getting lasik...

[tammyp]

anyone have it? how much time off from training? any?

[Curt James]

1 week after your LASIK surgery

• Racquet sports
• Tanning (use lubricant drops and goggles)
• Motorcycling, dirt and mountain bikes (with eye protection)
• Baseball, basketball, football and soccer (with eye protection)
• Swimming pools (no lakes, ponds or ocean for a month); goggles strongly recommended
• Hot tubs or whirlpools
• Weight-lifting; weight training
• Martial arts

More @ http://www.clarksoneyecare.com/lasik...uidelines.html

[Ibarramedia]

Good guidelines Curt. I keep thinking about getting it done, but I still put it off hoping for the technology to get better. Stuck with my glasses for now.

[Granite-Dawg]

Had It done 14 years ago. My eyes have reverted back to the old vision, but it save d me a ton of money over the years. I will have it done again.

To answer your question, probably about three days off from lifting.

[Curt James]

It used to be around $1500 per eye.

I can't get by the "cutting into your cornea" thing. Eeesh!

[tammyp]

mine is 1400$ an eye w a life time of free touch ups if needed! thanks curt....I wont make it a week...

[Curt James]

mine is 1400$ an eye w a life time of free touch ups if needed! thanks curt....I wont make it a week...

Granite-Dawg has real life experience and says three days!

[Granite-Dawg]

That's a good price. I paid $2,500 per eye


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[Virtual Trauma]

10 years out from my LASIK. Still 20/20 but now I need readers :/

[Ironbrian82]

anyone have it? how much time off from training? any?

tammy im not trying to scare you but theres a tv show in the uk botched up bodies, and a young girl 17 or 19 went in for the same thing and come out blind, the doc said it will get back to normal in 1-2 days, anyway she went else where and they sorta gotta to see again but worse than before she had the laser surgery, just do your research, good luck

[rockhard]

I had mine done 12 years ago....still 20/20 in both eyes at age 49. Best investment I have ever made.....

[sassy69]

Something to keep in mind re: the "touch ups" - they can't replace eye tissue that is being "touched up" - they can only remove it. The more you remove, the more unstable the eyeball itself becomes. It also degenerates as a matter of aging. Just a note on how the correction is actually made.

I get this sort of info regularly from my brother & his wife who are optometrists. I've gotten evaluated for both lasik & RK (back in the day) and this is the sort of stuff my brother raises every time I've mentioned I was interested over the years. I've been wearing glasses since I was about 11 and still wear rigid contact lenses. Obviously it works for many people, but I suspect there are more than advertised issues w/ it. Just something to be aware of.

[Ibarramedia]

Something to keep in mind re: the "touch ups" - they can't replace eye tissue that is being "touched up" - they can only remove it. The more you remove, the more unstable the eyeball itself becomes. It also degenerates as a matter of aging. Just a note on how the correction is actually made.

I get this sort of info regularly from my brother & his wife who are optometrists. I've gotten evaluated for both lasik & RK (back in the day) and this is the sort of stuff my brother raises every time I've mentioned I was interested over the years. I've been wearing glasses since I was about 11 and still wear rigid contact lenses. Obviously it works for many people, but I suspect there are more than advertised issues w/ it. Just something to be aware of.

Are you near sighted of far sighted? I started wearing glasses freshman year of college. I thought I would go years without having to wear them. Come to think of it, I may have had some pre existing condition that ties into me needing glasses and my formerly frequent headaches.

[sassy69]

Are you near sighted of far sighted? I started wearing glasses freshman year of college. I thought I would go years without having to wear them. Come to think of it, I may have had some pre existing condition that ties into me needing glasses and my formerly frequent headaches.

Near-sighted.

One interesting thing is I have a minor astigmatism, so back around 1980-81 when they said I was old enough / my eyes had stabilized enough to wear contacts, I was prescribed rigid, gas-permeable lenses. Given they are rigid (but still "breathe"), they've kept the shape of my eyeballs somewhat fixed, so over time my vision has changed very, very little because they have been supported by the lens. In the last 5 yrs or so, age has kicked in and they have gotten worse. Not significantly, but the shape of the eye is still being supported, but the "seeing parts" themselves are aging. Yay. LOL!

[HTW]

I'll pay for it..... If you be mine forever........