Comments on: 10 must read blog posts on laser eye surgery

By: ozsoapbox

ozsoapbox — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:41:11 +0000

Thanks for that. Akismet didn’t pickup his original comment but it blocked the subsequent 10+ spam messages that originated after I approved the comment.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:50:13 +0000

Hey Ozsoapbox,

Thot u might like to know
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Just a heads up
Jon

By: Lindsay Beaton

Lindsay Beaton — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:32:32 +0000

I’d second the PRK choice. I had PRK for both my eyes. I could afford to take the time off for them heal and I wasn’t interested in the ‘potentially loose flap’ thing – specially since the whole point of laser surgery was to make skin-diving and skiing easier.

It was painful – felt rather like some-one had prised my eye open and poured a bucket of hot sand into it – but totally worth it.

As I said, I need reading glasses now, but that’s still better than needing multi-focals.

Good Luck with the surgery!

By: John Patrick

John Patrick — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:27:29 +0000

Nothing dodgy about the ‘kabayan discount,” my friends. I think they were running a special anyway, but she said it was a ‘kabayan discount’ just to make us feel closer. It worked.

By: Scribbler

Scribbler — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:56:08 +0000

Ah yes, the astigmatism. Mine is pretty bad and this was another reason I wasn’t willing to take the laser surgery option. Good luck with your operation. Let us all know how it goes

By: ozsoapbox

ozsoapbox — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:50:29 +0000

Hi Trish,

I’m aware of the risks and that I could very well turn out to be in the small percentage that experience problems. I did note on the thread you linked to that you mention you had pretty bad astigmatism, I assume this means the laser work becomes a fair bit more complicated and the risks increase.

I’ve got straight out shortsightedness with no other problems so I’m hoping my surgery goes straight forward, It’s happening this friday!

Sorry about your eye problems, if I had astigmatism or some other type of eye problem I’d probably be seriously reconsidering.

By: Trish

Trish — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:15:01 +0000

Don’t do it!
I chose PRK because I was told it was safer. Now I am sorry I had any laser surgery. I am in constant pain. I have dry eyes now. I can’t see worth a darn with or without glasses. I may never be able to see a clear 20/20 again even with glasses. I was told by the 2nd opinion laser doc that he never advises surgery for anyone as demanding on there eyes as I am unless they have to have it. If you need anything near 20/20 stay away!

By: Marcyes / Great post containing other must read posts on laser eye surgery

Marcyes / Great post containing other must read posts on laser eye surgery — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:22:19 +0000

[...] Great post containing other must read posts on laser eye surgery I was going to get laser eye surgery a few years ago but got scared because of all the crap I read on the internet (later I found out my mom can’t get it and most likely I can’t either). I could have used a post like this a few years ago. [ eye, information, blog ] 2027 Latest Updates from this link [...]

By: ozsoapbox

ozsoapbox — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:09:00 +0000

That forum certainly looks interesting Glenn, however I'd urge people to take the information with a grain of salt. It seems you've been taken off Wikipedia because despite claiming to be a non-profit organisation you retain an income from certifing various surgeons. Lasik-flap has an interesting forum devoted to your organisation, there seem to be a fair few eyebrow raising posts such as from about halfway down the page. Then there's this malpractice website that has a directory of equally eyebrow raising articles such as "Glenn Hagele Threatens to Publish Divorce Records of LASIK Patient". The Hagele Report is also worth reading. Reader beware.

By: Lasik

Lasik — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:00:44 +0000

USAEyes is a nonprofit Lasik patient advocacy organization that provides detailed and objective information about Lasik. We don’t provide Lasik, just Lasik information and we evaluate Lasik doctors’ patient outcomes.

We also have a very active patient forum where thousands of posts describe personal experiences.

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
USAEyes

http://www.USAEyes.org

By: Scribbler

Scribbler — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:58:54 +0000

I was thinking of getting this operation earlier last year but the plethora of spin sites turned me off a little. The resources you think to here are fantastic though and I will look at it again.