I'd like the end result but I'm still too freaked about them slicing into my eye, and wondering "what if" something goes wrong.

I currently wear glasses, I'm now considering those 30 day disposable contacts. :thumbsup

I'm waiting a couple years to do it. Problem is, lots of people vision isn't stable when they do it, and 2 years later, they are back to the same point ...

okay all done, had the surgery today

the actual surgery took like 5 minutes for both eyes total, didn't really hurt at all... my vision is still a little blurry right now, it should improve in the next 3-5 days.

here is the process i went through (on surgery day) for those that wanted to know

1. get to doctor, run second round of tests
2. go to operating area, get .5mg xanax, blood pressure & heart rate monitored
3. eyelids swabbed with some iodine type stuff, forgot the name of it
4. taken over to another room outside of the surgical area

called me over to surgery

5. sat down in chair, they line you up with the laser device then move it away

(below happened for each eye)
6. doc comes in, tapes top eyelid open, sticks speculum in eye to hold it open
7. numbing drops inserted, they make you stare at a green light.. then they put this small vacuum type device on your eye to hold it in place... when it turns on everything sort of goes grey and you cant see anything... then he sticks some circular thing in there that i think he twisted... this is what cut the flap in my cornea (yes, i did feel the cut but it wasn't that bad, just strange)
8. then he puts some other drops in there, uses a cotton swab to dry up the excess
9. moves laser device over eye, tells you to stare at a red light... then he uses some tweezers to lift the cornea flap up (this was weird because after he did this everything went very blurry... the little red light i saw clearly became a huge blob)
10. laser lines you up, and turns on (it makes a clicking noise real fast)... lasts about 3-5 seconds (yes, i smelled a little bit of it)
11. flap is closed, more drops applied and thats it

20/15 now :)

Ok... I'm going to jump in here and enter my $0.02...

First of all, being one-eyed and having worn glasses since I was 2 years old I can tell you 1 thing... do your research, do your research, do your research... on the doctor, the machinery he's going to use (when was it calibrated last, how many hours experience does he have using it, etc..) ask for patient referrals to talk with (be wary if they only give you 'successes' to talk with, ask for patient referrals who haven't had such good experiences as well to find out how the doctor dealt with the issues)...

Personally, I would LOVE To have this done but every doctor I've contacted says "No Fucking Way!"... No matter how much confidence they have in their own abilities they simply will not take the risk on screwing up my one 'not so good' eye. Right now with glasses I see at about 20:40... without glasses I'm totally fucked and can't see more than 2 inches from the front of my nose.

The most important issue for many people is the 'halos' at night. There is a very simple way to avoid this problem... Make sure the doctor measures your pupils dialated in as dark a room as is possible. That way, they can get the diameter of the cornea correct and eliminate the halos before they start.

Do your homework and you should be ok... You lucky bastard... I envy you.

ah yeah, that sucks actually the halos aren't an issue with customvue lasik. they measured my pupils and the custom vue tailors some special stuff based on some 3d mapping done in the office. they use the latest visx star s4 laser (their site says s3, but they haven't updated it i guess)

if you're interested the doctor i went to is kurt buzard at the buzard institute in vegas... www.buzard.com also check out http://www.allaboutvision.com/customvue/ for info on the custom vue wavefront lasik

people come in from all over the place to work with him... they can even do next day lasik if you're visiting from out of town (bunch of tests 1 day then surgery the next)

worth a shot if you really wanna give it a go

had my followup checkup today, everything is great

no issues whatsoever... anyone thinking about doing this should do it. its fucking awesome

I'm really glad you had such great results... how old are you and what did the doc say about long term... ???

I'm glad to hear it went well Tical, have fun seeing the women better :)
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stable vision for over a year now

in the future as i get older my close up vision may degrade just because of aging since the eyes cant focus as good as they can when you're young (which is why some people that have lasik still need reading glasses). I asked about my vision changing because i work in front of a computer all day and they said there should be nothing to worry about at my age.. late 30s early 40s is when these probs start

as far as the procedure that was done, that wont change... ur eye is permanently excised by the laser

your prescription could change if you do things that would effect it like taking prescription drugs that may have an effect on vision like accutane for instance...

overall everything should remain the same... if i had to do the procedure again i would, its not bad at all

thanks for the story. post here after 5 days and let us hear the real results of the operation

:smokin

still thinking about it, although the whole cutting open my eye after they stick the needle in my eyeball doesnt sound all that appealing to me. contacts are fine for right now lol

i heard of airforce pilots and athletes getting their eyes corrected for 10/10 vision

that would be cool to have.... but im not an eagle and see no benefit spotting a mouse across a wheat field.