Lasik Question
Tourer
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I got PRK, not lasik after I got back from Iraq in 2007 and I love it. I didn't qualify for lasik but I did for PRK. Pretty much it's the same process but you heal quicker with PRK but it's more painful from what I've been told. I had 20/400 before it and now I have 20/20. I wasn't able to read my alarm clock that was a foot away from my head, but now I can read the microwave clock across the room. I had contacs for years and was happy with it, but then I was told how my friend got lasik through the Army so I got it done too.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Upstate SC
I've been wearing bifocals for about 25 years now. Had a B'day yesterday and I went to be evaluated for Lasik. They want to do something called monovision. I currently have contacts in that simulate the monovision. Kinda neat, but not perfect. I realize that I would have to have reading glasses. Anyone had this done? What do you think. I hate wearing glasses.
Everette
Everette
I had lasik in 1998 and don't regret it at all. Monovision works well for me. My right eye is 20/15 and I can see great at distances. My left is 20/25 and I can see well close up. Together I can see both at distance and up close. I am 48 and don't wear glasses of any kind. I hated wearing glasses and contacts weren't much better. I kept getting something under them while riding.
The monovision takes some getting used to but after you do it is great.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Charlotte Metro
Everette I had Lasik in 2002 and tried mono vision. I had previously done mono vision with contacts and adjusted to it well with contacts. For some reason I couldn't adjust to mono vision with Lasik though. For mono vision in Lasik they just under correct the reading eye so I went back about 2 months later and they corrected the one reading eye for 20/20. My eye surgeon didn't charge any extra for second procedure. So you may want to give it a try and see if you can adjust to mono vision. I can see great with no side effects but I do wear readers.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Atlanta, GA
Lasik technology has come a long way. I had standard Lasik in 2000 and an enhancement in 2006 for some remaining nearsighedness and astigmatism. IMO the new technology gives far better results for distance and contrast. Only side effect is dryer eyes but that improves over time.
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: East Coast of FL
Have them explain the monovision correction in more detail, as well as the pros and cons. I had Lasik 6 years ago, and love it, but decided to just correct my near-sightedness. From what I remember, with the monovision, they correct one eye for far away viewing, the other for up-close. The human brain is able to decode the mixed signals, with the end result of perfect vision at all ranges. You definitely should not need readers if you go with the monovision correction. If I remeber correctly, the only downside to the monovision correction was a slight loss of depthe perception. That's why I just got the nearsightedness correction. I was using bi-focals or readers with my contacts before, still need the "cheaters," but couldn't be happier with the surgery results. Wish I had done it years earlier.
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