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#11 OEXCHAOS

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 11:30 AM

Folks, later on today, I'm moving this thread to the Health and Sanity Board. So, don't think we deleted this. Mark

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 11:31 AM

If you continue having problems , you might want to contact Dr. Ming Wang in Nashville. He is considered one of the foremost experts in fixing problems related to lasik eye surgery . He holds a PhD on Laser Physics and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Medical School and M.I.T. Good Luck. His Website is : http://www.wangvisio...e.com/wang.html

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 12:09 PM

I had Lasik surgery performed on my eyes on Saturday, May 13th. They had warned me that my eyes were extremely "dry" prior to surgery.
They apparrently UNDER-corrected my vision as I still see blurry! My vision is much better than before the surgery, but beyond six feet everything is still blurry, darn'it!
My eyes are EXTREMELY dry and are always sore and irritated, besides the inability to see 20/20!
The dear 'ol Doctor's response is that he will be able to perform an "enhancement" in a few months to furthewr correct my vision.
PLEASE, PLEASE, anyone on this board who has had the procedure done and it was similar to my case, please post or email me (kirktaylor966@aol.com) and inform me of your experience.
My hope is that you can put my mind at ease.
It is a HUGE decision to have this procedure performed in the first place (much tougher decision and scarier TO ME than a vasectomy!). Eyes are something you don't mess with!
Thanks,
Kirk


Kirk,

I think you are going to be just fine.

I had very poor eyesight and so after doing much homework, I elected to have Lasik surgery done a few years ago.

Like you, my first procedure came back under-corrected, and i was disappointed and a little nervous.

The doc explained to me that they would rather undershoot on the surgery slighty than to overshoot. You see, it is no biggie at all to have the enhancement done. They simply lift the corneal flap, zap it for a second or so and then voila! It literally takes a few minutes.

My corrected vision is now better than 20/15 in both eyes.

It is one of the very best decisions I ever made. I went from being helpless without my glasses/contacts to having razor-sharp vision.

The doc bought me a pair of temporary glasses to use for the couple of months I had to wait for the vision to stabilize before the enhancement.

The Lasik surgery was a flat fee, and so there was absolutely no incentive for them to keep bringing me back in--as someone suggested.

One's eyes are a scary thing to mess with. I did not take the procedure lightly. As a private pilot--I just reasoned that the added comfort and security of knowing that my eyes would always be sharp and not subject to the problems of contacts or lost glasses made sense.

Couldn't be happier. Enhancement are common, and usually nothing to be feared. Quite the contrary, actually. If they do an enhancement, it is actually better than if you settled in say the 20/25 range. now they will be able to remeasure your Rx and really dial in the proper calculations.

Hope this helps.

-Bill
 

#14 Sentient Being

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 01:25 PM

A fellow at work had eye surgery and it turned into a nightmare. I wont go into the details. But needless to say he wouldn't have done it if he had known Eye surgery can go very wrong. He wound up getting his eyes fixed in a series of operations in Boston. So put that one in the back of your brain, that there may be some very good people in Boston that can help you, it may be time to stop screwing around with your local folks and get some REAL experts in on this one. My email address is disposable12@comcast.net If you want me to contact the guy and see who he dealt with in Boston and what his opinion is of how well they helped him as opposed to the guys who messed him up, I'll do that for you. I might even see if he's willing to talk to you directly. If you email me try to make it stand out. Use an IMPORTANT flag or Boldy put something like EYES in the subject line so I'll know it's important. Otherwise I may never actually open your email I get so much of it. Be aware I'm into my 12 hour rotating night shifts and so there may be some delay between when you contact me and when I have the information for you. But I can email him from home if you want the info. also, others here are indicating you may not actually have a serious situation on hand. That's good! But if as time goes by and you do discover that something went very wrong, let me know and we can make that contact for you. Good luck. I have very very bad eyes but have been putting off the surgery, waiting thinking that as time goes buy methods would improve, and they have.

Edited by Sentient Being, 25 May 2006 - 01:31 PM.

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