Lasik Answers

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I was about 20/250 before Lasik surgery a couple of years ago. The procedure was painless, probably due to the eye numbing drops and Valium they gave me. The ride home (as a passenger, of course) was fairly uncomfortable, mainly due to light sensitivity. The doctor gave me dark goggles, but the light was still too bright. I was in some pain once I got home (maybe 3 hours post procedure), but I had some left over Vicodin, and took two doses of that. The Vicodin took the edge off. Slept fine that night. Woke up the next morning, and I COULD SEE FINE! Hallelujah! I was jazzed up about that. I drove myself to my one day check up (an 2 hour round trip) with no problems, although I did bring someone with me, as a backup driver, should it have been necessary. For that check up, I was seeing at 20/25, less than 24 hours after the surgery. I went to work that afternoon (doing ultrasound which really requires you to use your eyes). For my one week check up, I was seeing between 20/20 and 20/15. Other than the touch of pain I had post procedure, before I went to bed for the night, I had no other problems. I would do it again in a heartbeat! No more glasses, no more contacts, no more cleaning solutions and saline!

My advice would be to talk to everyone….talk to your family, friends and co-workers. Then ask your family, friends and co-workers to talk to their family, friends and co-workers….you get the idea. I found my surgeon by word of mouth. I asked everyone I know if they had Lasiks (or knew anyone who had Lasiks), and what doctor they went to. Almost everyone I talked to in my area went to the surgeon I ended up going to, and everyone was perfectly satisfied. I went into the procedure very confident!

Just one other thing….I went to a doctor who used computerized, laser equipment. No knives were involved. But, it cost me a pretty penny. I paid $5500 for both eyes, but I was not comfortable going to a doctor that advertised in the newspaper for $500 per eye. Sometimes you get what you pay for! Good luck to you!

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LASIK operation is performed in a laser suite. You enter with your own clothes and shoes. Each step of the procedure is explained to you before the lasik procedure. For our really anxious patients, we have a physician who has been trained in psychiatry and who lived in the United States for many years. After your last questions are answered, you are asked to sign an informed consent form. If you are having a lot of anxiety, you are offered a capsule of Diazepam.
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You shouldn’t experience any complications.

The first 3 days you will experience pain and discomfort – burning and tearing (like when cutting onions), you may feel like you have sand in your eyes.

After surgery the doctor should place a bandage contact lens in your eyes (it helps ease pain – pain would be worse without it) which you leave in (you won’t need to take it out/clean it like regular contacts, the doctor should take it out at your 3 or 5 day check up) – you should have a check up one day after surgery and either a 3 or 5 day depending on the laser being used for the treatment.

You should also receive a prescription for Vicodin that should be taken if necessary for any pain or discomfort. An optional medication that can also be prescribed to help w/pain would be Neurontin (or Gabapentin). You can ask your surgeon about getting a prescription for this. You would start it the morning of your surgery – taken 3 times a day for 4 days (12 tablets) total.

Good luck!

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Lasik eye surgery is very safe nowadays. My cousin got her dental implants and lasik surgery in India by a company called Forerunners Healthcare. The Price for dental and lasik surgery is very less in India. She paid 25% of the price she was quoted in America.

Forerunners Healthcare is very famous in India They arrange Dental surgery, jaw surgery, lasik eye surgery, Dental Implants etc for foreign patients in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines- about their patient stories.
They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low cost, as dental and eye surgery is not covered by insurance. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.

Http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com

Hope this helps.

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Did you have an assessment with a LASIK surgeon who told you your cornea were too thin and you were not a candidate?

If so, do not have the surgery. If your corneas are too thin, you will not have a good outcome, ending up still needing glasses or worse, ending up with unstable vision that cannot be corrected with glasses.