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If You Have Terrible Vision and Need It Righted Read My Story about My LASIK Encounter |
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By Frank Froggatt
 If you spend any time on forums or chat rooms while online that deal with the topic of LASIK surgery, you probably wonder why anyone would work up the courage to set up a LASIK procedure, and why in the world they would even want one. Many people make the LASIK clinics sound like they are some type of Dr. Frankenstein's lab, and they make the procedure itself sounds kind of surrealistic. It seems like the only people that would get Lasik are those with such bad vision that they cannot get out of bed without their glasses on.
Well, let me give you my story of how I chose Lasik. First off, I don't have a really great vision but it isn't horrible either. I can actually go to movies and see well enough to enjoy the film without glasses, but I need glasses to drive in order to read the street signs far enough away to act on the information. So for me, Lasik was not necessary, but I figured it would simplify my life. I spend a
lot of time outdoors and frequently take backpacking hikes that lead me to a long hill climbs, and I even enjoy mountain biking. Glasses have always had a very short lifespan with me, and quite frequently I am playing in the dirt which is really a horrible thing when you have contact lenses. For these reasons, Lasik looked very appealing.
After reading the paragraph above you might think that I'm kind of athletic, and it's true that I am, so you might be thinking why it would be afraid of such a thing as a little scalpel? OK, technically Lasik does NOT use a scalpel but rather a "microkeratome blade", but it is still a sharp object approaching my eye as part of the Lasik procedure. These days however, LASIK surgeons don't have to use that blade either, as they can do the cutting with a laser which is much better than a sharp blade. This is the fact that nobody is perfect, and I myself have had way too many accidents to feel comfortable with somebody getting near my eye with a sharp object.
Well I went and talked to three completely different and independent LASIK surgeons, and every one of them assured me that as a 28-year-old man in a really great health, with mild to moderate nearsightedness that I was probably one of the best candidates for a successful LASIK eye surgery procedure. I decided to schedule my Lasik procedure with the one that had the best track record, and coincidentally took the most time to explain everything about Lasik to me.
I didn't feel any pain during the LASIK surgery, though I took the sedative that they offered me and I even accepted the comfort of a little teddy bear that they offered. The only really bizarre thing that I a can recall about the procedure itself was the smell of something quite similar to burning hair. I am sure that it was my eye that was burning. It's probably a good thing that I didn't know about that smell before I went into the procedure, because if I had I might not have gone in.
That was a few years ago now, and as it turns out I guess I was a near perfect candidate for the procedure, as my eyes are both 20/20 vision and they haven't changed at all a long time now. It is my opinion that if you are a qualified candidate for the procedure, don't hesitate, grab that teddy bear and make your appointment.
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