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That's mega cheap, was it a special offer?
Once was blind but now i see
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That's mega cheap, was it a special offer?
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Getting Wavefront done tomorrow & getting a little nervous now.
For the people who are querying price my eyes are 1.75 Right & 2.00 left with slight astigmatism in the left. £2150 for the Wavefront or £1450 or normal laser.
I'm saving £750 off what they qted as I'm opting for the mechanical flap rather than the laser (£600 cheaper) & a friend's daughter who had it done is saving me £150 under the referral scheme.
Haven't signed the finance agreement yet, they should have got back to me by now, but they've had my £400 deposit for weeks & I'm going to try some last minute haggling later today when I go down there to sort the finance.
For the people who are querying price my eyes are 1.75 Right & 2.00 left with slight astigmatism in the left. £2150 for the Wavefront or £1450 or normal laser.
I'm saving £750 off what they qted as I'm opting for the mechanical flap rather than the laser (£600 cheaper) & a friend's daughter who had it done is saving me £150 under the referral scheme.
Haven't signed the finance agreement yet, they should have got back to me by now, but they've had my £400 deposit for weeks & I'm going to try some last minute haggling later today when I go down there to sort the finance.
I'm not really trying to put you off, I'm just trying to make people aware of the implicationsThanks, thats another reason to add to my list of things putting me off!
. If something goes wrong, would you be comfortable knowing that the person in the room has no knowledge of what to do, other than ring around opticians nearby to see who's able to take an emergency, or failing that send you to hospital?My other half is an optometrist, and obviously she only sees the cases where laser eye surgery goes wrong, and it's not pleasant. At the end of the day its a surgical procedure, and like any other it carries inherent risks. On a daily basis the procedure is getting better, as is the technology, but for me it's a cosmetic one and as such I'd never risk being in that very low percentage of people who have something go wrong. You cannot (yet!) replace your eyes.
Soldato
have you considered extended wear lenses?
Man of Honour
see 3k is a respectable figure but
"From £350 per eye! and 0% interest free credit" sounds like a market stall back ally style affair
Well it just depends on what you go for - the way I see it (no pun intended), these are your eyes, you want to do the best for them!
I might have to in my 50s yes - but most people may have to wear reading glasses when they get old. If it buys me another 15years of glasses free vision, then I'd say it's an investment worth spending personally as I'd be spending more or at least the same on vision anyway.
I was told Optical Express use the newest technology. Version 5 of the kit and apparently no one else does.
1. Eyes stopped watering fully after about a day, the worst of it was over after 6 hours. Grittiness is still with me now although very much reduced from how it was originally.
2. It's just to stop the possibility of infection. A week.
3. I went to work the next day and work in IT.
Cliffy, did they mention anything about your job involving long periods of time staring at a screen post-op? I'm sure I've read somewhere that the effects of the surgery will lessen if you spend long periods of time infront of a monitor.
Soldato
Thanks for sharing the experience, it's something I've considered a few times, but to be honest the pressure / cutting / burning aspects really freak me out!
I've been wearing glasses all my life and contact lenses since I was 15 so I'm so used to them that they really don't bother me. Maybe if the technology gets to a point where it's a 5 second blimp and done I will do it
I've been wearing glasses all my life and contact lenses since I was 15 so I'm so used to them that they really don't bother me. Maybe if the technology gets to a point where it's a 5 second blimp and done I will do it
Soldato
no thanks...your description is horrific.
Nope, not that i can remember.
Strange thing to say. Clearer?Good newsenjoy seeing your new life clearer
Soldato
Congrats to OP. Had my eyes lasered over 10 years ago, and seriously, not a day goes by without me marvelling at not having to wear contact lenses and being able to see clearly long distance (was short sighted).
I tried them probably about 10 years ago. I got offered a months trial for free but I just didn't get on with them, couldn't get them to go in my eyes and they ended up annoying me!
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Nah they priced matched optimax as I wasnt going to go with them if they were dearer. So priced matched optimax at £1480
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Nah they priced matched optimax as I wasnt going to go with them if they were dearer. So priced matched optimax at £1480
Insignificant price to pay for the gift of clear sight if you ask me.
I have been trying to get my mum to do this for ages, she has bad eye sight but refuses to wear glasses, only wears them when driving.
It's not nice as when things like showing her a clip on youtube, or a extract from a book, she often struggles and just laughs along.
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