Taking the Lasik plunge (update...i can see!)

blue tiger · December 13, 2008, 05:05:04 PM

Quote from: eichh on December 13, 2008, 06:32:28 AM
Best of luck! I opted to go with the ortho k lens treatment. You sleep with lenses in and in the morning you take them out I had 20/20 after 2 days. Its not permanent and half the price.

Never heard of this but it sounds awesome. More details??

He Man · December 13, 2008, 05:17:43 PM

the hard lenses simply force your cornea into a shape where you have 20/20 (where laser is a permanent reshape) after a few days your cornea bends back into its original shape. its kinda like wearing RGP lens but stiffer.

I wear the new hydrogel contact lenses and they feel AWESOME. before with regular contacts, it was about ~2 hours before it started getting wikid annoying. now its somehting along 12-14 hours. never use drops either.

Its gotta be hard to not fist make the beast with two backs your eyes anymore. it becomes a habbit lol

blue tiger · December 13, 2008, 10:07:11 PM

It's hard not to rub but with the dire warnings from the doctor and the fact that my eye is so comfortablr for the first time in my life I don't see the need. When I described the type of eye rubbing I used to do he cringed. He said repeated hard eye rubbing/sqeezing cabn lead to Keratoconus a disease characterized by a thickening of the cornea which destroys your vision.I'm sure a little rubbing to get something out or to wash is fine but I'm not even doing that for the next 30 days. I've been gently blotting them when they I put drops in them or get out of the shower.

somegirl · December 13, 2008, 10:09:23 PM

Quote from: blue tiger on December 13, 2008, 10:07:11 PM
It's hard not to rub but with the dire warnings from the doctor and the fact that my eye is so comfortablr for the first time in my life I don't see the need.

Yeah, I used to rub my eyes a lot, but I guess I mostly did it because of the contacts, I don't really need to anymore.

He Man · December 13, 2008, 11:47:27 PM

Man im so hungry right now looking at your avatar makes me want to kill a chicken and throw it in there with ranch sauce and give it a fist full of ms.dash.

One day....we will break the code of our brains and have mechanical eyes with 10x zoom. itll be awesome....except for having to plug them in at night.

blue tiger · December 14, 2008, 01:34:13 AM

Quote from: somegirl on December 13, 2008, 10:09:23 PM
Yeah, I used to rub my eyes a lot, but I guess I mostly did it because of the contacts, I don't really need to anymore.

This was me as well. On a more Moto related note if no one buys the local shops S4RS Tricolore out from under me there will be a deposit on it in my name in about 4 weeks. Christmas will be over and I'll be kickin in the OT. Cant wait!! Everything on me is great since I totaled my last one except my thumb which is still a little messed up.

Holden · December 14, 2008, 01:58:08 AM

I watched a video of Lasik surgery on Youtube. I have a pretty strong stomach for gore but it made me cringe so bad I had to X out.

somegirl · December 14, 2008, 06:01:38 AM

Quote from: blue tiger on December 14, 2008, 01:34:13 AM
This was me as well. On a more Moto related note if no one buys the local shops S4RS Tricolore out from under me there will be a deposit on it in my name in about 4 weeks. Christmas will be over and I'll be kickin in the OT. Cant wait!! Everything on me is great since I totaled my last one except my thumb which is still a little messed up.

good luck! I bet you'll get it. [moto]

somegirl · December 14, 2008, 06:02:21 AM

Quote from: He Man on December 13, 2008, 11:47:27 PM
Man im so hungry right now looking at your avatar makes me want to kill a chicken and throw it in there with ranch sauce and give it a fist full of ms.dash

blue tiger · December 14, 2008, 04:31:24 PM

Quote from: wark on December 14, 2008, 01:58:08 AM
I watched a video of Lasik surgery on Youtube. I have a pretty strong stomach for gore but it made me cringe so bad I had to X out.

My Mom watched mine on a remote monitor. Were all in the medical field though s were pretty good with gore.

A.duc.H.duc. · December 14, 2008, 07:27:25 PM

Quote from: blue tiger on December 14, 2008, 04:31:24 PM
My Mom watched mine on a remote monitor. Were all in the medical field though s were pretty good with gore.

ick, gore.

Glad your surgery went well though, congrats!

blue tiger · December 15, 2008, 12:02:59 AM

Quote from: A.duc.H.duc. on December 14, 2008, 07:27:25 PM
ick, gore.

Glad your surgery went well though, congrats!

LOL, There isnt really any gore just your naked eyeball with the lids spread by the suction thingy they put on it.

He Man · December 15, 2008, 01:40:15 AM

Quote from: blue tiger on December 15, 2008, 12:02:59 AM
LOL, There isnt really any gore just your naked eyeball with the lids spread by the suction thingy they put on it.

you know that nothing is suppose to touch your eye lid except for air and your eyelids right?

ITS make the beast with two backs GORE!!!!! lol seriously, i can awtch a live birth, a headshot through the mouth, but i cannot watch the eye get cut up.

Holden · December 15, 2008, 01:33:40 PM

2 minutes in is the best. They run your eye through an electric can opener!

swampduc · December 15, 2008, 07:50:02 PM

Quote from: He Man on December 15, 2008, 01:40:15 AM
you know that nothing is suppose to touch your eye lid except for air and your eyelids right?

ITS make the beast with two backs GORE!!!!! lol seriously, i can awtch a live birth, a headshot through the mouth, but i cannot watch the eye get cut up.

SUCK IT UP!

I'm scheduled to do the cutting on 2 of 'em tomorrow - retinal detachments though, not Lasik.

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