Anyone get lasik surgery?

I've been pondering it for a while. My eyes are crap at a distance but fine up close.
One optometerist told me once I do it I will likely have to then get glasses for reading (which obviously I don't do now). My present glasses are for distance, he made it sound like I'd just be swapping one out for the other upon surgery.

Wasn't sure if that was true or industry bullshit.
 
Sobek said:
I've been pondering it for a while. My eyes are crap at a distance but fine up close.
One optometerist told me once I do it I will likely have to then get glasses for reading (which obviously I don't do now). My present glasses are for distance, he made it sound like I'd just be swapping one out for the other upon surgery.

Wasn't sure if that was true or industry bullshit.
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Hear you about the last sentence.

Not sure where you live. My step dad in the UK went private and paid for his first cataract and his getting his secons done on the NHS but you always worry in the US that there's an underlying moneygrab.
 
I got it at 25. I was completely blind as a bat, could barely read the top two lines on the chart.
I went in the next day after surgery and could easily read the bottom line, full 20/20.

I was told in my 40's it would start degenerating again... which it did. I'm back to contacts and glasses by 42, I think it was. Still nowhere as bad as my sight was pre operation though.

I don't remember how much it cost but, wasn't cheap... then again, you're talking two decades ago. I'd say it was worth every cent TBH.
 
I got it twice. Unfortunately it didn't work for me, both times the immediate results were ok but my eyesight declined back into short-sightedness both times after a few weeks. Thankfully didn't really have any serious side-effects, just my eyesight naturally sucks. But it seems I am definitely in the minority and 99% of people I have spoken to about LASIK think it was great
 
Also did it in my mid 20s, excellent investment. Still works, when I did my eyesight test to switch over to a Swiss license only had slight deterioration in one eye. No correction needed yet.
 
I'm trying to get it. I'm blind enough where YT videos in dark settings are pitch black to me. Got my appointment(with the doctor who'll decide if i'm eligible) after years of agitating and keeping me fingers crossed.
 
got it about 20 years ago, time flies, and absolutely worth it. a few of my cousins did the same, and one had an issue early on and it was corrected after a few follow ups. it can be a hassle, but it's life changing.
 
Contempt said:
I got it at 25. I was completely blind as a bat, could barely read the top two lines on the chart.
I went in the next day after surgery and could easily read the bottom line, full 20/20.

I was told in my 40's it would start degenerating again... which it did. I'm back to contacts and glasses by 42, I think it was. Still nowhere as bad as my sight was pre operation though.

I don't remember how much it cost but, wasn't cheap... then again, you're talking two decades ago. I'd say it was worth every cent TBH.
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similar, I think my vision is starting to go at this point, but maybe in the closeup field, I cant really tell, at times, I can read the charts just fine, even now, but sometimes I get blurring after working for too much or too tired. maybe I'm overworked, not sure if it's direct vision issue, and aside from that, no glasses yet.
 
fingercuffs said:
Hear you about the last sentence.

Not sure where you live. My step dad in the UK went private and paid for his first cataract and his getting his secons done on the NHS but you always worry in the US that there's an underlying moneygrab.
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When dealing with the US system the main worry should always be recurring costs. Even if you're getting milked if its one time costs its worth it cause it protects you from death from 1000 cuts which is the main way the US system hurts people.

I was reading the numbers of how much it costs someone to get lifetime supply of contacts and it makes the surgerys look more reasonable.
 
fingercuffs said:
Go to the best place possible, they're you're eyes. People who try and go to the cheapest place without reading into it are silly. Don't be silly.
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there are not a whole lot of options.

what you can do is negotiate. Some places have a rudimentary procedure to draw in customers, however, it's bait. Use the uno reverse technique, come in for the bait, demand it for a while, then negotiate the prk? I know I shaved off around 1-1.5K twenty years back by doing this. Nearly all private practices can be negotiated if you want to.
 
My friend had his done with a similar procedure because the college had an Optometry school and students received a large discount. He had to take these eye drops for over a month but he stopped taking them and his eyes got fvcked up. They had to redo the his eyes again was was scolded by the Ophthalmologist hahaha!
 
Osculater said:
My friend had his done with a similar procedure because the college had an Optometry school and students received a large discount. He had to take these eye drops for over a month but he stopped taking them and his eyes got fvcked up. They had to redo the his eyes again was was scolded by the Ophthalmologist hahaha!
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"My friend"

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