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Posted: Jan 10 2009 01:43 pm

so i just got lasik done yesterday and it's pretty awesome so far...anyone else here had it done?

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No my eyes are good. Well except when I get a migrane or a bad headache then the peripheral vision in my right eye goes blind

Posted: Jan 10 2009 01:52 pm

NO thank you sir, I'm not paying some "doctor" to zap my eyes with an over sized novelty laser pointer. Sadly no

Besides, my glasses make me look smarter than I am. Cool

Posted: Jan 10 2009 01:55 pm

would you do it if there was an xray vision option?

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

Blackout that beard is awsome

Posted: Jan 10 2009 02:38 pm

monachetti wrote:

would you do it if there was an xray vision option?

Can I control it, or is it always on? If it's always on I won't be able to tell the difference between real people and reanimated skeletons, so I'd say no.

Posted: Jan 10 2009 02:44 pm

Is there laser ear surgery? I'm concerned I will be deaf by the time I'm 60, maybe earlier.

Posted: Jan 10 2009 03:43 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Is there laser ear surgery? I'm concerned I will be deaf by the time I'm 60, maybe earlier.

I hear that (very poorly that is).

Posted: Jan 10 2009 04:40 pm

hacker wrote:

Blackout that beard is awsome

I get my powers from it, kinda like Samson from the Bible.

Posted: Jan 10 2009 06:37 pm

Blackout wrote:

hacker wrote:

Blackout that beard is awsome

I get my powers from it, kinda like Samson from the Bible.

If I shave your beard and keep the hair, do I then get your powers?

Posted: Jan 10 2009 06:44 pm

anorexorcist wrote:

Blackout wrote:

hacker wrote:

Blackout that beard is awsome

I get my powers from it, kinda like Samson from the Bible.

If I shave your beard and keep the hair, do I then get your powers?

Only if you glue it to your face with spirit gum.

Be forewarned, my powers include drinking obscene amounts of cheap booze, blacking out, mega hangovers, and chain smoking.

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

Blackout wrote:

anorexorcist wrote:

Blackout wrote:

hacker wrote:

Blackout that beard is awsome

I get my powers from it, kinda like Samson from the Bible.

If I shave your beard and keep the hair, do I then get your powers?

Only if you glue it to your face with spirit gum.

Be forewarned, my powers include drinking obscene amounts of cheap booze, blacking out, mega hangovers, and chain smoking.

Hey doesnt Syd have those same powers?

Posted: Jan 10 2009 06:54 pm

Blackout wrote:

anorexorcist wrote:

Blackout wrote:

hacker wrote:

Blackout that beard is awsome

I get my powers from it, kinda like Samson from the Bible.

If I shave your beard and keep the hair, do I then get your powers?

Only if you glue it to your face with spirit gum.

Be forewarned, my powers include drinking obscene amounts of cheap booze, blacking out, mega hangovers, and chain smoking.

WORST SUPERHERO EVER

Posted: Jan 10 2009 08:19 pm

These eyes *buh buh buh-bump-buh, bum bum buh buh buh-bump-buh*

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

monachetti wrote:

so i just got lasik done yesterday and it's pretty awesome so far...anyone else here had it done?

Did it hurt at all?

Did you have to have the cover of your eye sliced open or did they do the laser through it?

What was your vision? What will it be?

I am hoping to go for it in 2 years.

It is going to be my present to myself when I turn 30.

Posted: Jan 10 2009 09:39 pm

zero pain...they put in numbing drops and did some stuff including taking a flap off the eye, then did the laser thing...it was all a little weird, but didn't hurt at all.

my eyes were -2.75 and -3.50, and now they're both 20/20

the only downside i'm having right now is my eyes are really dry, so i have to take eyedrops every hour (which should be fun all week at work staring at a computer). that and i can't work out for a couple weeks.

overall, i'd say the procedure is just awesome. there's obviously risk involved to some degree, but i haven't personally met anyone who didn't have great results.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Did you ever feel like you had to blink?

Were you aware of everything going on. I mean, I know you aren't knocked out, but did you know what they were doing as they were doing it?

Posted: Jan 11 2009 12:59 am

GPFontaine wrote:

Did you ever feel like you had to blink?

Were you aware of everything going on. I mean, I know you aren't knocked out, but did you know what they were doing as they were doing it?

yea i could blink as normal...but my eyelids were propped open, so they wouldn't interfere unless i tried to squeeze them shut or something.

the doctor walked me through everything that happened as it happened, so i knew when things should go blurry and when or when he was wiping fluid from my eye, etc. if you were in the milwaukee, wi area i'd recommend dr. ireland at lasik vision institute.

Posted: Jan 11 2009 11:33 am

The only person I know that had an adverse effect was a former office manager of ours. She is now on restasis for the rest of her life and eye drops. Her eyes are apparently death valley dry if she doesn't take both as directed. She also sees the halo's she called them, at night driving when she sees lights.

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King wrote:

The only person I know that had an adverse effect was a former office manager of ours. She is now on restasis for the rest of her life and eye drops. Her eyes are apparently death valley dry if she doesn't take both as directed. She also sees the halo's she called them, at night driving when she sees lights.

Holy shit.

Did she have any warnings that it might end up not working for her?

Posted: Jan 11 2009 02:16 pm

and that is why I'm sticking with either glasses or contact lenses...

Joined: Jun 20 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 802

My grandpa just had this done two months ago. He's 83 years old and doesn't even need glasses any more. All he does is praise this procedure.

Posted: Jan 12 2009 12:26 pm

No GP actually she did not. I will say this though her eyes even before this were always buggy, that is to say they are really fucking big and I think stick out a bit. Other then that fairly hot chick. But yeah at one point a long time ago, again before she had it done even, a dude here at work asked her if she ever blinked because he said he never saw it.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

I am very nervous about going forwards with it because I have light blue eyes that are very sensitive.

I seem to be bothered more than other people about light sensitivity. Oddly enough I have been avoiding the sun since my skin is irritated by it... it all began when I was bit by this crazy guy with fangs.

Posted: Jan 12 2009 01:57 pm

I've had a tattoo removed with a laser.

Hopefully they can come up with one that prevents hair loss before it's too late.