West Coast Connection Forum
Lifestyle => Tha G-Spot => Topic started by: muthafocka on November 24, 2002, 05:20:05 AM
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i am considering it but am still a little nervous ......
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c'mon help a worried person out!
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uh what is that exaclty?
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yo it is a laser eye surgury..My dad had it and he sees perfectly..But there could be complications..Check ya doc for that
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my cousin did it and he sees perfectly now.. but im sure there could be complications
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yeah its where they cut a flap into your cornea and then put a laser to it ... to the people that know people that had it done .. where they shortsighted ? did they have high prescriptions ? like over -6 ?
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even if they are at home with u now ask em' i would be like really greatful
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My friend had a -2 perscription and he was short sided *I think*
He dosen't need glasses now
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I've been looking into it for a few years, and it's like this.
When they first started doing it years ago, they screwed up a few people's eyes. Some people went blind, most of the problems were with halos around lights (when you see a light, it has a halo around it, like you're looking through a dirty window), and the other main problem was the vividness of colors faded; people would see red as a pink and blue as a greyish blue, stuff like that. Everything looked drab. This was only in a small percentage of people, and the ones that had problems, most were advised by their doctor beforehand that there might be complications, but decided to take the risk. Out of the people that were told it would work out pretty good, most of them had no problems, and a small percentage (maybe .5 percent, 1 in 200?) had problems with halos, etc. that were permanent. This was years ago.
Nowadays, doctors can pretty much tell if you're gonna have complications. They'll tell you up front if you're a 'good candidate' for the surgery. Usually, during the surgery, (you're staring at a laser), with each pulse of the laser, your vision is already clearer. It works instantly. When you leave, you'll have the halo effect around lights for probably a few weeks until your eyes heal and adjust... there's a SLIGHT chance you'll have a permanent damage that can't be corrected; the chance is about 1 in 1000, which is pretty good odds.
Many patients though, have to go back and have a second surgery to correct if the first one didn't give you perfect eyesight, but there's no pain involved or anything of course.
The statistics are very good, and they're still tainted by the original group of people that got screwed up, so in reality, getting the surgery done today, if you're doctor says you're a good candidate, you'll probably get really good results. Don't expect a miracle though, some people still need glasses to read, etc. but usually, they can get your eyesight near perfect.
Peace~
(p.s., i'm gonna have it done in about 2 years, I'm not terribly inconvienanced by glasses, but in a couple years I'll have the money and the technology will have advanced so far it'll be impossible to get hurt).
Peace~
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BTW, many famous people have had lasik surgery, if you're into Wrestling Hulk Hogan and the Macho Man both had their eyes fixed.
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remember lil_lee / lisa that used to post here. she was talkin about having it done.
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how much does it cost cuz ive have wanted this 4 a while 2
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in UK money i heard its around 4 thousand, which is ermm... 7k USD i think
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well 97% of the operations work out perfectly, I know some dude that check it out at hes doc & he told him its no big risk but if there are compilations then you can never wear lenses again, only glasses..
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Yeh im thinking of getting the "Laser to the Eye Socket" ;D as my friend calls it. Im short sighted :( and have been thinking of getting it done end of next year or the year after. The price has dropped DRAMATICALY as my friend got it done for £800 (£400 per eye) and that was in febuary and his vision is near perfect and he no longer wears glasses.
I love Technology.....
And Lasers.
8)
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i am considering it but am still a little nervous ......
it is cool if you are not concidering on joining the Military.... it is wierd... they are rather funny about taking recruits who had it done before but you can most definitly get it done well in the military...... just thought i would share that with you.... lol
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Around Charlotte, you can get it done as cheaply as $500. an eye, but one of the best eye doctors in America's office is here in town, and his prices I think are like $1000.00 an eye. He helped pioneer the technology, so I'll probably have him do it, lol just in case.
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yeah i have had my consultation an' everything .. i guess it just last minute nerves .. i am very short-sighted -7 .. and am sick of waking up in the morning with my eyes full of pus, from contact lenses .. However i heard the higher the prescription the higher the risks of halos etc what king trama said .. i could live with that though ..
the only thing i would be nervous about would be permanent double vision and ghosting (seein shit like in 3D) i might talk to my doc about this more...
to be extra careful i have chosen to get one eye done at a time .. and chose a doc who has connections with the harley clinic in london ..
my first eye is on 12 dec WISH ME LUCK!
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my first eye is on 12 dec
OUCHIE!!
Good Luck Man!! :-*
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it costs me over 4 grand (i don't wanna sound really rich) but money is not the problem !! if they do fuck it up .. they promise to do it for free again up 2 a year and then after that i think its half price.
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OUCHIE!!
amazingly i have had the pilmetry test .. they put these eyedrops in your eyes so that u won't feel a thing .. the girl asked me would i faint easily about 4 times making me think they were gonna do something awful to me .. lol
she got a pin thing and stuck it in my eye .. i could feel it going though but it didn't hurt 1 bit .. i didn't even reaslise she was doing it until i seen "ripples" where the pin was making all the jellyish stuff on my eyeball move about!
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Ok..... the eye is actually the most dirtiest part of the human body..... you can actually spread HIV through sharing contacts with someone...
pretty interesting information.... i honestly wouldnt let someone mess with my eyes... just sounds to painful.... i am just going to save all my lasic surgery money for tattoo removal....... lol.... ;D
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i didn't even reaslise she was doing it until i seen "ripples" where the pin was making all the jellyish stuff on my eyeball move about!
ok ok no need for details..... lmao ;)
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Ha, I heard it doesn't hurt at all. The part that freaks me out, (I didn't know they poked something through your eyeball, though!!!!!) the part that freaks me out is when they pull the flap back from your eye. URGGGGH
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and you don't think you could get hiv though tatoo needles??
as far as i know a tattoo would be more painful that laser eye surgery!
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stop it stop it stop.... your guys are giving way to much details..... they are really graphic at that..... UGHHH!!!
lol...... man... flaping your eye lids back...... EH!!
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Ha, I heard it doesn't hurt at all. The part that freaks me out, (I didn't know they poked something through your eyeball, though!!!!!) the part that freaks me out is when they pull the flap back from your eye. URGGGGH
in fact u can have PRK instead of lasik they don't do that .. most of the probelms are flap complications.. but surgoen told me i am so shortsighted PRK would not work on me and i would be left with "haze"
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and you don't think you could get hiv though tatoo needles??
as far as i know a tattoo would be more painful that laser eye surgery!
it all depends where you put it......
i have one one my hip... didnt really hurt.... just felt numb..... and a little erotic also...... lol... go figure
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the pin in my eye was just a test to see was i able to get it done .. its to measure the size of your pupils .. i already got that done .. 2 months ago i have been on a 4 month waiting list!
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^^^ if u could stand that then u could have eye surgery lol coz u don't feel anything (if the test is anythign to go by)
Plus they give you valium to calm yourself b4 gonna to the operating theatre.
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stop it stop it stop.... your guys are giving way to much details..... they are really graphic at that..... UGHHH!!!
lol...... man... flaping your eye lids back...... EH!!
Nah, not flapping your eye lids back, they CUT the skin of your eyeball, and then flap IT back, Lol.
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UGHHH!!!! EWWW!!! EWWWW!!! NASTY NASTY NASTY.... I have the freakin Willies thinking about all this eye pooking..... flipping eye lids... and just EWWW EWWWW EWWWWW..... AHHHH there is just to much detail on this PAGE..... EWWW EWWWW EWWW i just want to pull my hair out and scream at alll this ewwwieness......
lmao..... damn... i just had to express that to you.... ;D
nothing nastyer then pooking your eye... reminds me of that movie... where some kid wants a bb gun and santa tell him no.. because he can shoot his eye out... lol.... :D
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photos of it being done .. Outsider don't look hehe .. King Trauma might be intrested .. i know it looks bloody vile .. but its actully more assuring to know what goes on .. i think anyway http://www.lasik1.com./LASIK_Detailed.html
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Well wish me luck .. its this day next week and my checkup on friday the 13th!!(thats the day they check if anything is REALLY wrong with u) I won't be on the net much after 2morrow so if u wanna wish me luck now the time!
PS: any1 in the uk see it on Richard and Judy just now?