Had it done in July '07 by.......drawing a blank right now, is/was president of UK board of trustees. Anyway, great result. He told me I'd be back in 5 years because I'd need an adjustment for reading vision. Well, that's nearly 8 years ago and I can still read the serial number on an ants back from 12 inches. But, by probably 2012, my distance vision was starting to deteriorate. I'm seeing someone else now, a friend, who told me we could make an adjustment, but we need to wait for my vision to stabilize (stop worsening). I hadnt seen him in about 18 months, went to him recently thinking he'd say "well, you've bottomed out, let's make an adjustment." Nope. One eye is 20/65, the other 20/45, he says together they operate at 20/25 (??). Made me wonder if I'd managed to cheat the test somehow, cause I surely would've guessed much worse.....I definitely need glasses at night. At least, that's my wife's take. Heh....
Lasik Eye Surgery
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Are you getting the standard Lasik or the custom Lasik?Originally posted by HUBER:
First off, I would like to say thanks to Maverick for taking the time out of his day to talk to me about Lasik and answer alot of my questions before I even went in for the consultation. I've met some awesome people and made so many great friends from this website. Always amazes me and also scares the hell out of my wife when I talk about my Wildcat internet friends.
Anyways, got the consultation yesterday at Commonwealth Eye Surgery and after 2 and half hours of tests they determined I would be a great candidate for the procedure. I went to a discount Lasik place in Louisville a few years ago and they determined that after about 45 minutes and half of the tests. The doctor I talked to yesterday said 95% of what goes wrong with Lasik surgeries are the budget places doing the surgery on people that aren't good candidates for the procedure. Another thing the budget place did was try to wheel and deal with me like I was on a car lot, whatever it took to close the deal and get me to schedule that day.That was the biggest turn off to me and why I didn't go through with it several years ago. Dr. Ferguson's gave me the price and there was no wheeling and dealing. I'm in sales, so I tried, but no go. The other thing is Dr. Ferguson has preformed 10s of thousands of Lasik procedures in his office since the 90s and has the latest, state of the art equipment. The budget place had the machine that uses a blade, Dr. Ferguson has that, but prefers the newer laser for less op time, quicker recover, and smaller flap.
Just for information, I'm nearsighted in both eyes. My left wasn't to bad but my right was like 5 times worse than my left. They said Id be there for about an hour but my right eye may only take about 30 seconds of op time and my left eye may only take 3-5 seconds of op time. After a day I should be driving myself to my follow up appointment with near 20/20 vision for the first time since I had to start wearing glasses in high school. Those of you that have never had to wear glasses have no idea how lucky you are. I cant tell you how excited I am to go sun glass shopping and not having to worry about getting them with a prescription. $150 sunglasses > $450 sunglasses.
Thanks again for all the info and help. Will follow up after I get it done.
This post was edited on 3/18 4:55 PM by HUBER
This post was edited on 3/18 4:59 PM by HUBER
I asked for custom lasik after talking to Maverick, but Dr Ferguson said for me it would be a waste of money. Apparently there is alot of factors which go into them deciding if that is needed, like shape and surface of the eyeball. He said they could do customer lasik surgery for more money, but for me it would be a waste of money because the results would be the same. I went in dead set on only getting custom lasik done, but because Dr. Ferguson has done so many of these, I'm trusting in him. I'm assuming its not one size fits all and some may see a benefit from it while others wont.Originally posted by ukalum:
Are you getting the standard Lasik or the custom Lasik?Originally posted by HUBER:
First off, I would like to say thanks to Maverick for taking the time out of his day to talk to me about Lasik and answer alot of my questions before I even went in for the consultation. I've met some awesome people and made so many great friends from this website. Always amazes me and also scares the hell out of my wife when I talk about my Wildcat internet friends.
Anyways, got the consultation yesterday at Commonwealth Eye Surgery and after 2 and half hours of tests they determined I would be a great candidate for the procedure. I went to a discount Lasik place in Louisville a few years ago and they determined that after about 45 minutes and half of the tests. The doctor I talked to yesterday said 95% of what goes wrong with Lasik surgeries are the budget places doing the surgery on people that aren't good candidates for the procedure. Another thing the budget place did was try to wheel and deal with me like I was on a car lot, whatever it took to close the deal and get me to schedule that day.That was the biggest turn off to me and why I didn't go through with it several years ago. Dr. Ferguson's gave me the price and there was no wheeling and dealing. I'm in sales, so I tried, but no go. The other thing is Dr. Ferguson has preformed 10s of thousands of Lasik procedures in his office since the 90s and has the latest, state of the art equipment. The budget place had the machine that uses a blade, Dr. Ferguson has that, but prefers the newer laser for less op time, quicker recover, and smaller flap.
Just for information, I'm nearsighted in both eyes. My left wasn't to bad but my right was like 5 times worse than my left. They said Id be there for about an hour but my right eye may only take about 30 seconds of op time and my left eye may only take 3-5 seconds of op time. After a day I should be driving myself to my follow up appointment with near 20/20 vision for the first time since I had to start wearing glasses in high school. Those of you that have never had to wear glasses have no idea how lucky you are. I cant tell you how excited I am to go sun glass shopping and not having to worry about getting them with a prescription. $150 sunglasses > $450 sunglasses.
Thanks again for all the info and help. Will follow up after I get it done.
This post was edited on 3/18 4:55 PM by HUBER
This post was edited on 3/18 4:59 PM by HUBER
I had mine done in the morning and after an afternoon nap I was driving at night in downtown Cincy. That was 15 yrs ago and I'm 60 yrs old now and my eyesight is still perfect.
I hope you have as much success with your as I did with mine.
I hope you have as much success with your as I did with mine.
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