Lasik

So far so good! :D

Next step is switching to soft lenses for 4 weeks, then glasses for 2 weeks, then a full assessment. And if that goes well, a day or two later I'll be having the surgery!

Does anyone know if I can use my hard lens prescription to get soft lenses, or do I need to go to my optometrist to get soft lenses fitted?
 
CathJ said:
So far so good! :D

Next step is switching to soft lenses for 4 weeks, then glasses for 2 weeks, then a full assessment. And if that goes well, a day or two later I'll be having the surgery!

Does anyone know if I can use my hard lens prescription to get soft lenses, or do I need to go to my optometrist to get soft lenses fitted?
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i needed to go to optometrist to get them fitted, it could be because of my condition though....but i am pretty sure you would need to go in...
 
I had lasik done. Best thing I could've done for myself. (I love my Xmas pressies to myself, they're always exactly what I wanted!)

My eye sight was better than 20/20 the next day, but it does "depreciate" over time and settles into 20/20 or a bit worse. Depending on how your eyes react.

Not sure what synergy was on about the 2nd surgery. Usually thats only needed to readjust the "flap" in case it moves (thats why they encourage you to sleep)

There was absolutely NO PAIN and it felt like I was sleepy (DONT RUB YOUR EYES!!) and didn't suffer from headaches or anything.

When i asked the Doc what his successrate was (about the movement of the flap) he told me the odds, and then he told me that in the 8 years he was doing this didn't have 1 case of it.

Asked him worst case scenario and he said they made a mistake once by doing the wrong eye (swopped left and right) but was corrected quite easily and soon after. They once did a cornea (? the flap bit?) transplant on a patient that was too thin and then lasik'ed it.

He said the person had -6.4 or something insane like that and they corrected it to the legal driving sight (which is astonishingly low, no wonder there's so many accidents!)

Anyway, just my experience. I had a failure chance of about 3% according to the doc and a 95% chance of having 20/20

I don't regret a thing. Thinking back now, i wish i did it sooner, but if I did I would have had the halo effect with the night driving thing.

First thing I did was buy myself sunglasses :D
 
So I went through the whole process... wore soft lenses for 4 weeks (which wasn't nearly as difficult to adjust to as I thought it would be, and my vision was much better than I thought it would be), then switched to glasses for 2 weeks.

I went for the assessment yesterday, and the verdict was... yes! So I'm scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning :D They think they can improve my vision to the point where I'll see as well as I currently do with contact lenses, but without contact lenses. Which would be absolutely awesome.

Now I'm a bit scared, of course, but I've done all the research and know what to expect. Wish me luck :D
 
CathJ said:
Now I'm a bit scared, of course, but I've done all the research and know what to expect. Wish me luck :D
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Just ask them for 1 or 2 extra "de-stressing" pills before and you'll be fine. Also stock up movies that you can listen to for the 24hrs+ where you can't see after the procedure.

Then enjoy the gradual improvement of your vision in the coming months
:D
 
CathJ said:
So I went through the whole process... wore soft lenses for 4 weeks (which wasn't nearly as difficult to adjust to as I thought it would be, and my vision was much better than I thought it would be), then switched to glasses for 2 weeks.

I went for the assessment yesterday, and the verdict was... yes! So I'm scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning :D They think they can improve my vision to the point where I'll see as well as I currently do with contact lenses, but without contact lenses. Which would be absolutely awesome.

Now I'm a bit scared, of course, but I've done all the research and know what to expect. Wish me luck :D
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It's piss easy CathJ. You pitch up. They dress you in funny clothes that go over yours with a funny hat. Put some eye drops in your eye. 10 minutes later the doc sees you. He lies you down and says "look at the red light"

:D that's when the fun starts. And 2 min later it's done and you have perfect vision
 
I also want to do a lasik eye surgery in a few years time, I'm just waiting for my eyes to stabalise. I'm gonna do mine at the Pretoria Eye Institute, are they any good? Anyone had their surgery done there?
 
Sly21C said:
I also want to do a lasik eye surgery in a few years time, I'm just waiting for my eyes to stabalise. I'm gonna do mine at the Pretoria Eye Institute, are they any good? Anyone had their surgery done there?
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That's where I had it done. No issues at all.
:D
 
I'm tempted to go - I think my eyes are -6.10 and -5.5 - wonder if I could get 20/20 vision?
 
IzZzy said:
I'm tempted to go - I think my eyes are -6.10 and -5.5 - wonder if I could get 20/20 vision?
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You would be yes, I think the doc said last time they can fix up to -6.5

Worst case scenario is that you'll have legal driving limit eye sight (which is quite bad but still good enough/better than what you had before)

Remember this all has to do with the thickness of your cornea so don't be dissapointed if you're not a candidate. However, they do have cornea transplant options to make this correction which is awesome.

Go see your Doc immediately. The R650 consultant fee once off to check and evaluate this should answer all your questions and is definately worth it even if you're not a candidate yet.
 
I'm back!

The op went well - they did the right eye first, and it was fine, but I kept twitching and flinching when they did the left eye (I think because I knew what was coming). My vision's varied from absolutely great to still amazing, but not quite as good as with my contacts. They say that's normal though, and my vision will fluctuate a bit for a few weeks until it stabilises.

Overall I'm incredibly happy with it :D
 
CathJ said:
I'm back!

The op went well - they did the right eye first, and it was fine, but I kept twitching and flinching when they did the left eye (I think because I knew what was coming). My vision's varied from absolutely great to still amazing, but not quite as good as with my contacts. They say that's normal though, and my vision will fluctuate a bit for a few weeks until it stabilises.

Overall I'm incredibly happy with it :D
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Yes that happens. My eyesight the next morning was better than perfect (I could actually read the smallest line they had on the last thingy test they give you)

But that went away and after about 4 weeks (or after I stopped the eye drops and my eyes were fine) I could see perfect.... it really is awesome not having to struggle with spectacles or contacts and being able to see better than anyone else even with their natural eye sight (bitches!) :D
 
And the sunglasses they give you are oh-so-stylish :D Actually, my 4 year old niece got such a fright when she saw me unexpectedly - she ran to Grandpa and wouldn't look at me.

But then, the sun shields are better than the shields you have to sleep with; those really make you look bug-eyed.
 
Congrats CathJ, enjoy that awesomeness of suddenly seeing far better. Take care of those peepers and give the vision a few weeks to settle.
 
CathJ said:
The thing is that I've been wanting this for years, and even went to be assessed 3 or 4 years ago, but couldn't do it then because they didn't have the custom ablation machines
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They must be referring to some latest version of this because custom ablation itself is not new and has been available here for a long time.
 
Oh no! I poked my eye with the vial from the wetting drops :(

I'm sure it's fine - my eye isn't watering, and my vision's still clear, and I think the flap will have bonded enough after a week that it's not too dangerous (I can even sleep without the shields now, so my eyes must be pretty well healed). And I'm going for my 1 week checkup in an hour or two anyway, so if anything was damaged they'll catch it. But darn! I was doing so well and being so careful, and in a split second I could have ruined it all.
 
CathJ said:
Oh no! I poked my eye with the vial from the wetting drops :(

I'm sure it's fine - my eye isn't watering, and my vision's still clear, and I think the flap will have bonded enough after a week that it's not too dangerous (I can even sleep without the shields now, so my eyes must be pretty well healed). And I'm going for my 1 week checkup in an hour or two anyway, so if anything was damaged they'll catch it. But darn! I was doing so well and being so careful, and in a split second I could have ruined it all.
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LOL, I remember doing exactly the same thing. And having the same reaction.

:)

Just be more careful and ask the doctor to make sure everything's 100% fine, at the checkup
 
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