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What LASIK surgery was like for me.
I suppose not everyone's experience with LASIK eye surgery will be exactly like
mine, but here is how it went for me.
I was very nearsighted. I couldn't drive a car, work or do anything without my glasses.
They were a part of me. It has been this way since I was about six years old. I
have have no memory of ever not wearing glasses.
I had heard good things about Laser Eye surgery and decided to see if it was an
option for me.
I came down to the Triad Eye Medical Clinic in Tulsa. They explained the procedure
for me, then gave me an eye exam not too different, maybe a little more in depth,
than the eye exams my optometrist had given me in the past.
They told me I should be a good candidate,
what I should expect and what it would cost. We scheduled the surgery for about
a week later.
My wife drove me to the clinic. When I got
signed in, I was given an oral sedative and waited in a room with several other
patients. We were all sitting in recliners listening to "elevator music."
When my turn came I went into the room where this laser machine is. I was in a reclining
position sort of like a dentist's chair. Dr. Abel put eyedrops in my eyes, then
used a device to hold my eyelids open. He used whatever the device is they use to
create this "flap" on the cornea of my eye and then folded it back. He
rotated the chair so my head was under the machine, he told me to look at the red
light. Then he did the other eye.
There was no pain. No odd burning smells.
No buzzing noises.
The whole proceedure took maybe 3 minutes.
When Dr. Abel told me we were done, my first thought was, " That's it? That's
all there is to it?"
I sat in the recliners for a few minutes, then my wife
drove me back home. I just sat around that
evening, and took it easy for a day or two.
There were no stitches to take out or patches or pain medication or anything else.
It was just weird being able to see without my glasses. For the longest time I just
stared at myself in the mirror. I had never seen myself without glasses.
For months afterwards when I would go to bed I would try to take off my non-exsistant
glasses. In the morning I would reach for them on the night stand.
My night vision wasn't bad, but lights at night did have the "halos" around
them I had heard about. After a couple of months those went away also.
I just have nothing but good things to say about the whole experience. I see very
well. It was quick, painless and worth every penny. That was four years ago and
I'm glad I did it.
I just wish dentistry was that easy.
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