I'm fine with all of that except the bit where you're awake watching them do it. I don't care how much Valium or how many anesthetic eye drops I'm given I'm not doing that.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:12 PM, David Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12 May 2010 17:04, Stephen Price <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmm... write/run a cool application or have my cornea's gouged out with >> laser beams. Tough choice... > > > I watched a bunch of youtube videos before my wife had Lasik ... I don't > think they can really use any Lasik footage ever when trying to sell the > operation at $2500 per eye. > > They peel your eyelids back with little clips and then put a mechanical > clamp thing on your eyeball itself. Then they slice the top off your eyeball > with a very, very, very small microtome. Then they vapourise the exposed bit > of your eye with the Eye Laser (you have to say it like Dr Evil) before > putting the flap they microtomed off back over (that helps it heal faster > apparently). > > I think I just talked 300 people out of Lasik. > > -- > David Connors ([email protected]) > Software Engineer > Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com > Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 > 189 363 > V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact > > -- Michael M. Minutillo Indiscriminate Information Sponge Blog: http://wolfbyte-net.blogspot.com
