Laser eye treatment - who's done it?

I had laser eye surgery last year at the London Vision Clinic. (Highly recommend it as the place to have your surgery, though it's more expensive than most places, but it's your eyes!)

My vision is better than 20/20, I can read all lines on the chart, and 2 sets below now. Perfect near vision, and perfect long distance. Thoroughly recommend it.
However, 5 months on and I still get dry / tired eyes by the end of the evening. I put drops in at night and in the morning, and i'm typically sorted for the day.

I believe the dryness becomes less of an issue after a year or so.

Anyone who is reading this thread and considering it. Go for it! :)
 
As a follow up from my previous post...

I have had Ortho-K lenses for two weeks now and all I can say is wow!
I would imagine it is much the same feeling as those who have had successful laser eye surgery but with none of the associated risks
Better than 20/20 vision, no dry eyes, no glasses, no worrying about loosing my lenses!

I wear ridged lenses over night every night ideally but I had no issues going two days previously

I got mine from The Contact Lens Practice in Birmingham who were brilliant! I was told by the optimistic I would likely not be suitable for laser eye surgery because my lens is too thin. I would imagine other may be in a similar position.
I would advise anyone to steer clear from the risks of laser eye surgery and go for Ortho-K. Especially if you may not be suitable, too young or otherwise.
 
Nikolic said:
Can't remember if I've posted in this thread before but another massive thumbs up for the London Vision Clinic. Had keyhole lasik back in June last year and can honestly say it was the best decision of my life. Yes LVC is not cheap but Dr Dan and his team are great and I don't regret spending the money one bit.

Reading some of the recent comments in this thread about the suction being painful - my experience is completely different. No pain whatsoever, just a mild discomfort/odd sensation. I did have keyhole lasik though so no flap was cut.

Eyes had healed within 24hours and I was cleared to go about life as usual.
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This is very encouraging. I have been thinking about it for years, but never knew about this keyhole option, and seems like it removes all the other concerns I had...

Thanks for this.
 
MonsterMoshi said:
As a follow up from my previous post...

I have had Ortho-K lenses for two weeks now and all I can say is wow!
I would imagine it is much the same feeling as those who have had successful laser eye surgery but with none of the associated risks
Better than 20/20 vision, no dry eyes, no glasses, no worrying about loosing my lenses!

I wear ridged lenses over night every night ideally but I had no issues going two days previously

I got mine from The Contact Lens Practice in Birmingham who were brilliant! I was told by the optimistic I would likely not be suitable for laser eye surgery because my lens is too thin. I would imagine other may be in a similar position.
I would advise anyone to steer clear from the risks of laser eye surgery and go for Ortho-K. Especially if you may not be suitable, too young or otherwise.
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Its only for people who are short sighted though isnt it? I doubt it would fix astigmatism either?
 
I noticed laser eye poster boy triple jumper Jonathan Edwards has gone back to wearing glasses during the Winter Olympics, does anyone know why he's had to return to glasses?
 
Bubo said:
I noticed laser eye poster boy triple jumper Jonathan Edwards has gone back to wearing glasses during the Winter Olympics, does anyone know why he's had to return to glasses?
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Noticed that too. Could just be reading glasses as you do need them after 40/45 years old.

Been about a month since I got mine done and its going fairly well. Still have ghosting on bright objects (like white text on screen) which is annoying. Left eye is still weaker than the right at distance, but vice versa up close, so hopefully its still just adjustments happening.

Next appointment is April 7th, so I'll be raising these questions again to see if anything can be done to improve it. Not sure if they will perform enhancement surgery on mine though as its 20/20 with both eyes and a bit below 20/20 for the left. Probably too many chances of it reducing vision if I where to get it down.

I've seen online that it takes awhile for peoples to heal, so hopefully thats the case with me. Doesn't help that I'm staring at a computer screen 8 hours a day though.
 
Good choice on time of year to get it done. The halo-effect (aura) is most noticeable in the dark so at least the days are getting longer now.

Took ages for the halo-effect to subside for me but I think that's because the layer that was lasered was thin to begin with for me.
 
Imy said:
Good choice on time of year to get it done. The halo-effect (aura) is most noticeable in the dark so at least the days are getting longer now.

Took ages for the halo-effect to subside for me but I think that's because the layer that was lasered was thin to begin with for me.
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Thats good to know. I think the halo (I called it ghosting by mistake) effect is causing me to think my eyes aren't as sharp as they are, as when I see this faint mist around bright objects, it looks like its out of focus.
 
Yes we're talking about the same effect.

It's been a while since I had my surgery but from what I remember when it was explained to me, basically your eyes are letting in more light now than before due to the layer partially removed/reshaped by the laser.

It will take time for your brain to adjust to the increased sensory input. The amount of time is different for everyone I guess. My brother had his eyes done a month after me and I think his halo effect was gone after 6 months. Mine took longer I guess as my cornea (I think) was thinner than his to begin with and I was very light sensitive for quite a while.
 
Bubo said:
I noticed laser eye poster boy triple jumper Jonathan Edwards has gone back to wearing glasses during the Winter Olympics, does anyone know why he's had to return to glasses?
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He losses his faith in God and his sight regresses, coincidence? I think not.
 
I'm pondering going for a consultation in the near future. I've looked at optical express, is there anyone else I should also get a consultation from?
 
Got myself booked in for Saturday April 5th first thing in the morning, can't wait :D
Hopefully everything goes smoothly!
 
I'm currently researching this at the moment as I am climbing to Everest base camp in October and really want to take in the views without having to worry about glasses.
 
Have my next appointment on Monday.

Vision hasn't really improved that much and is a bit below 20/20. The left eye in particular has fairly bad haloing at night and tends to water quite easily when outside.

Going to ask about a possible 'enhancement' surgery and see what they think. Just annoyed that its not up to the same standard as my glasses yet, hopefully they'll suggest something. Although, I'll probably need to wait until the 3 months period before consideration for enhancement.
 
So I had my eye surgery this past Saturday.
I'm not a squeamish person, however I act like a 12yr old girl when it comes to touching my eyes, and holy crap that eye lid thing was uncomfortable!! It didn't hurt one bit, and the smell didn't bother me, but lordy I was not a fan how they keep the eye lids open.
Everything went to plan according to the Dr and my recovery is on target. I currently have pretty terrible vision :( but that was expected. Said it will take a minimum of 7-10 days to really get re-trained on how to focus.
I was pretty nervous Sunday evening as I couldn't view the TV, laptop was a complete blur, going outside was a nightmare as I couldn't focus clearly on anything. The only part that is spot at the moment is anything 1-10 inches from my face. Each day my vision improves 5-10% it feels like and I am slowly being able to view the TV etc (I have this monitor blown up to 200% zoom right now like an old lady).
Post check up, Dr very happy with everything, said things will take time to be come really sharp and to hang in there. Have another post check up next week.

So, hopefully this will all be worth it! Little nervous at the moment.
 
Clipsey said:
So I had my eye surgery this past Saturday.
I'm not a squeamish person, however I act like a 12yr old girl when it comes to touching my eyes, and holy crap that eye lid thing was uncomfortable!! It didn't hurt one bit, and the smell didn't bother me, but lordy I was not a fan how they keep the eye lids open.
Everything went to plan according to the Dr and my recovery is on target. I currently have pretty terrible vision :( but that was expected. Said it will take a minimum of 7-10 days to really get re-trained on how to focus.
I was pretty nervous Sunday evening as I couldn't view the TV, laptop was a complete blur, going outside was a nightmare as I couldn't focus clearly on anything. The only part that is spot at the moment is anything 1-10 inches from my face. Each day my vision improves 5-10% it feels like and I am slowly being able to view the TV etc (I have this monitor blown up to 200% zoom right now like an old lady).
Post check up, Dr very happy with everything, said things will take time to be come really sharp and to hang in there. Have another post check up next week.

So, hopefully this will all be worth it! Little nervous at the moment.
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Wow!

I think i'd like to get this done at somepoint, but it does sound like an ordeal!
 
Clipsey said:
So I had my eye surgery this past Saturday.
I'm not a squeamish person, however I act like a 12yr old girl when it comes to touching my eyes, and holy crap that eye lid thing was uncomfortable!! It didn't hurt one bit, and the smell didn't bother me, but lordy I was not a fan how they keep the eye lids open.
Everything went to plan according to the Dr and my recovery is on target. I currently have pretty terrible vision :( but that was expected. Said it will take a minimum of 7-10 days to really get re-trained on how to focus.
I was pretty nervous Sunday evening as I couldn't view the TV, laptop was a complete blur, going outside was a nightmare as I couldn't focus clearly on anything. The only part that is spot at the moment is anything 1-10 inches from my face. Each day my vision improves 5-10% it feels like and I am slowly being able to view the TV etc (I have this monitor blown up to 200% zoom right now like an old lady).
Post check up, Dr very happy with everything, said things will take time to be come really sharp and to hang in there. Have another post check up next week.

So, hopefully this will all be worth it! Little nervous at the moment.
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I assume you got LASEK/PRK? Think that will take awhile to improve vision, usually a few weeks.

Had my 3rd aftercare appointment yesterday. Not much has changed vision wise, which I knew. They said that whilst its not perfect 20/20, its a small enough prescription that they advised not to get enhancement done.

I have another appointment in 7 weeks, and they said that if it hasn't improved, I can make an appointment to see the surgeon and get his opinion which is good.

Currently I do/don't regret getting it done. Its great because I prefer not wearing glasses and the vision is 100% better than when I didn't wear glasses. However, the vision isn't as sharp as my glasses, and the haloing is annoying at night.

Doesn't help that I use a computer 8 hours in work and then more at home, but its somewhat unavoidable. Need to learn to take more breaks every so often, as I've noticed the vision is better at the weekends when I'm away from work and my laptop most of the time.
 
Just spent another small fortune on a pair of glasses and an eye test. I'm thinking about getting laser eye surgery done, from a brief look in the thread, it seems there are many people who have had it done and would recommend it.
 
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