wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/8/08 9:08 p.m.

how did it work out for you? My eyes hurt. Or Lasik?

PeteWW
PeteWW New Reader
12/9/08 2:17 p.m.

How much did it cost?

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/9/08 2:32 p.m.

Free the Big Army paid for it, day 2 sucks

integraguy
integraguy Reader
12/9/08 4:41 p.m.

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".

carguy123
carguy123 HalfDork
12/9/08 5:00 p.m.

I've heard noses continue to grow as well.

And your hair and nails continue to grow after you die.

Tommy Suddard
Tommy Suddard GRM+ Member
12/9/08 6:30 p.m.

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.

Salanis
Salanis SuperDork
12/9/08 6:39 p.m.
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.

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/9/08 8:59 p.m.

well so far U'm very light sensitive and wear my sunglasses at night

914Driver
914Driver Dork
12/10/08 5:55 a.m.
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.

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
12/10/08 8:05 a.m.

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.

SoloSonett
SoloSonett Reader
12/10/08 8:09 a.m.
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.

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/10/08 11:14 a.m.

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!

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/11/08 2:18 p.m.

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.

mrhappy
mrhappy New Reader
12/15/08 7:43 p.m.

So how did it go?

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/15/08 11:01 p.m.

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.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/15/08 11:04 p.m.

I just stare at the laser scanners at the grocery and i figure I'm getting the same thing for free.

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/16/08 12:24 a.m.

unless you smell burning flesh then probably not

2002maniac
2002maniac New Reader
12/16/08 5:14 p.m.

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!

Lesley
Lesley SuperDork
12/16/08 8:59 p.m.

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.

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