Laser Eye Surgery

[Matt Weir]

Kin ell, we are not looking for the master race are we?
As luck would have it my eyes are good at the moment but if needed I wouldn't hesitate to get corrective specs or surgery.

Master race? nope, just throw off the shackles of aided vision and yes, you are lucky to have good vision unaided, I just want the same

I can't say I would be asking a random bunch in internet chaps though, thats what doctors are for.

Trust me, the doctors/opticians will tell you 'Oh yes, it's great! You need this! Now just give me four grand thank you very much'. The beauty of asking a 'random bunch' is that you get a wide spread consensus and hopefully a better picture.

 

[Matt Weir]

Hi All,

Why bother with the bright light thing when you can get contact lenses that you sleep in? I have been wearing 30 day (sleep in!) lenses for about 4 years now and think they are great. I take out my lenses on the last night of the month, just before bedy byes and put a new pair in, in the morning. My vision is BETTER than with my glasses (this is unusual though) and i can go out in all weathers without wiper blades or steaming up when i enter a warm building. Not good if you work in a dusty environment, but the contact lenses technology has moved on in leaps and bounds since the old "hard" lenses.

Get yourself down to Specsavers (No connection etc) and ask for a free trial.

Simon

I wore soft lenses for karate and they are good but the dream is to have full unaided vision, one thing less to consider that's all.

 

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Master race? nope, just throw off the shackles of aided vision and yes, you are lucky to have good vision unaided, I just want the same



Trust me, the doctors/opticians will tell you 'Oh yes, it's great! You need this! Now just give me four grand thank you very much'. The beauty of asking a 'random bunch' is that you get a wide spread consensus and hopefully a better picture.

Sorry, I didn't mean my post to seem abrupt just that I would trust proffessionals to give me a opinion based on fact, thats all and asking one that doesn't stand to gain would give a better one yet.

I understand what you mean about getting a variety of thoughts on the matter though.

Scott.

 

[Matt Weir]

Well, I'm doing it. Booked in for next Saturday so I'll let you know

 

[Matt Weir]

Today is the day folks. Wish me luck! :borgsmile

 

[Tourist]

Today is the day folks. Wish me luck! :borgsmile

Matt, stay loose mate. Jumping out of a perfectly good aeroplane 3 miles off the ground is scarier and I do that regularly............thinking about it I must be stupid.

Seriously, listen to them and don't worry then rest them tonight and we'll hear from you tomorrow mate.

 

[Matt Weir]

Cheers Alex.

 

[spamel]

But no one will recognise you without your glasses on!

 

[Matt Weir]

LOL, then my first job will be to edit my avatar

 

[Matt Weir]

So,

All went fine with the surgery at about 18:00 and I could notice the different if a bit cloudy. My eyes were very gritty and uncomfortable last night which I was told to expect and I went to bed in my fetching eye shields after my 8 O'clock drips (2 lots of drips every 2 hours for 48 hours after dropping to 4 times a day for 7 days).

Woke this morning very early so just dozed but my eyes were a lot more comfortable if a bit gunky with sleep but able to see .

Follow up appointment at 13:00 today but so far seems very successful.

 

[spamel]

(Paraphrasing the Simpsons) Nice eyes, two eyes!

Hope you are feeling OK, gritty eyes is a feeling I know all too well, staring at arc welders is not good for you!

 

[bikething]

Glad to hear it all went well Matt





by the way I'm OVER HERE!! :sadwavey:

 

[Steve27752]

Glad that it went well. Lasik or Lasek?

 

[spamel]

Of course, in the comic world you would now have the ability to fry people with laser beams from your eyes or, my personal favourite, X-ray vision! If you get the X-ray vision side effect, I want the name of the doctor that did your eyes!

 

[JonnyP]

Nice one Matt.....
This has been a good helpful thread for me as I would love to get rid of my glasses and its informative to hear others thoughts on it...
I often see ads saying eye surgery from £450....Is that an unrealistic figure, does anyone know. Sounds like you guys spent way more than that....

 

[huntersforge]

Nice one Matt.....
This has been a good helpful thread for me as I would love to get rid of my glasses and its informative to hear others thoughts on it...
I often see ads saying eye surgery from £450....Is that an unrealistic figure, does anyone know. Sounds like you guys spent way more than that....

Too right , Wife had it done last year and it cost her a whopping £1400 . Made a big difference though .

 

[Matt Weir]

Glad to hear it all went well Matt





by the way I'm OVER HERE!! :sadwavey:

'I seeeee you'

[Name that film ]

 

[Matt Weir]

(Paraphrasing the Simpsons) Nice eyes, two eyes!

Hope you are feeling OK, gritty eyes is a feeling I know all too well, staring at arc welders is not good for you!

LOL Cheers Spam, am a lot better. Checkup today reveals no infection (the number one issue with this procedure) and I already have 20:20 vision and although I feel I had better vision with the gigs the vision is no where near settled so should have more improvement to come - I was virtually blind with out the gigs.

I managed to fulfil a dream I had for the past 18 years which is to drive with shades on and with total confidence so yeah, it's all good.

 

[Matt Weir]

Glad that it went well. Lasik or Lasek?

Lasik Steve. The difference I got through reading the literature was that Lasek included semi permanent contacts for a few days but I'm open to more info on that if anyone wants to add.

 

[Matt Weir]

Of course, in the comic world you would now have the ability to fry people with laser beams from your eyes or, my personal favourite, X-ray vision! If you get the X-ray vision side effect, I want the name of the doctor that did your eyes!

I can see your underpants from here Spam - and it ain't pretty.