The more you use them the better your vision will be!...
OH YES!!!! DROPS DROPS DROPS DROPS DROPS... I'm three months post op, I could have chosen mono-vision, but I'm a photographer and I just couldn't go that way....
it takes weeks particularly if astigmatism corrected to get the vision stabilized. Just had an enhancement on my "reading" eye 4 weeks ago and it is still...
In a message dated 6/29/2002 6:38:02 PM Central Daylight Time, ... It'll get better. I am a year post-op, and just a couple months ago I was able to start...
I was one year post op on march first and have been drop free for a good 6 months at least. My problem now is allergies. I have always had bad allergies but I...
They actually help with healing because your cornea has temporarily lost its connections with some of the nerves that make the eye create tears. You have to...
Wow, my first Fourth of July without glasses... My night time glare is almost gone and I truly enjoyed last nights fireworks show... My town has a cheesy...
since i just had lasik last week....i cant say i enjoyed the fireworks show, the mono kind of affected it.......i have to get used to it, maybe next yr will...
I am so glad I decided agaunst mono. I tried it with contacts and it did not work for me especially when driving. I like both eyes to see the same thing....
On february 2002 I had my left eye (-2.5dpt) corrected with LASEK. The right eye is still -2.0dpt. I feel very good with it and if I wanted to have my right...
... I have only the left eye corrected. When I drive, I wear glasses, and the left glass is without correction. Or I wear a contact lense in the right eye. So...
I will be interested in hearing how you are doing. I have LASIK surgery scheduled for next week, July 24th. I had 2 options... Fix both eyes for distance but...
I am scheduled for LASIK surgery next week, July 24th. I wear progressive glasses right now and need them for reading and distance. The office had me come in...
Good luck to you. I hope that you find that you are a candidate for LASIK surgery. I just decided to look into the surgery also and found that I am a good...
Hi kathy, so far i'm pretty happy with the mono i had done. my doc was thinking ahead...cause i dont need reading glasses now but might in future. I can see...
Mono works for some people but I always felt somewhat "off" when I had the 2 different contact lenses. My right eye was for distance and my left was for...
I didn't originally have mono vision done but my left eye was weaker than my right eye. As it was my dominant eye I went ahead and had an enhancement because...
I agree that 2nd day is nice to have for the follow up (and just for sanity, because who would believe your can actually go back to work so soon!).... but I...
Thank you for your responses. I plan on going back to work the next day but knowing that my eyes will still be healing. I work at a school and during the...
I had left reading and right distance in contacts, but when the surgery was done, it was the right reading and the left distance. Took longer to retrain my...
found this in one of my emails and thought the group would find it interesting: Pre-LASIK dry eye evaluation can aid management SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Knowing...
OK, dumb question. I'm almost 4 months post op, and will be flying for a job interview in a week or so. Anyone have any discomfort flying after Lasik? I...
SHouldn't be a problem...we had patients fly 2 days after surgery. I have flown quite a few times after my surgery and haven't had any problems with my eyes.....
