Having my laser eye surgery tomorrow

[cHodAX]

Been getting progressively more nervous over the last few days with my eye surgery impending but I went and did something very stupid a couple of minutes ago and watched this...

http://www.gecenter.com/lasik_video_library.htm

Suffice to say I am now shitting myself That bit where they cut the flap in your eye doesn't look fun at all.

 

[Demon2k3]

Don't worry, it shoul be okay for you. It seeme like a very easy and painless procedure.

So i don't think you need to worry. Gl tommorow.

 

[DavidH]

That bit where they cut the flap in your eye doesn't look fun at all.

No bit of surgery is "fun" xD

 

[cHodAX]

No bit of surgery is "fun" xD

I dunno, castrating pedophiles is always a fun hobby

 

[Serbitar]

fffffffZAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!

 

[Garok]

Hardest part is not rubbing your eyes afterwards (until they heal) according to the friends I know that have had it done. Don't know anyone thats regretted getting it done though or had any complications for that matter.

Had a look at getting it done myself a few years ago but they would need burn off to much ... Apparently there is a new technique simular to a cateract op were they insurt implants into your eye to correct the sight so might give that a go in a few years.

 

[Xrystofer]

i wish u for a succesful surgery ,gl and be strong

 

[Calaen]

Gl Chod, few of my friends have have it done and everything was fine, apart from the itching as someone else has mentioned. I reckon its a small price to pay for having your vision corrected.

 

[Alan]

Laser eye surgery ?

Does this mean you can burn through steal like superman ?


They do thousands of these operations - if its what you decided to do then dont worry, hang in there - it will be fine.

 

[DocWolfe]

they will probably cock up and accidently gouge your eye out! Its ok though you will get compensated

 

[Sparx]

dont worry you'll be fine

Ask if they can change the colour of your eyes while you are there, get some freaky colours

 

[Ryuno]

gl mate, sure it will all be fine.

Just think of the results after

 

[fl3a]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gnGAAlMYsQw

 

[scarloc]

How much does this kind of thing cost? oO

 

[Chronictank]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gnGAAlMYsQw

lol

you'll be fine,
if its what you decided no point fretting about it

 

[cHodAX]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gnGAAlMYsQw

Rofl, very reassuring, thanks

 

[DocWolfe]

How much does this kind of thing cost? oO

like a grand an eye

 

[cHodAX]

How much does this kind of thing cost? oO

Well they all advertise at £495 per eye but that is for people with very slight eye problems and using the older equipment which is less accurate. I went for the full Lasik Wavefront which with my eye prescription costs £1295 per eye, so £2590 total cost which is bloody expensive to be honest but I hate wearing glasses and can't do contacts so this was my best option.

 

[scarloc]

ah, well im using glasses/contacts atm :x

 

[Fana]

like a grand an eye

Around 1500 euro/eye in sweden. So around £1000 sounds about right. Anyway, its a very safe proceedure, only about 1 in every 1000 surgeries result in any sort of complications and most of those can be fixed with a second round. The most common compliation (if it happens) is that your eye becomes oversensitive to light and any lightsource will create a corona of hazy light for you during nighttime. Another drawback is that the proceedure isnt permanent - if you have the genetic/bilogical inclination for your sight to get worse it will start getting worse again, although it usually takes many years ofc. With bad luck you might be back to glasses/lenses again in a few years though and then the cost of the procedure might not have been worth it.

Anyway, good luck with it Im gonna get it done myself when i can afford it (started wearing glasses only 5 months ago and find them a bit irritating).

 

[Dreamor]

Ah man, watching that video made me uncomfortable... real bad

Good luck mate, you got some balls to go through it... let us know how it goes

 

[Serbitar]

should just get one eye done and wear a monocle

just to be like the gamesmaster (aka patrick moore)

 

[cHodAX]

Around 1500 euro/eye in sweden. So around £1000 sounds about right. Anyway, its a very safe proceedure, only about 1 in every 1000 surgeries result in any sort of complications and most of those can be fixed with a second round. The most common compliation (if it happens) is that your eye becomes oversensitive to light and any lightsource will create a corona of hazy light for you during nighttime. Another drawback is that the proceedure isnt permanent - if you have the genetic/bilogical inclination for your sight to get worse it will start getting worse again, although it usually takes many years ofc. With bad luck you might be back to glasses/lenses again in a few years though and then the cost of the procedure might not have been worth it.

Anyway, good luck with it Im gonna get it done myself when i can afford it (started wearing glasses only 5 months ago and find them a bit irritating).

Yep,a small amount of regression over the next decade is common. There have only been a handful of cases out of 20 million surgeries that have had full regression so I am pretty happy with a less than 0.1% risk on that score. If I get 10 years good eyesight then it will have been worth every penny to be honest, if not then at least I will have been rid of my glasses for a few years I guess.

 

[Dukat]

Best of luck mate!

When you get back and have ubar powers of sight we will expect a demonstration of massed long-range number readage!!! so be ready!

 

[MaCaBr3]

Does that mean you gonna have superman eyes with x-ray vision soon?

 

[cHodAX]

Does that mean you gonna have superman eyes with x-ray vision soon?

Sadly not, I don't think I could handle that power either to be honest. Walking around with a permanent erection would be pretty embarassing

 

[fl3a]

you could be the superhero 'erectionman' whose powers are x-ray vision and ability to poke someone in 3 places at once

 

[atos]

should just get one eye done and wear a monocle

just to be like the gamesmaster (aka patrick moore)

Haha ownage.

 

[cHodAX]

should just get one eye done and wear a monocle

just to be like the gamesmaster (aka patrick moore)

Lol, I shall have to consider that one!

 

[Lamp]

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