Corrective Eye Surgery

Phæte said:
Not picking an argument, just curious: based on that information, your girlfriend has been involved in ~15,000 operations. However lets just say realistically ~10,000. You're saying only ~6/~10,000 have come off for the worse? Like I said, not picking an argument but either you're (girlfriend is) underestimating that figure, she isn't telling you of every "bad operation", or those stats are true and in which case is pretty impressive.
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I can't quote her verbatim because she's with the Taigs atm. Will check when she gets back.

And just one more thing penski - what kind of training/qualifications did your girlfriend achieve to be in her occupation? It's just that if I were to get my eyes done I'd make sure I'd do my homework because I can trust an NHS doctor, not sure about a laser eye surgeon.
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My gf is a laser tech. Not a surgeon. She operates the lasers et cetera.

She worked the desk in the laser dept for 6 months to find out how the clinic operates, apprenticed for 6 months to find out how the team works, spent 6 months being actively trained and shadowed and had to sit and pass half a dozen tests set by her employers and the laser manufacturers. She gets constant assessments and 'secret shoppers' go through the doors 2-3 times a month.

All the surgeons she works with have a lot of training and experience...That's why most are at least 40.

*n
 
Bumping for great justice.

I think i'm going to do this. Just been turned down for my 3rd application due to my eyesight.

What sort of procedures have people had? and who with?

Penski, when you get back from your holiday, i'd love to chat with your missus (about my eyes, fear not sir.)
 
I went with Advance Vision Care, based in Harley Street, London. Surgeon was a Mr. Pillai. Excellent procedure, given me great eyesight in both eyes, both done at the same time. Done about 3 years ago. I had LASIK standard in one eye, and Wavefront LASIK on the other. An honest surgeon should tell you what is more suitable for the best result - rather than just recommending the most expensive treatment. Mr. Pillai was very honest.

Wasn't cheap (almost £2k) - but I was quite worried about going for a cheaper company then something going wrong.

It'll be the best thing you've ever spent money on.
 
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Actually, they slice the front of your cornea off and fold it over, before firing the laser in :)

It doesn't hurt at all.
 
DampCat said:
Penski, when you get back from your holiday, i'd love to chat with your missus (about my eyes, fear not sir.)
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You should just make an appointment and get yourself to a suitable clinic for a discussion. You'll have a much better idea about whether you want to get a procedure done talking face to face with someone in the building where they do the work. You'll have to do this anyway.

Yes I've had corrective surgery and yes I'd recommend it.
 
Yeah i know, but it's difficult to explain just how frightened i would be about this. I cant even open my eyes underwater. It weirds me out. Makes me throw up.

This decision has not come lightly. i just want to chat to someone informally first, then head off to have an appointment to discuss it all properly.
 
Sounds like a good idea - this is exactly what I did.

I'm the sort of person who will thoroughly research a Washing Machine before walking into an electrical store, and I approached laser eye surgery in exactly the same way (i.e. I didn't go for a consultation until I was pretty much 95% sure I'd go through with it).

The more I read about and understood the procedure, the more confidence I had in going for it.
 
Having mine done on 1st of May - can't wait :cool: <- that'll be me when I walk home
 
I've had my eyes operated on twice:

In 1991, I had a cosmetic operation which basically adjusted the muscles below one of my eyes to correct a squint. This was really painful afterwards, the eye got all pussed up, I had to wear a patch for a week or two and put in these horrible eye drops.

In 1998, I had an operation to remove a cataract and put an artificial lens in. I was slightly apprehensive after the previous operation (which on the face of it was more straightforward), but in the end it was very smooth. I had very little pain afterwards and in fact I think I only needed the patch for a day or so.

Both times I had a general anesthetic and I can't see myself going for a local if I ever have the cataract in my other eye removed.
 
Yeah. Sounds painless.

All this is certainly helping, i really want these jobs i'm not getting :(

They'll have to proper knock me out though, before they went near my eyes. I can't even put contact lenses in myself.
 
caff said:
Actually, they slice the front of your cornea off and fold it over, before firing the laser in :)

It doesn't hurt at all.
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:o Sounds painless. I've been on contacts for the past 5 years now and more. I would like to get laser eye surgery so that I don't have to mess about with contacts or suffer from dry eyes when I'm working late. I'm about -4, -5. So that's serious stuff...

Let us know what happens DampCat. I assume you're not on contacts?
 
Nope. Specs at the mo.

i'm -4.5 and -4.75 in my left and right respectively. So about the same as you.

It wont be for a while yet matey. Need to save the cash, then think about wether i want to actually do it :P
 
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