yeah, i paid like almost 4k for mine. went to a well northwestern hospital. one of the better and bigger hospitals in chicago

 

I may be getting the Custom Lasik which caters to your eye specifically and not the -3.75 nitch, etc. Also with the place I would be going to I think you get free "touch-ups" for 1 or 3 years.

I also get 10% off the surgery through my coverage...

 

interesting since they are on gen 3 or gen 4 lasik machines and procedures. i know people who got them about 10years ago (literally first gen everything) and they have no problems so far. when they got the procedure done they were quite young between 20-22 but they all had terrible eye sight. -4 or worse.

 

kim 20/10 is better than 20/20. 20/10 means when something is 20 feet away you see it as if it's only 10 feet away. my friend has 20/10 in one eyes and 20/15 in the other. i call him eagle eye

 

I don't remember what I was before. But I was bad enough that I couldn't drive, read ect. After lasik I'm 20/15

 

I want to see what these 1st-4th gen patients encounter 30 or 40 years on. If, for example, there's a greater risk for cataracts, I'll pass. I don't want to exchange a petty annoyance for a serious and potentially inoperable disease.

I don't doubt that custom LASIK can work with people who have a stable prescription. But OTOH, I know I'm a poor candidate, even at my age when in theory my prescription should have stabilized. Having met people who rushed into the decision and have paid the price, I'm advocating caution.

 

well there have been people who has had corrective eye surgery for more than 20 years. but not with laser. I'm on the similar boat. I want to wait another 10years and see what's up with this ish. however, it doesn't mean that 2nd-4th gen people wont have problems. also even if you don't have a stable prescription, it not a big deal they can do touch ups to adjust the vision.

i haven't read that cataract is a big risk factor when getting lasik. any links you have please post it. i want to read it. from what i understand, it's no greater than the rest of population. meaning some people are more prone to cataract already and it could be these people also have poor vision and getting lasik.

 

:hs:

I'm a photographer and spend 8+ hours a day doing color corrections. It's a novel idea, and it works for LOTS of people. I'm just scared.

 

yah i know 20/10 is better than 20/20....thats why i said i didnt take all my drops and my vision went from 20/10 to 20/20



my surgery was pretty expensive...but i didnt wanna cheat my eyes..i paid $4600 over 2 years no interest. I was perfectly fine with the price because the service and care was super duper!

So they took pictures of my eyes with laser...(supposedly 25x more detailed than whatever the other stuff is?) there was no incision, no pain...they had a cute assistant hold my hands the whole time and kept telling me that i was doing great and that we were almost done when it was all over...they shuttled me over to a hotel room...i ordered pizza and chix wings and slept...woke up at 7:30 so they can shuttle me back for my check up. I went out to DnB the next night...so basically no real recovery time

 

Fair point; I've yet to find a conclusive study linking the two either.
Since the underlying causes are still under study, I think it'll be a while until that risk factor is nailed down.

But there have been studies on post operative macular degeneration [link]. While the rate of MD is still low (> 0.2%) it's a bigger annoyance IMO than a pair of glasses.

:werd:

I'm risk averse by nature when the stakes are this high.
I just want to have all the risks covered when it comes to something so vital.