I understand it that I don't necessarily want to go on the cheap. Since I heard so many good things about LasikPlus, I thought it was good to look into.
Lasik vision correction
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Rare I find others with eyes as bad as mine!
I'm -10.0 in each eye. The dr's have never told me I'm not a good candidate for Lasik when I mention it. I just haven't really pursued it . I wear glasses mostly but do have soft contacts if going swimming.
How does their lifetime plan work? I was always under the impression that Lasik will take you to 20/20 but there will still be a natural deterioration of your eyesight just like without Lasik. Is that not the case anymore?
If it's the same company that's at Coral Ridge mall you can bundle a circumcision or tummy tuck for $34.99 total.
I'm new to glasses now that I'm well into my 40s... a week away from 49. 
I had perfect vision my whole life, so I'm thankful for that. But I can't believe I'm going to have to wear glasses for my driver's license the next go around.
My question is whether to do this now or to wait until age has "stopped" changing my eyes. Maybe that never happens. I can live with the distance vision, but not being able to do anything within 2 feet of my face is ********. I was under my sink replacing my garbage disposal last night and was unable to identify which screwdriver was needed without grabbing readers.
I had perfect vision my whole life, so I'm thankful for that. But I can't believe I'm going to have to wear glasses for my driver's license the next go around.
My question is whether to do this now or to wait until age has "stopped" changing my eyes. Maybe that never happens. I can live with the distance vision, but not being able to do anything within 2 feet of my face is ********. I was under my sink replacing my garbage disposal last night and was unable to identify which screwdriver was needed without grabbing readers.
I've heard PRK is way better long term for your eyes but the recovery kind of sucks
I don't know if "better" is quite it, but PRK is essentially the only option for certain professions where the potential for eye trama is high. Professional athletes and fighter pilots are two examples I've always been told, and the reason is that PRK doesn't involve the creation of a flap that can potentially become detached. But for most people LASIK is fine and recovery is MUCH easier.
EDIT: just had LASIK myself about 4 weeks ago and it's great (20/10 right now), but my brother-in-law is a pilot and successfully had PRK a couple years back. Sis-in-law is an ophthalmologist, and we discussed it pretty extensively.
Modern version of PRK is ASA (Advanced Surface Ablation)...similar to PRK for recovery, but works for those who were told their cornea's are too thin for LASIK or have moderate to severe nearsightedness. For those in their late 40's and up, most are now recommending Refractive Lens Replacement where they remove the native lens and replace with a new lens capable of both near and far vision. They also filter the fluid in the eye, which removes the floaters that everyone has.
I have a consult tomorrow with Kugler Vision in Omaha...will let all know how that goes and some of the costs. I'm -7.5 in one eye and -6.5 in the other.
Am I the only person that doesn’t mind contacts? I’m -3.25 and -2.50, so not terrible. I just have no desire for lasik. However, if family history holds, in a few years I’ll need reading glasses so maybe I’ll chsnge my mind.
If you had Lasik to replace readers you would most likely need to wear glasses the rest of the time. The need for reading glasses as you age is different. It has to do with the lens losing flexibility so it has trouble focusing up close.I'm new to glasses now that I'm well into my 40s... a week away from 49.
I had perfect vision my whole life, so I'm thankful for that. But I can't believe I'm going to have to wear glasses for my driver's license the next go around.
My question is whether to do this now or to wait until age has "stopped" changing my eyes. Maybe that never happens. I can live with the distance vision, but not being able to do anything within 2 feet of my face is ********. I was under my sink replacing my garbage disposal last night and was unable to identify which screwdriver was needed without grabbing readers.
I got tired of contacts. It was always such a relief to take them out at the end of the day. There were also times when I would forget my glasses when I traveled so at the end of the night when I took out my contacts I wouldn't be able to see.
I've never had them, but my poor wife has hard contacts and if we are anywhere the slight bit dusty she is miserable. My son doesn't have any issues, but he's more tolerable and wears soft contacts. Now that I realize how bad glasses are when it's raining, or cold outside, or messing up the hair over my ears, I may ask if I can do contacts the next go around. But I have a slight astigmatism in one eye so not sure how that works. Currently I wear the progressive bifocals so I have +1.25 or 1.50 for reading, but that is quickly not enough... So wearing contacts and readers when I need I think would be the better route.
I have had glasses for 25 years. I tried contacts twice and had too hard of a time getting them in. The last time I tried them, I spent almost an hour and couldn't even get one in. My eyes hurt so bad after that I was miserable. I had a hard time keeping my eyes open enough to get the contact in because I was so touchy about things touching my eye. I didn't mind them when they were in (the people at the eye doctor did it for me), but gave up on my own. Being stuck with glasses makes me want to do Lasik so bad. If I could do contacts, I wouldn't mind it as much.
I remember struggling to put contacts in my eyes at first. After a while it became second nature. You could practically slide them under your three quarter shut hungover eyelids.
I have friends with the same problem. For whatever reason, contacts have never bothered me. I did get a nasty corneal abrasion a few years ago because something got into my eye and I thought it was a torn contact. It was bad enough they could just tell by looking at it and I got a ton of tylonal with codiene.
It probably took me an hour and a half at the eye doctor to get my contacts in. A person with more pride would have given up
. I’ve heard more stories than you’d think about people (usually men) who can’t figure it out right away and give up in contacts entirely.
Lay a towel over the sink to catch them all the times you failIt probably took me an hour and a half at the eye doctor to get my contacts in. A person with more pride would have given up
I dont go off those numbers but my eyesight was 20/400 in one and 20/300 in the other eye when I had my lasik done back in 2012
