I am moving to the land of fogging glasses! I can tell you that is something I haven’t once missed living here on Oahu. I suppose one way to do away with the fogging glasses thing is to get Lasik eye surgery.
I hear that the The Stahl Eye Center meets or exceeds the national norms for Lasik results (check Lasik results data). I also understand that the Stahl Eye Center has been serving patients for more than 35 years. Further more, I’ve been told that all the Stahl Eye Center doctors are graduates from top universities such as UCLA, John Hopkins and Yale and less than 100 doctors nationwide have been independently verified by nonprofit Lasik patient advocacy USAEyes to meet or exceed those standards.
Even so, we are talking about my eyes. I am rather fond of them. Has anybody out there had Lasik surgery? What are your thoughts/recommendations?
My husband gave me Lasik for our 15th anniversary, so it will be 6 years ago in January that I had mine done.. I love, love, love it! Of course, it doesn’t take away the problem of needing reading glasses, but I’m just barely starting to need the weakest ones of those. But I had such horrible vision before, and it is wonderful not to worry about contacts!! Or glasses!
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Linda — I have been near sighted my whole life. I feel really disoriented when I lose that.
I had lasik done I think about 7 or 8 years ago. Best thing I ever did
The only thing as i got older I do need glasses to read but that’s just old age. I got mine done so I could see far away and I still see as good now as I did when I first had it done all those years ago 
Well worth the money 
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Thom — how was the recovery time?
I had it done in the morning and was out of the office by 11 or so. I had to rest and be quiet for the afternoon and they gave me a pill to sorta knock me out to be quiet. And it’s just not me, they did it at the time for everyone. When I woke up I could see so clear things at a distance that I had to have my contacts in before to see. It was like I had nothing done but I could see. Of course I had to follow doctors orders for about a week or so which I thought were a waste of time, but I did it just to please them. I guess what I’m saying is it was like I didn’t have the lasik done. I had no recovery problems or anything from the lasik. It’s as if one day I just woke up and could see far away
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I had a neighbor whose husband had Lasik and swore by it. He loved it! My son had the other type done and says it’s great to be without his glasses. Sounds great but it makes me nervous.
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Kay — that’s how I feel! My eye doc keeps recommending it.
Quilly, I’m severely near-sighted and my opthomologist recommends against it! One of the potential side effects is extreme dryness of the eyes, so if you already have allergy or dryness problems, that’s a factor.
My Dr. is young, and was trained in Med School on the procedures herself, and is in fact, nearsighted herself (less so than me and would benefit with less risk), but in her opinion, it just isn’t worth the risk to the eyes.
Years ago I went through the evaluation procedure for it with one of the “BIG NAME” Lasik clinics and they breezed through all my concerns with “nothing bad ever happens”…as a former trial lawyer that made me RUN, not walk to the nearest exit.
Still, I know many people like those above who are delighted with it. I just know if there has to be a statistical anomaly, it will probably be me.
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I had no dryness what so ever with mine. It’s like everything is normal and it’s been years since I’ve done it. The pros to me way out weigh the cons.
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Oh! I have major dry eyes! I have to carry saline around and use it sometimes just to blink! And that “nothing bad ever happens” is what freaked me out about the eye doctor in Vegas who wanted to do Lasik surgery on me. I wouldn’t even address my questions!
I’ve been nearsighted my whole life too, and have finally gotten to the point where middle age is helping to correct it (when my Dr. said that, I said, ‘oooh, so when I’m really old I’ll have perfect vision?’ …and she said, ‘oh, you won’t live *that* long.’ So *that’s* how bad my eyes are!)
When I first heard of Lasik I thought, that’s wonderful—I’ll do it if I ever get the money together. Looking at my life right now, it won’t happen for many years, if ever. But I’m one of those people who attracts disaster and like Kelley, I’m sure I *would* be the one permanent injury in the clinic, if not fatality, so maybe that’s a good thing that I can’t afford it.
Then Dan posted his experience with laser eye surgery here:
http://brody-ninjafunk.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-can-see-clearly-now.html
and while I hurt myself laughing, I’m also saying NO. FREAKING. WAY. to ever having any kind of eye surgery done! I’m awfully squeamish about eyes and had no idea you had to be awake for this. YUCK.
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hmmm interesting post he did. Yes there are risks with any surgery. All I can say Is i’m thrilled I did mine and it went through with flying colors
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Susan — my eyes have slowly been correcting themselves since I turned 30 or so — sort of. My far sightedness is getting better, but my need for contacts has just moved to trifocals — I can’t see well far away and I have varying needs as things get closer.
I didn’t get the trifocals. I have a hard enough time with bifocals! So, I have glasses for distance, trifocals for the middle and I take off my glasses for close up, but there is a place between middle and close up that gives me some frustration.
I would have this done in a heartbeat! I’m blind as a bat, and the very thought of not having to wear glasses makes me weak-kneed. This is definitely on my list of things TO DO.
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Do it Jenn…it’s so worth it
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Jenn — my grandfather was blind and I truly do not want to end up old and crotchety and angry, flailing my cane and whacking every kid that comes too close.
I had it done about four years ago. Within 10 minutes of the surgery I was waiting to be seen by the doctor for release and I could actually read the instructions I needed to follow.
The main thing is to research the Doctor.
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Carletta — research the doctor sounds like good advice for any procedure — I am certain I would look for a clinic that specialized in such things and had a phenomenal success rate.
My brother (who lives in the PacNW) had his Lasik surgery done years ago, when you still had to drive to Canada to get the surgery. He’s never regretted it.
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