If you spend any time on forums or chat rooms while online that deal with the topic of LASIK surgery, you probably wonder why anyone would work up the courage to set up a LASIK procedure, and why in the world they would even want one. Many people make the LASIK clinics sound like they are some type of Dr. Frankenstein's lab, and they make the procedure itself sounds kind of surrealistic. With all this bad juju going on you'd think that the only people that would be interested in getting a LASIK vision surgery are the people who can't even move about the house without their glasses on.
Well, let me give you my story of how I chose Lasik. My vision isn't great, but it's not incredibly terrible either. I can actually go to movies and see well enough to enjoy the film without glasses, but I need glasses to drive in order to read the street signs far enough away to act on the information. LASIK for me was not a necessity, but I just figured that it would make my life a lot easier. I spend a lot of time outdoors and frequently take backpacking hikes that lead me to a long hill climbs, and I even enjoy mountain biking. Glasses do not last long with me, and I am frequently grinding into the dirt which is not the best situation for contact lenses. For these reasons, the sound of LASIK eye surgery was highly appealing.
After telling you that, you probably think that I'm at least a little bit athletic, and it also probably wondering why he strong athletic guy would hesitate under such a little thing as a small scalpel. Technically, LASIK doesn't even really use a scalpel but instead it uses a thing called a microkeratome blade which is still an incredibly sharp object that is quite close to my eye as part of the procedure. LASIK surgeons these days don't have to use a microkeratome blade anymore though, as they have advanced technology that allows them to make the incision with a laser instead, which is far better than blade. This is the fact that nobody is perfect, and I myself have had way too many accidents to feel comfortable with somebody getting near my eye with a sharp object.
Well I went and talked to three completely different and independent LASIK surgeons, and every one of them assured me that as a 28-year-old man in a really great health, with mild to moderate nearsightedness that I was probably one of the best candidates for a successful LASIK eye surgery procedure. I decided to schedule my Lasik procedure with the one that had the best track record, and coincidentally took the most time to explain everything about Lasik to me.
The Lasik surgery was not painful, though I accepted nearly everything they offered to give me comfort, including a sedative and a teddy bear. The only really bizarre thing that I a can recall about the procedure itself was the smell of something quite similar to burning hair. I'm pretty sure that it was my eye. It's probably a good thing that I didn't know about that smell before I went into the procedure, because if I had I might not have gone in.
It's been a few years now, and I suppose I was a perfect client for LASIK, as they still have 20/20 vision and it has remained stable for a long time now. It is my opinion that if you are a qualified candidate for the procedure, don't hesitate, grab that teddy bear and make your appointment.
