Hopefully once the holiday rush is over at the hill, I'll be given the all clear
My advice based on my wifes experience, between checkups keep your 'eyes open' (haha) for dryness and use drops accordingly. Also if you're someone who rubs her eyes when tired/in bed, DON'T!Okay, this day 2 since having surgery Thursday, sad to learn they did not install lasers in my eyes, so I can't make my cats chase two dots at once
Overall very happy with the process. There was about 15 of us there for the afternoon. First step was where they do a bunch of imaging of your eyes on a few different machines. I've learned that I'm awful at not blinking and making my eyes wide.
After that was an eye exam to determine your prescription and to confirm you qualify for the procedure. Third step was having another person do the same tests for your prescription to verify that it was accurate. This part was reassuring.
Next was on to the room where they talk about post op care, give you a goodie bag of drops and take your money. I opted for the advanced lasik and lifetime free enhancements with 24 months 0% interest payments. I also had a Black Friday coupon, so with drops worked out to roughly $4400.
In between each stop was just chilling in the waiting room with the other people. Thankfully they had very comfy chairs.
Last stop was to the back for surgery. They offered Xanax, which I turned down. They asked if there were any final questions but I was good. They use some numbing drops and I lay on the table with a stress ball in each hand then they taped and clamped my eyelids open. The worst part was the suction. This is when everyone says you "go blind" for a bit, but it's really just because there's a suction on your eye blocking all light, you're not actually blind. It was the only part that really had some pain/discomfort, was not pleasant, but I guess they want a tight fit when cutting a layer of your eye open.
Once the suction was removed, pain was gone. It was cool to see the surgeon lift the flap of the eyeball. I was told to look at the green light and the laser did it's thing. I couldn't feel it at all but you can smell it. Apparently it's the gasses burning, not your eye. Then they flopped the flap back over. They taped the eye closed and repeated the process on the other eye. From there they not so gently removed the tape stuck to your eyebrow hairs, put a couple drops in the eye balls and sent you on your way. Immediately after it was a bit wonky but you can see.
Pre getting this done, I stood in my kitchen to see where I could clearly read my chalk board, now if I go down the stairs and against the front hall closets I can still read it clearly, freaky in a good way. My follow up the day after was doing a regular vision test of reading letters and I can now read the line below 20/20. They also looked at the eyes, which hurt more this time due to the bright light, and I was told to up the frequency of one of my drops due to some inflammation.
I still have plenty of days left for eye drops, but recovery has been well, only some minor discomfort the night of after the numbing wore off.
I went to Lasik MD in Barrie is 100% recommend. Every one was pleasant and I can see clearly now. Also, snowboarding the morning of was fantastic conditions.
I'm a rubber
First thing i looked at. Lol. I checked out the cool Ray-Ban Meta's, but they won't fit inside my skydive helmet. Booo.And the cool sunglasses??
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Oh my wife never got those...or hid them from me. Lol
I used LasikMD more than 15 years ago. It was fine.
Wife had it done at LasikMD..twice.
Haha I wondered how people would take that wording..
I got the premium LasikMD which burns off less material and therefore lets you get shot a few more times (3-5 instead of 2-3) and lifetime touchups. I came out the first time at 20/40 and 20/60. I reshot the 20/60 eye shortly after to get 20/30. Good enough to ditch glasses and not worth burning more tissue in the quest for perfection. Now my eyes are changing quickly because of age. I need them to stabilize again and then I'll get another shot in both eyes (and maybe split one near/one far if they don't think I can avoid glasses with both eyes the same).
. I've found researching this on anything BUT eye specific forums is best, since anyone on a Lasik subreddit or forum is likely there due to a negative experience, where as unrelated forums like this will likely have lots of people who did it and as a result never talk about it unless explicitly asked. I guess there's some sort of bias either way, but anyway - I'm doing what I can.
i say get the consult.Sounds like doing it directly through a LasikMD location might be worth looking into as opposed to Herzig or comparable.
I always am weary of private medical practices for some reason. I've been researching dental implants for 5+ years because I have yet to find a surgeon I 100% trust to do my work (it's not urgent, so I'm really dragging my feet). This feels like I will go through the same thing, but exponentially worse since this can quite literally make or break my life.
I'm gonna try to not psyche myself out too much for now. If/when I get to the medical and see what they say I'll worry about it. Though I am considering going for a consult or two to even see my eligibility and hear some info straight from the horses mouth. It's just so hard to differentiate real information from marketing, especially when the person on the other end has a potentially $8k gain from it... I've read some studies that say things are fine and generally safe, and some that talk about suicide rates from corneal neuralgia etc. Horrifying.
Appreciate the feedback here as always
Yup. Consults are free. I think I did the consult with TLC, Herzig and LasikMD. Fwiw, I did it at First Canada Place (and then walked to gf's apartment at bloor and sherbourne with my eyes closed. It was a nice warm day. Walking blind was an interesting experience.
my wife lived at Adelaide and Jarvis at the time, but i still picked her up. she had those massive tinted glasses on that they give you
