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nickg |
Dec 30 2004, 12:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 501 Joined: 30-August 04 From: franklin, nj Member No.: 2,652 |
well i brought the surgery on myself. i am near legal blind without glasses,
so for years i have worn contacts. the problem with that is they don't tell you that over time the veins in your eye enlarge to compensate for the lack of oxygen to the cornea. as a result, they grow to supply blood to your eye, over time this can blind you. i went in for a simple prk to correct my vision and remove a scratch that has not healed (prk is when they use a laser to effectively scrap the surface of your eye ...like a sander to re shape it ) unfortunately the laser somehow pierced my eye and effectively burst it(picture a pin and a balloon) so to repair it they removed the lense from inside my eye, put in a replacement and stitched a plastic lense on top of it to support the eye. this of course blinds you. in my case they did the right eye first and the left eye second...that was the one with the problem. so i can hardly see. i can't go outside as the light hurts and the freaking. I am told by my dr that i will recover to better han 20/20, in time..... so before you start wearing contacts, or get surgery. think about my experience |
lapuwali |
Dec 30 2004, 01:40 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
I've worn glasses since I was 8 years old. Tried contacts, and just hated poking myself in the eye twice a day. Extended wear jobs just never worked for me. Slipping glasses on my face every day is just automatic now, mumble years later.
My wife got laser surgery several years ago, but I just can't do it. Not only is it very expensive, but the consequences of a mistake are just too much to consider. Also, she found that while the surgery helps distance vision greatly, it hinders close up detail vision. Without my glasses, I can actually see better up close than she can now. This is, I'm told, pretty common with this kind of therapy. All the best, and I hope you recover fully. |
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