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> WOT: lasik eye surgery, anyone have it done?
mattillac
post Mar 4 2005, 01:33 PM
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i hear it's awesome. i'm nearsighted and i hate wearing my glasses. just wondering if anyone here had the operation done. it's supposed to be quick and painless with instant results. it also costs about $2,500.

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post Mar 4 2005, 03:38 PM
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If it really only lasts a few years and then gradually gets worse, than I dont see the point? I thought that people that had it first had to be checked to see if their eyes were stil likely to change and if so they wouldn't recommend it? it would suck to pay all that $$ (which out east I think is closer to 4k for both eyes) and then it fails after a few years?

It's not that it fails, its that it corrects your vision as of right now. If you are of the age where your close in vision is degrading because your eyes are losing their ability to focus (its called getting old), then in a period of time you will need to get glasses, contacts or have the process done again, although I don't think you can do it more than twice.
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mattillac   WOT: lasik eye surgery   Mar 4 2005, 01:33 PM
lapuwali   My wife had it done a few years ago. It is very q...   Mar 4 2005, 01:43 PM
JerryP   I had it about 5 years ago when it was even more e...   Mar 4 2005, 01:46 PM
!   About a year ago....I was a -7.00 in both eyes. B...   Mar 4 2005, 01:50 PM
trekkor   My neighbor had it done and is way bummed. She use...   Mar 4 2005, 01:51 PM
groot   I had it done last thursday. Cost $990 for bo...   Mar 4 2005, 01:57 PM
bondo   My dad had it done a while back and his only regre...   Mar 4 2005, 02:03 PM
mistro   I have not had it done, though I've considered...   Mar 4 2005, 02:12 PM
JerryP   I've heard more than one of those type of stor...   Mar 4 2005, 02:18 PM
mattillac   i didn't know that lasik causes up close sight...   Mar 4 2005, 02:24 PM
groot   mattilac, Not up close sight loss, but some degra...   Mar 4 2005, 02:50 PM
skline   I have a client that does it. They have an excelle...   Mar 4 2005, 02:58 PM
mattillac   groot, so you can read the signs and see the dam...   Mar 4 2005, 03:05 PM
7391420   If it really only lasts a few years and then gradu...   Mar 4 2005, 03:07 PM
mistro     Mar 4 2005, 03:38 PMToast     Mar 4 2005, 03:49 PM
lapuwali   ...   Mar 4 2005, 04:55 PM
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Randal   Best money I ever spent. Now going on 4 years. ...   Mar 4 2005, 05:29 PM
joea9146   My wife had it done about 4-5 years ago..... Thats...   Mar 4 2005, 05:39 PM
mattillac   thanks everybody for the replies and experiences...   Mar 4 2005, 06:10 PM
kwales   Thats spooky guys........ having one eye each way...   Mar 4 2005, 06:27 PM
!   Keep it up Ken.....I will show MY one eye.....   Mar 4 2005, 06:28 PM
Gint   5 years ago when I was 38. My vision had been -1....   Mar 4 2005, 08:45 PM
Pnambic   I had my eye exam last month and the doc was tryin...   Mar 4 2005, 08:58 PM
rick 918-S   Sandy had it done. She had Coke bottle bottoms for...   Mar 4 2005, 09:51 PM
Headrage   All I can say is that a friend of mine had id done...   Mar 4 2005, 10:02 PM
crash914   Wife and I both had it done...vision is great... ...   Mar 5 2005, 02:42 PM
Jenny   one of our members started a thread about eye prob...   Mar 5 2005, 03:01 PM
Jenny   here it is   Mar 5 2005, 03:06 PM
!   I had the same issue with long time wearing of con...   Mar 5 2005, 03:07 PM
teenrookie   I had it done, three years ago. Sick of my glasse...   Mar 5 2005, 03:12 PM
mattillac     Mar 7 2005, 02:15 PM
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