You might check Eye-Mart and pick up a pair of ruby quartz glasses. -----Original Message----- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Way OT - Anyone here had Lasik? How has it impacted your daily work (looking at screens, keyboards, etc)
Only issue I had was when a direct light bounced off my cornea, a steady, heated beam would pierce through solid objects (including screens and keyboards). They'll teach you about non-direct looking. I learned quickly after the family dog took a hit. On 1/26/2011 6:38 PM, James Kerr wrote: > I need to have this done in my right eye before its starts doing its > own thing from not really getting used. Last time I tried to wear > glasses it made me VERY sick and I decided not to wear them anymore. > At least with glasses I could take them off and the sickness would > wear off in a few hours. I guess if I do lasic I'm going to need an > eye patch the relieve my brain from the stress of seeing normally. I'm > thinking it will be a rough ride. > > James > > > On 1/26/2011 8:35 AM, Garcia-Moran, Carlos wrote: >> I just got it done in December best money I've ever spent, after >> looking into prices and tech, I ended up going to Canada, it was >> $3500 minus $400 for being a US citizen, I got the Custom Wavefront >> bladeless which was the current best surgery and I can get it done a >> 2nd time if needed, The place I went LasikMD was recommended by two >> coworkers who had gotten it done there before. It guarantees 20/20 >> and the surgery I got covers all checkup's and 2nd surgery's if >> needed for life. Also I submitted to my bill for FSA reimbursement no >> problem since it's an approved expense even though it's outside of >> the country. >> >> I actively Kick box 3 times a week and do some swimming. You can't >> have direct trauma to the eyes for 3 months, outside of some dryness >> on my left eye, I can read at night with no issues. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:41 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Way OT - Anyone here had Lasik? How has it impacted your >> daily work (looking at screens, keyboards, etc) >> >> Not athletically active, but had mine done with assistance from my >> FSA account 12 years ago. My eyesight beforehand was 20/400 in one >> eye, and 20/425 in the other. It cost $2k/eye. I gulped hard and did it. >> >> Afterward, it was 20/20 both eyes. >> >> I am so very glad I did it. >> >> Of course, I instantly needed reading glasses, (I was over 40 at that >> point) but being able to see the road signs while being driven home >> from the operation brought more tears to my eyes than could be >> accounted for by the operation. >> >> I got it done on a Friday, and by Monday was good to go, and have >> always told folks who ask that I would do it again in a heartbeat. >> >> I was a "practice" patient - the surgeon who performed it was at the >> time the president of the board of ophthalmology for WA STate, but >> was being proctored for this procedure by someone. He is/was an >> amazing doctor, who performed RK on my then-wife a few years earlier >> and worked a near miracle for her as well. >> >> I say, ask a couple of ophthalmologists who don't perform this >> particular procedure who they would choose if they had to get it >> done, and see what they have to say. >> >> >> Kurt >> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:34, Raper, Jonathan - >> Eagle<jra...@eaglemds.com> wrote: >>> I'm considering Lasik for my left eye (my right eye is 20/12 >>> uncorrected - I have an astigmatism in my left eye). I've heard >>> great stories, and I've read about not so great experiences. >>> >>> One of my co-workers had Lasik (by the same surgeon who would do my >>> procedure) 8 years ago and claims zero regrets and no long term ill >>> effects. 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