My Accomplishment for Today

Posted by Stephen on April 4th, 2008 at 12:59 PM

When the LASIK tech who had been evaluating me left to get answers to some of my detailed questions, I never saw her again. Instead, one of the senior assistants came in to give answers.

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Comment by Matthew Amster-Burton

I think I know where she went!

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Posted on April 4, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Comment by Camron

Wow. What were the questions?

(My Doc told me I wasn’t a candidate, thanks to the stigmatism. I’m seeking other opinions.)

Posted on April 4, 2008 at 5:01 pm

Comment by Stephen

I asked about how deep of a corneal flap they made, how they handled your changing prescription if later you needed cataract surgery, what the incidence of light sensitivity they’d seen since switching to using a laser to cut the corneal flap instead of a keratome — you know, the usual.

My prescription is bad enough that I’m probably not a LASIK candidate either.

Posted on April 4, 2008 at 9:19 pm

Comment by seth vidal

Not to be more of a fearmonger than I normally am. Have you looked at sites like http://lasik-flap.com ? My mom had lasik done and she seems happy with it but I’m not all that keen on messing with my vision at this point in my life.

Posted on April 5, 2008 at 8:40 am

Comment by Stephen

I trolled through PubMed to see what the latest journal articles and reviews had to say, since they’re heavier on numbers and lighter on fear-mongering anecdotes. It was enough to give me pause, and is why I had a lot of questions for the technician.

It’s all moot, though, since I’m not really a candidate.

Posted on April 5, 2008 at 12:05 pm

Comment by Geof F. Morris

Hell, I’m proud.

Posted on April 6, 2008 at 8:18 am

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