What's PRK?  I know that 15 to 20 years ago there was a procedure to actual
cut the eye like a pizza, flatten or unflatten the "slices" and sew
everything back up.

I wouldn't recommend that.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Gabriel Gunderson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Merrill Oveson<[email protected]> wrote:
> > If you win, do it.
>
> I've already decided to do it (if I *do* happen to win).  It's just
> that I couldn't come up with the needed cash.
>
> BTW, it would actually be PRK[1] not LASIK for me.
>
> While I don't have it, several people in my family have
> Keratoconus[2].  The screening shows that I have thick and healthy
> corneas, but they still wouldn't cut a flap into them (KASIK).
>
> Gabe
>
> 1)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorefractive_keratectomy#PRK_versus_LASIK
> 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus
>
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