I opted for a new and improved lasik zyoptics procedure. Its meant for people with higher prescriptions, thin corneas or large pupils (I have all three).
The procedure I had done removes much less tissue and is completely customized for each eye (which means a higher cost) but is supposed to be much safer and in my case left enough tissue for a second treatment where a regular lasik would have removed much more. As a cool souvenir I have they gave me the smart card that had all the lasik machine instructions encoded on it. Wish I had thought to ask them to video tape the procedure tho. Duane -----Original Message----- From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:19 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Lasik Surgery Wow! Congratulations! Duane! Fantastic. I am jealous. I'll be having it done. Hopefully if not next year, then the year after. I cannot see the E on the eye chart either. And I am so tired of contact lenses and glasses. I've just been waiting for when it was safer to go. ;) My best friend's mum (and bestest friend of mine as well) is a Professor of Ophthalmology at New Jersey Medical School and about 5 years ago, she told me to wait 5 years before looking into having it done. I haven't asked her lately what her advice would be now, but tback then it was because they weren't releasing a lot of the "bad news" about having it done. Like the people who could no longer drive at night because their night vision was ruined, and lovely stuff like that. Another bit of info she gave me was, back then, when the doctors first got the machines, they had huge loans to pay for them ... So they did many operations at high prices in order to make the payments ... Now, they've perfected their techniques, and taken more classes and lowered the prices as more and more doctors pay off their equipment and perfect their techniques. I'll have to send her an email and see what she thinks these days ... I'll post any response I get in case anyone is interested further. Cheers, Erika >>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: Duane Boudreau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>| Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 7:16 PM >>| To: CF-Community >>| Subject: Lasik Surgery >>| >>| >>| Anyone here considering Lasik surgery? >>| >>| After 25 years of wearing contacts and glasses, I made the >>| trek to Montreal >>| for Lasik surgery this weekend past. The guys in Montreal >>| were absolutely >>| wonderful! More advanced equipment, more experienced >>| doctors and half the >>| price. At least half the people waiting for surgery the day >>| of mine were >>| from the US. >>| >>| If anyone is seriously considering Lasik, I highly >>| recommend the guys at >>| http://www.lasikmd.ca. >>| >>| Cheers, >>| Duane >>| >>| BTW, two days later I have perfect 20/20 vision, which is remarkable >>| considering with out glasses or contacts I could never make >>| out the first E >>| on an eye test before Monday. >>| >>| >>| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>| ~~~~~~~~~| >>| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 >>| Subscription: >>| http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subsc ribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=2872.2701.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
