Laser Eye Surgery Discussion Thread

ali-t

cattkitt wrote: »

"For Bilateral Wavefront LASIK,

1 - We advise that you make arrangements for a friend or relative to accompany you home.
2 - Tube travel immediately after surgery is not advisable
3 - Please bring sunglasses"

I can understand precaution #3, but why would #1 and #2 be necessary? What kind of a state would I be in precisely to need #1, and what on earth does the Tube do to just operated on eyes? Thank you for any help!

I would imagine the dust on the tube would be the problem. You can't rub or really touch your eyes or get them wet so dust in your eye could be very problematic.

I have had laser surgery 3 times and would never recommend making your own way home. Everything is fine for about 20 minutes then the anasthetic wears off and you are in agony for the next few hours. Your eyes stream constantly and it is very difficult to open them. I have had lasek and lasik and a corneal correction and this was the case each time.

cattkitt

Omigosh. This sounds terrible. I don't have anyone to take me home. Is it inadvisable to do it only when there is someone to guide me home?

snazzapples

Hi miramoo, ive PM'd you about the £300 offer - im about to book my surgery so would really appreciate a discount!

Thanks

ali-t

http://www.lasereyeforum.com is a great resource and has lots of people's treatment diaries.

I couldn't have got myself home (even in a taxi) and got my key in the door and inside the house after I had it done and I live 10 mins from surgery centre door to door.

You have to remember it is still surgery and it really hurts after getting it done. After getting it done 3 times I am almost an expert

phague

Hello,

I am considering having laser eye surgery done, but cant afford it yet, even on interest free.

Does anyone know of any opticians that would put normal sunglass lenses into prescription sunglass frames, please? I have Police frames, so dont really want to start looking for an other frames, when I like these ones!

Thanks in advance.

cattkitt

Thank you, Ali. Was it Lasik that you had done, and how long was it before you could see and wander around enough to say, make a cup of tea and watch tv?

ali-t

Cattkitt I have had both types. I orginally had lasik and went home for a sleep afterwards, woke up after a few hours, phoned in a takeaway and slept again until morning. It was sore but manageable. I could watch tv etc by the next day but my eyes were very light sensitive and I was wearing sun glasses in the house for the week.

I then had a correction operation as I had a wrinkle on my cornea.

I have also had an enhancement on 1 eye and this was using the lasek procedure and I still don't have great vision. My enhancement operation was a bit of disaster and has been significantly overcorrected so I may need another op if I have enough cornea left to do it.

Please don't rush into anything. I don't regret it at all but for the last year every period of annual leave I had had has involved recovering from eye surgery. I am more than £3K poorer and still can't see properly. FWIW I am still having to wear glasses to type this.

misstipsycake

cattkitt wrote: »

Omigosh. This sounds terrible. I don't have anyone to take me home. Is it inadvisable to do it only when there is someone to guide me home?

Hi Cattkitt, I would also recommend having someone help you on the way home. I had no pain afterwards, but I was a bit 'spacey' and was glad of having someone with me to steady me up the two flights of stairs to my flat!

I had laser surgery 6 years ago - I did loads of research and went for who I considered to be the best person to carry out the procedure at the time. It was not cheap, I paid it back on interest free credit cards over a couple of years. But I didn't feel comfortable going for the cheapest.

We don't know the long term effects yet, but I would definitely do it again. As I was unable to wear contact lenses and glasses interfered so much with sports and social life. Good luck with your decision (and do your research!). M x

cattkitt

Thank you, Ali and MissTipsy.

LittleMissAspie

I would recommend staying away from the chains and going to a real hospital with a real specialist. Moorfields Eye Hospital fixed me up nicely after a chain ruined my eyesight. I still have a little ghosting but it's not noticeable most of the time. I think I spent just under £4k altogether and I wish I'd just gone to Moorfields in the first place. Don't skimp on price, get the best surgeon. This was mine: http://www.moorfields-private.co.uk/Consultants/juliandstevens

I had 3 operations in total (both eyes, then one eye, then other eye) and every time my eyes were watering so much that I couldn't really see anything. They really were streaming. When I got home I fell asleep and a couple of hours later the watering had stopped. That was when I could get up and do stuff, with sunglasses on/dim light. But I would have had trouble finding my way home by myself, I could barely see where I was walking.