Anyone here had experience with LASIK surgery?

[Oz]

I have bad astigmatism.

[Knifeblade]

So do I, Lasix helped the condition for awhile, but it returned, however the other eye is 20/20, but my eyes seem to me a little more light-sensitive than they were.

[tenguzero]

Thanks -- good feedback all around.

I haven't felt like I needed a stronger prescription (and have had this same one) for years now. Of course, I've only gone to the eye doctor maybe twice in the past 6 years. Needless to say, I'll be interested to see how this next appointment pans out.

Money is always an issue with this stuff, obviously. I'm told it's considerably less expensive in Canada (and they have a decade or so more experience over doctors here in the U.S.) but the trade off is that you would probably end up offsetting any savings through the purchase of hotels, plane tickets, etc. And in addition, if you DO happen to need quick treatment for some reason or another, or even just a follow-up exam, it's not like your doctor is just half an hour down the highway.

My real concern, of course, is the long term effects. Since the surgery itself only has about two decades of solid history behind it, they've yet to amass any large amounts of data on the viability of the process after 20 or 30 years over the span of a large pool of people. What happens when I turn 50 or 60, and my body starts to begin truly advancing in its aging processes? On the other hand (though I'm obviously not going to bank my money on it) it may not be too far a stretch to entertain the idea that medical science will probably be giving people flat out brand new EYES 3 or 4 decades from now.

Interesting fact: did you know that the FDA didn't even approve an official LASIK laser in the U.S. until 1998?

[BleedDodge]

It made me completely blind. I can't see what I'm typing.

[vinnym86]

^that's just the lack of sex

[2.2 Straight six]

apparently i have 20/20 vision, but i have problems reading text sometimes.

[vinnym86]

Originally Posted by Oz

I have bad astigmatism.

werd. my doc says it can correct it, and it would stay coreected if the procedure went through correctly, which he says is more likely than not.