I've been lasered!

Casdawer

Casdawer

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Well today was laser eye surgery day!

I was nervous as hell before I got there but after talking to the very nice nurses I calmed down rather easily ;)

The room is completely different to how I imagined it, there was the bed in the middle and 2 rather big machines either side. 1 for creating the flap and the other to 'fix' the eye.

The nurse put some eye drops in my eye which stang like hell but after a short while the pain had gone! They put this horrible suction cup thing on my eye to stop me blinking which hurt quite a bit and then they started cutting the flap - this was the most horrible experince I have EVER been through! The pain was horrible and I couldn't see a thing. They then moved me to the other machine where they laser your eye and put the flap back on - this was painless.

So we get to my next eye, cut the flap and then moved me to the next machine, about 10 seconds into this I hear the surgeon say "Oh, bugger". Now this scared the crap out of me! She told me that bubbles had formed between the flap and the eye and I had to wait 3 hours before they could try again!

"Great" I though to myself! So I left and got a coffee and then sat in my friends car resting the other eye which suprisingly didn't hurt at all!

After 3 hours I went back and they managed to finish the procedure! YAY!!

I have to go back tomorrow just to make sure that everything is alright!

At the moment my vision is quite good, I thought I wouldn't be able to see at all but I can see relativly well. All in all it was a good day!

Cas
 
You're a braver man than I!

I don't think I could put my eyes through something like that as they are too important to me and I'd be worried about things going wrong, possibly being worse off than before I went in. Personally, if I had poor vision I'd just put up with glasses.
 
Casdawer said:
and then they started cutting the flap
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I stopped reading at this and felt rather ill - this part of the surgery just makes me so scared and I think if I ever needed this done, I would be mind numbingly terrified that I would flinch or move during this bit.

Rich
 
Think you may just have put me off getting my eyes lazered. Or atleast until they can come up with another way to do it.
 
titchard said:
I stopped reading at this and felt rather ill - this part of the surgery just makes me so scared and I think if I ever needed this done, I would be mind numbingly terrified that I would flinch or move during this bit.

Rich
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It isn't pleasant but as far as I'm aware it shouldn't be and, in my case, it wasn't - painful. It does play on your mind and if you're a naturally squirmy person then it could freak you out but the machines they have these days track your eye movements and will stop the process if it moves outwith certain parameters.

I agree with the poster above it is a potentially risky policy 'messing' with your senses but, despite me having bad experiences of previous elective surgery, I don't regret having mine done at all. 1 year on I still have 20-20 vision and no ill effects so for me the 'gamble' paid off.

Enjoy your new eyes! Oh and of course your special night goggles lol
 
Intralase LASIK is where a femtosecond laser (light travelling at a speed of at 10*-15 s) cuts the flap instead of having a physical blade... so you dont necessarily need to have the corneal surface removed using a blade (for those of you put off by the removal of corneal surface stage)

Edit: You can also invest in an additional "safe-guard" of Wavefront which reduces corneal abrasions and reduces risks of night-time related problems such as halos and glare.

Like everything in life, the more you pay...etc. But then even these extra technologies dont remove the risk entirely, but then all surgical procedures carry a risk, you could be run over by a bus tomorrow...etc etc.
 
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Intralase LASIK is where a fematosecond laser
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At last somebody who can spell laser correctly. The physics nerd in me came rushing to the surface.

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation - Laser.
 
physichull said:
At last somebody who can spell laser correctly. The physics nerd in me came rushing to the surface.

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation - Laser.
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You've never heard of a lazor? :rolleyes:

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@OP: What was your prescription? I.e, the amount of negative diopters you need for correction?

I have very low degree myopia (-0.5 and -0.25); Am planning to have corrective surgery in 2 years - I've just been reading about it already hence why I know a bit about it! It'll probably all change in 2 years though!
 
think i will wait for them to bring out a pill to fix my eyesight or at least a Suppository :D, glad your ok Casdawer and that your eyesight is better
 
I so want to do this, I don't mind glasses at all but I remember the first time i put my glasses on and the joy of being able to see clearly, and i want that again, permanently
 
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