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Anyone get it done? How long was it and were you worried?

If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay out of pocket?

I'd like to do it but I've seen too many horror movies with the eye moving during the process and slicing or feeling everything

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It’s on our to do list but haven’t done it yet.  
 

My sister got it ages ago and she swore by it.  I can ask her how it’s holding up after over a decade. 

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It was 2014 when I had it done, and I still have perfect vision!  One of the best things I’ve ever done!  Life-changing!


Also, if it’s a local friend, I recommend Kremer (Dr. Hoffman was fantastic).  I know some of the Eagles players have gone to Kremer for their LASIK. 👍🏻

 

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only when my horses' lungs are bleeding

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I got it.  It took about 5 minutes for both eyes combined.  I don't know about other people, but I could feel that laser make the slice into my eye.  I was squeezing that stress ball really hard.  It also kind of freaked me out when they put that instrument on my eyes to force them open.  But despite all this, it wasn't really painful.  It was more freaky-in-a-bad-way than painful.  I would do it over again if you needed it twice.

 

My eyesight went from 20/90 to 20/10 with the Lasik.  In the 4 years since that, my eyesight has gotten worse, to closer to 20/20.  But the doctor says that that is more likely due to aging than the surgery.

 

For someone like @paco, if you live in Kennett Square or Avondale or near there, I got my Lasik done by Douglas Lavenburg near Christiana Hospital.  He occasionally offers Groupons that brings it down to $500 per eye (or that's what it was in 2018, when I got it).

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I got it done in March of 2004. Best decision I ever made. My insurance at the time didn’t cover it so I paid the full price out of pocket. Fortunately I was much better off financially then than I am now. I had no pain what so ever from the procedure. The only uncomfortable part was when they put the numbing drops in my eye. That felt like sand was dumped in, but even that only lasted a few seconds. 
 

My vision went from 20/400 to 20/20, and they told me it was possible I might need reading glasses by age 45, and I just turned 45 last December. Still no issues after 18 years. 

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I appreciate the feedback

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I want to do it but I hate anything going near my eye, like I can't even handle drops.

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11 minutes ago, Mat said:

I want to do it but I hate anything going near my eye, like I can't even handle drops.

I’m very similar. I often times ask my eye doc if I can do any drops myself, or at least I hold my eye open myself. I hate other people putting their fingers near my eyes. 

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2 minutes ago, EagleJoe8 said:

I’m very similar. I often times ask my eye doc if I can do any drops myself, or at least I hold my eye open myself. I hate other people putting their fingers near my eyes. 

Yeah, nah, I won't even do them myself. I had to do a pressure test and he wanted to touch my eye and I was like F that noise. He tried to put drops in, couldn't and then realised why I said no. Even with the pressure test with the air I struggled to do it. I kept blinking just as the air would pop through. For all my other reflexes sucking, my eyes are actually quite good considering I can't see ish

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12 minutes ago, Mat said:

Yeah, nah, I won't even do them myself. I had to do a pressure test and he wanted to touch my eye and I was like F that noise. He tried to put drops in, couldn't and then realised why I said no. Even with the pressure test with the air I struggled to do it. I kept blinking just as the air would pop through. For all my other reflexes sucking, my eyes are actually quite good considering I can't see ish

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This is interesting.

What is the after care like? Do you have to wear a patch? Sunglasses? Do any drops? Take anything for pain? Is vision blurry at first?

Or do you literally walk out of there seeing 20/20 like everything is totally normal?

 

I can see, and work with very gory things. But the eyes are my weakness. Seeing something happen to an eye, or knowing whats about to happen to mine in this surgery, freaks me out. But if as someone said, it took about 5 minutes total, each eye, I might be able to man up and do it. 

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54 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

This is interesting.

What is the after care like? Do you have to wear a patch? Sunglasses? Do any drops? Take anything for pain? Is vision blurry at first?

Or do you literally walk out of there seeing 20/20 like everything is totally normal?

 

I can see, and work with very gory things. But the eyes are my weakness. Seeing something happen to an eye, or knowing whats about to happen to mine in this surgery, freaks me out. But if as someone said, it took about 5 minutes total, each eye, I might be able to man up and do it. 

I had several drops to use. An anti-inflammatory, anti-biotic, and artificial tears. Your eyes can’t get wet for about a week so showering you have to be careful, and I had protective goggles to wear for sleeping for about a week, which I also wore home. I had to have a friend go with me. The next morning, things were a little blurry, but it got better quickly throughout the day. Driving in the dark had halos around any kind of lights but that also went away quickly. 

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6 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

This is interesting.

What is the after care like? Do you have to wear a patch? Sunglasses? Do any drops? Take anything for pain? Is vision blurry at first?

Or do you literally walk out of there seeing 20/20 like everything is totally normal?

 

I can see, and work with very gory things. But the eyes are my weakness. Seeing something happen to an eye, or knowing whats about to happen to mine in this surgery, freaks me out. But if as someone said, it took about 5 minutes total, each eye, I might be able to man up and do it. 

They told me to rest my eyes for a couple hours after the surgery.  I had my mom drive me, and I took a nap when I got home, and my eyes were fine when I woke up.

 

I needed to use moisturizing drops for about a year due to the dryness that resulted in the surgery.  I don't need anything now.  A basically forgot that I had the surgery at this point, and forgot that I needed contact lenses before that.

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4 minutes ago, xzmattzx said:

They told me to rest my eyes for a couple hours after the surgery.  I had my mom drive me, and I took a nap when I got home, and my eyes were fine when I woke up.

 

I needed to use moisturizing drops for about a year due to the dryness that resulted in the surgery.  I don't need anything now.  A basically forgot that I had the surgery at this point, and forgot that I needed contact lenses before that.

I dont like the sound of that. 

I'll continue with my glasses. 

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1 hour ago, xzmattzx said:

They told me to rest my eyes for a couple hours after the surgery.  I had my mom drive me, and I took a nap when I got home, and my eyes were fine when I woke up.

 

I needed to use moisturizing drops for about a year due to the dryness that resulted in the surgery.  I don't need anything now.  A basically forgot that I had the surgery at this point, and forgot that I needed contact lenses before that.

 

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

I dont like the sound of that. 

I'll continue with my glasses. 

Sounds odd. I only had to do the artificial tears for a month. Now I did have to do them 4 times a day, but still, only for a month. 

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Hard pass.

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10 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

Hard pass.

Probably the correct decision unless you're having significant problems

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15 minutes ago, Procus said:

Probably the correct decision unless you're having significant problems

 

Aside from the unnecessary risks involved, it just doesn't make sense to me given that people commonly have their vision deteriorate after the surgery anyway. My vision sucks, but it also hasn't changed one bit in like 15 years.

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On 5/19/2022 at 1:22 PM, Mike030270 said:

Anyone get it done? How long was it and were you worried?

If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay out of pocket?

I'd like to do it but I've seen too many horror movies with the eye moving during the process and slicing or feeling everything

Wife got it about 15 years ago. She was 26. Think it cost right around 5G. She went from searching for her glasses as soon as she woke up to having perfect vision. 

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5 minutes ago, Boogyman said:

Wife got it about 15 years ago. She was 26. Think it cost right around 5G. She went from searching for her glasses as soon as she woke up to having perfect vision. 

How's her vision now, is it still on par with how it was after her surgery, or has it degraded at all?

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13 minutes ago, Procus said:

How's her vision now, is it still on par with how it was after her surgery, or has it degraded at all?

She is just experiencing normal, age related vision loss,  and at a much slower rate than I am lol. I just got my first pair of glasses a couple months ago and she is not close to needing them.

 

Oh, she also needed drops for a few weeks or so after having it done.

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On 5/20/2022 at 1:04 PM, Mat said:

I want to do it but I hate anything going near my eye, like I can't even handle drops.

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On 5/20/2022 at 1:17 PM, EagleJoe8 said:

I’m very similar. I often times ask my eye doc if I can do any drops myself, or at least I hold my eye open myself. I hate other people putting their fingers near my eyes. 

They have to hold me down like I'm Angus MacLeod having  a wound cauterized.  

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I would do it, if needed.

I am 51 years old (I frickin cannot believe that I am 51! Ugh). I wear reading glasses now and then.

I know that my vision is getting worse. For the first time ever, I added vision coverage to my work insurance. LOL

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