Ditching the glasses

[Big Kev]

Well I've just booked myself in for laser eye surgery to ditch the specs after 25 years.

November the 18th is potential guide dog day

I'm going to have LASEK treatment which is where they scrape off the top layer of cells where the pupil is, zap you, put a contact lens in for 2 days and then the cells grow back again over the next week or so.

[durbster]

Cool, laser eyes. Have this as a little good luck gesture

[w00dsy]

love it Durbs

[DexterPunk]

Hahahha that's awesome durbs!

Good luck Kev. Mate of mine had his eyes done and he now has 20/20 vision and threw away his glasses after needing them his whole life.

[Big Kev]

[Exar Kun]

That is is awesome, durbs.

Good luck Kev!

[Scottie]

Good luck Kev,

My uncle had laser eye surgery and was recently showing off at a game of golf... picking out all the broken green tee's in the grass!

[smithcorp]

Good luck. I've been fascinated by these procedures (been wearing glasses and contact lenses for almost 30 years) but have always been worried about long-term effects (though having Durbs-style laser eyes would be a benefit). Hope it goes well.

[Woodee]

how much is it costing you?

[Big Kev]

£2700

[DexterPunk]

in my opinion thats a bargain to correct one of your senses... if my eyes went bad, its exactly what i'd do. Its strange to me how many people are happy enough with glasses or contacts, if you were going deaf would you be happy with a hearing aid, or pay the money to get it fixed?

[Vilante]

That's so awesome Durbs

[ysu]

in my opinion thats a bargain to correct one of your senses...

While it is true, it still costs about 5 times the same thing done in Hungary (a friend have done it not long ago)
Amazing.

[somebloke]

You won't regret it. I haven't. Though i couldn't get Lasek, eye layer was too thin so got the straight burn done. Meant to be painful, i had none, slept fine never had to touch any pain killers. Interesting procedure cause all they do is try and relax you and numb your eye. You'll be fine, amazing technology.

[Big Kev]

Bugger.
Just been cancelled.

The place I was going to get zapped says the surgeon has looked at my treatment and prescription and thinks my corneas are very borderline for thickness for that LASEK treatment. And he doesn't do the alternative LASIK treatment.

So they'll have to refer it to another clinic to see what they think and if the other treatment is ok. So it's all on hold for now.

[Johnny X]

Didn't see that coming........

[wobblysauce]

or

[durbster]

Didn't see that coming........

Well, you've got to look at it from their point of view.

(seriously, bad luck Kev).

[Big Kev]

This dragged on a bit!

They ended up saying that one of their other surgeons would do it but I felt very sceptical about one person saying no and another saying yes they'll have a stab at it. So I decided to pay £200 and go to the famous Moorfields eye hospital (who also do the treatment privately) to get a definitive answer.

No.

And not because my corneas are a bit thin.

In my right eye I have a congenital scar on the lens which I've known about since the first time I had my eyes tested at the age of 14. It doesn't affect me at all and with glasses on I have the typical 20/20 vision. I even know what it looks like cos I can see it reflected back if I look down a microscope. It looks like a ball of cells with spokes coming out from it. It's actually called a right anterior subcortical stellate lens opacity or a congenital cataract. This Moorfields guy was very wary to do a procedure on an eye that could have a precondition to give me a cataract in the future. So although the choice was mine, the advice was not to do it.

So there we are. I haven't had it done. And now I have 3 grand sitting in the bank to blow on something else instead I can get a nice expensive, thin light pair of new glasses and I might consider contact lenses as they've advanced a huge amount since I last had them about 9 years ago. I'll blow some on a new telly as well. And pay off a bit of my mortgage. Probably more sensible eh!

[Santaria]

Cyborg eye, kgo. Not sure what quality eye you'd get for £3k though, just don't buy anything from LG.

[r8response]

just don't buy anything from LG.

Bleh, my LG plasma is going strong and its 5+ years old

[ysu]

GoldStaaaaar

their old name would go better with eyes...

[smithcorp]

FDA scientist regrets concluding that laser eye surgery is safe...

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/02/10 ... aying-yes/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

smiss

[pixelboy]

I'm considering getting this done soon..

Anyone else done it?

[Dr. Pain]

Holy necro bump batman!

I've tried contacts of late and it was good not wearing glasses but they posed their own issues like screwing up my reading vision. I would like to have my eyes fixed but I can live with glasses and have done for the past 25 years.