Back from LASIK surgery

I'm just now able to open my eye after LASIK surgery. Amazing. It's 4 hours after and I can see nearly perfectly. Wow! The process is amazingly quick (about 2 minutes per eye, I had only 1 eye done.) No more glasses for me! Eileen

Excellent! Congratulations! Wonder if I could be a candidate. I have intraocular lenses. My original factory supplied parts (lenses) were removed and replaced with artifical ones due to cataracts. Yup, had them at age 33. Thanks Mom (looking to the heavens) ! (She passed them on genetically to both daughters.) Kathy

Hmmm, dunno. Everyone is different, and your's is pretty unique. The exam I had was free and quite in depth. There's some risk, of course. I chose to take the risk because I still have 1 "good" eye, should anything go wrong with the operated eye. Assuming all goes well I'll have monovision, which I've been doing with my contacts for a while. I won't need reading glasses this way. Eileen Sorry about your original factory parts going bad so early.

Oh Eileen I envy you! I wear contacts and I hate them. Was it very expensive(but you only had one eye done, I need both)? I also have astigmatism which makes one box of my contacts like 70 bucks every 3 months. My husband also wishes he could have the surgery but his eyes arent as bad as mine. You are so lucky girl! Candy

Yes, it was expensive, in my opinion ... $1300 for 1 eye. But I, too, hate contacts and my bifocals even more. I could've spent a bit less for an older technology. But I decided to go this way plus bought a lifetime of "tweaks" (if I need them). Of course, they can finance with 0% interest. The actual process takes *less* than 2 minutes. I wanted to be able to swim, ski, bike, etc., without glasses either being in the way or sliding down my sweaty face. So far, so good. Eileen

Hey lookey here ! Eileen is seeing all clear. So happy for you. Life just keeps getting better. Enjoy, Mary

Congrats, Eileen! Did you have astigmatism?

Yes, but rather minor. Plus, my prescription was mild (-1.5 diopters). Monday AM update: I see *great*, as well as I ever did with contacts (20/20), and approaching what I saw with spectacles (20/15). Vision changes a bit throughout the day, but seems to be stablizing. I'm not experiencing dry eye and have to remind myself to use the wetting drops. Eileen