If You Have Bad Vision and Need It Remedied Read My Account about My LASIK Encounter
If you take the time to read any of the message boards or chat rooms on the Internet about Lasik surgery, you will wonder how anyone could get the courage to schedule a Lasik procedure, and why on earth they would want it. The various Lasik clinics sound anywhere from impersonal to something similar to Dr. Frankenstein’s lab, and the Lasik procedure itself sounds, well, surreal. It seems like the only people that would get Lasik are those with such bad vision that they cannot get out of bed without their glasses on.
If you are willing to listen I’m now going to give you my story of how I came about choosing LASIK. My vision isn’t great, but it’s not incredibly terrible either. I can actually go to movies and see well enough to enjoy the film without glasses, but I need glasses to drive in order to read the street signs far enough away to act on the information. So the fact is I really didn’t need LASIK surgery, I just figured that it would help to make my life a little simpler. I am outdoors very frequently, backpacking, climbing hills, and mountain biking. Glasses do not last long with me, and I am frequently grinding into the dirt which is not the best situation for contact lenses. LASIK eye surgery look very appealing to me for these reasons.
After reading the paragraph above you might think that I’m kind of athletic, and it’s true that I am, so you might be thinking why it would be afraid of such a thing as a little scalpel? OK, technically Lasik does NOT use a scalpel but rather a “microkeratome blade”, but it is still a sharp object approaching my eye as part of the Lasik procedure. Nowadays Lasik physicians can get a laser to cut the flap in the eye, which is more than a little better than a sharp blade. What makes me really nervous is the fact that I’ve had way too many accidents in my life to feel comfortable about anyone coming near my eye with something sharp.
After spending the time and going to talking to three different LASIK surgeons, every one of them told me that because of my age at 28 and my relatively good health, and with my mild to moderate nearsightedness that I was a near perfect candidate for LASIK eye surgery. I decided to schedule my Lasik procedure with the one that had the best track record, and coincidentally took the most time to explain everything about Lasik to me.
I didn’t feel any pain during the LASIK surgery, though I took the sedative that they offered me and I even accepted the comfort of a little teddy bear that they offered. The only thing that was really strange about procedure that I didn’t really care for it was the smell of burning hair. I suppose that was my eye. It’s probably a good thing that I didn’t know about that smell before I went into the procedure, because if I had I might not have gone in.
It’s been a few years now, and I suppose I was a perfect client for LASIK, as they still have 20/20 vision and it has remained stable for a long time now. It is my opinion that if you are a qualified candidate for the procedure, don’t hesitate, grab that teddy bear and make your appointment.
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