Anyone do the laser eye thing?

Do you have sunglasses to use after the surgery?
There may be increased eye sensitivity to light for the next few days following the surgery. Plus they may ask you to wear them until the eyes heal completely.
 
POWERMAN said:
Do you have sunglasses to use after the surgery?
There may be increased eye sensitivity to light for the next few days following the surgery. Plus they may ask you to wear them until the eyes heal completely.
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Yeah.

Do they give you 2-3 different drops for cataract surgery as well? That was a PITA with my wife.
 
Wingboy said:
Asked about Lasik and was told flat no. I'm too old. But i am booked for the full Monty. No more glasses! On Dec 5th.
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New eyeballs?

Edit: I am being "funny", this is from Minority Report but if you're not already familiar with the scene maybe don't watch it if you are actually having surgery. I was a little unsure what "full Monty" meant in this context. Are you getting IOLs?

 
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I looked into laser a number of years ago but with my level of astigmatism I was told that they could probably fix my distance vision, but that I would absolutely still need glasses for anything up close, reading, etc. If I need to put a pair of glasses on everytime I need to read something on my phone, that would drive me insane.

I'd rather just continue to wear glasses for the rest of my days honestly than have to carry around a pair of readers constantly, and be constantly taking them on and off all day long.
 
Chris-CJ said:
Here is what my own research and subsequent consultation with the Prism Eye Institute brought up, use at your risk and I am not a qualified optometrist or ophthalmologist!
Intra Ocular Lens or IOLs currently available in Canada are of these types:
1. Monofocal lenses are designed to provide the best possible vision at one distance, often covered by insurance.
2. Extended depth-of-focus (EDOF) IOLs and these have only one corrective zone. But this zone is stretched to allow distance and intermediate vision.
3. Toric lenses have extra built-in correction for astigmatism.
4. New in the "market" are Light-adjustable lens (LAL). With an LAL, your ophthalmologist will be able to adjust the lens for any leftover refractive error after your eye heals

Items #2, #3, #4 are not covered by OHIP as they are designated as "Cosmetic" and are out-of-pocket costing $8K and up.
Some of the Clinics offer interest-free payment plans and you have to ask, mostly this is not offered upfront.

Companies that offer these lenses are: Tecnis Eyehance, RayOne, Clareon, Vivity.
The surgeon performing the procedure normally selects the best he deems for your condition, research each of the offerings and talk to the surgeon!

I have heard that some people opt for near vision correction in one eye and distance correction vision in the other and allegedly this gives the best of both worlds.
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This is from Lasik about "PresbyVision", which they claim has a trifocal lens and no need for glasses for any distance:

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"In the past, lenses could only correct near to far distances. But Lens PresbyVisionTM is designed to help you see clearly from near, intermediate and far distances. Our lenses can also remove symptoms of other common existing eye conditions, such as myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism, in addition to presbyopia."
 
That Presby thing sounds like something new that caters to people like me with bad astigmatism perhaps. Maybe I should go look into it again.

If only my benefits would cover it.
 
PrivatePilot said:
That Presby thing sounds like something new that caters to people like me with bad astigmatism perhaps. Maybe I should go look into it again.

If only my benefits would cover it.
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Do you have an HSA? (Health Spending Account/Benefit). You can claim it against that.
 
PrivatePilot said:
I do.

Unfortunately that $400 doesn’t go far. 😆
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That's it?...

Did you opt for more coverage and less HSA? Not sure what every company offers but at one of my last corporate gigs if you opted for less health/dental flat coverage they padded your HSA to $2k+ that was wiped out and reset every year. The HR Manager had LASIK done and then claimed it in back to back years to pay it off. I assume you could do something similar...although at $400/year it would take 10 years of claims. Maybe look into switching your plan for a few years to claim this back.
 
Union managed. No options. It’s never been awesome but it is what it is. Heck, up until this year we didn’t even have a HCSA, and even now it’s use it or lose it as it doesn’t roll over.
 
PrivatePilot said:
Union managed. No options. It’s never been awesome but it is what it is. Heck, up until this year we didn’t even have a HCSA, and even now it’s use it or lose it as it doesn’t roll over.
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My wifes benefits added a family sports spending or similar this year. $500 to spend on something sporty. Paid for the kids hockey. Interestingly it is explicitly a taxable benefit. Don't use it and nothing happens. Use it and expect to pay tax on it in April.
 
Ask for a three year equal installment no-interest financing, it makes it more affordable.
 
I'm booked in for Lasik on Dec 19th. So I'll be all ready to hit the slopes after the holiday rush 😁

They offer 0% financing which I'd love to use, but unfortunately they want a license or passport as proof of ID, both of which are locked in the CP mail strike. Guess I'll just get whatever cash back on the credit card instead.
 
Amazon said:
I'm booked in for Lasik on Dec 19th. So I'll be all ready to hit the slopes after the holiday rush 😁

They offer 0% financing which I'd love to use, but unfortunately they want a license or passport as proof of ID, both of which are locked in the CP mail strike. Guess I'll just get whatever cash back on the credit card instead.
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I'm not sure how spreading over time works for tax purposes. Normally I don't go over the threshold but I did the year I got Lasik. Not a huge return but something like $300 iirc. If you finance the procedure, do you claim it all in one year or does it spread over the payment term and you never cross the healthcare spending threshold to get a rebate?
 
Not a CA myself, but technically the full price is paid to the company (or they will not do the procedure) and the installments are a separate arrangement between you and the finance co.
So, the invoice for the procedure is a claimable expense.
What do folks with more expertise in the matter think?
 
Chris-CJ said:
Not a CA myself, but technically the full price is paid to the company (or they will not do the procedure) and the installments are a separate arrangement between you and the finance co.
So, the invoice for the procedure is a claimable expense.
What do folks with more expertise in the matter think?
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That makes sense to me if I financed through a third party. If the doc office is providing the finance is where I am grey. Probably depends how they write it up.
 
GreyGhost said:
That makes sense to me if I financed through a third party. If the doc office is providing the finance is where I am grey. Probably depends how they write it up.
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This is through a 3rd party that the Doc recommends/is affiliated with. I just figured I'd rather most of the money sit making interest in my account.

I might see if there's a phone number I can call on Monday instead of using their online forms.
 
Amazon said:
This is through a 3rd party that the Doc recommends/is affiliated with. I just figured I'd rather most of the money sit making interest in my account.

I might see if there's a phone number I can call on Monday instead of using their online forms.
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Do you have a scan of old license or passport? Given the circumstances, that may be enough.
 
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