how did it work out for you? 
My eyes hurt. Or Lasik?
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Dec. 8, 2008 9:08 p.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader
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Dec. 9, 2008 2:17 p.m. PeteWW New Reader
How much did it cost?
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Dec. 9, 2008 2:32 p.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader
Free the Big Army paid for it, day 2 sucks
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Dec. 9, 2008 4:41 p.m. integraguy Reader
Because parts of your body continue to grow (like your ears!!!!), I've heard a few folks say that laser eye surgery is never "permanent"....that is, they "grow out of it".
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Dec. 9, 2008 5:00 p.m. carguy123 HalfDork
I've heard noses continue to grow as well.
And your hair and nails continue to grow after you die.
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Dec. 9, 2008 6:30 p.m. Tommy Suddard
Not true, your body actually shrinks slightly, making it appear that your hair and nails have grown. Source
Back on topic: Tim had Lasik, and loves it.
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Dec. 9, 2008 6:39 p.m. Salanis SuperDork
integraguy wrote:
Because parts of your body continue to grow (like your ears!!!!), I've heard a few folks say that laser eye surgery is never "permanent"....that is, they "grow out of it".
If you vision is stable, you shouldn't grow out of it. However, you'll still end up having vision problems as you age because the lens loses flexibility.
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Dec. 9, 2008 8:59 p.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader
well so far U'm very light sensitive and wear my sunglasses at night
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Dec. 10, 2008 5:55 a.m. 914Driver Dork
Tommy Suddard wrote:
Not true, your body actually shrinks slightly, making it appear that your hair and nails have grown. Source
Back on topic: Tim had Lasik, and loves it.
Of course he does, he would look geeky wearing glasses while driving the BIG BMW !!
Sorry, had to stir the pot.
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Dec. 10, 2008 8:05 a.m. Jensenman SuperDork
A good friend had PRK several years ago and wishes he never had. His big complaint: at night all the street lights etc seem to have halos. It's been a real PITA for him and for that reason my peepers still get corrected the same way Ben Franklin's did.
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Dec. 10, 2008 8:09 a.m. SoloSonett Reader
Jensenman wrote:
A good friend had PRK several years ago and wishes he never had. His big complaint: at night all the street lights etc seem to have halos. It's been a real PITA for him and for that reason my peepers still get corrected the same way Ben Franklin's did.
The same results in my family My Doc won't reccomend it.
Besides, I Need to wear safety glasses about 12-16 hours a day. With my dumb luck, I'd have perfect surgery .. and then blast weld slag deep into it and end up looking like a Pie-rat.
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Dec. 10, 2008 11:14 a.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader
Well ok day 3 and I still can't read the computer too well, hace to glance at it here and there. But I believe that I'm going to be seeing really well once I've healed up!
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Dec. 11, 2008 2:18 p.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader
Ok so day 4 is MUCH improved over day 3 I can read the compure screen (still wearing sunglasses though) Tomorrow I get the bandage contacts out so we'll see (no pun intended) how things look.
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Dec. 15, 2008 7:43 p.m. mrhappy New Reader
So how did it go?
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Dec. 15, 2008 11:01 p.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader
Much improved so far almost as good as with my glasses before the surgery, and I have large pupils so I already had the Halo's around the lights at night, so it wasn't a deal breaker for me.
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Dec. 15, 2008 11:04 p.m. EastCoastMojo HalfDork
I just stare at the laser scanners at the grocery and i figure I'm getting the same thing for free.
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Dec. 16, 2008 12:24 a.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader
unless you smell burning flesh then probably not
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Dec. 16, 2008 5:14 p.m. 2002maniac New Reader
I got Lasik a few years ago, but come the day of the operation they discovered that for some reason, one of my eyes needed the PRK procedure instead. I see awesome now, but the eye that they did PRK to took like a month to heal enough for me to see normally.
Go for Lasik!
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Dec. 16, 2008 8:59 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
Not very grassroots is it? (well, compared to staring at laser scanners or arc welders...) Kind of smacks of rich-guy, douche-baggery if you ask me.
