Eye operation gone wrong

I hope she recovers, I did an awful lot of research on this last year, and after reading the consent form, decided against it.

My optician was quite positive about it though. Good luck to your sister.

hope all goes well for your sis stu, i had it done 3 years ago, not had amazing results.

My uncle is an ophthalmologist at moorfields who does lasic etc day in day out.

Guess what, he wears contact lenses. Go figure.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

only your consultant or surgeon will know the facts and if you want information I'd speak to them rather than ask the internet...

Thanks, I realise that, but when it's the weekend (surgery was Thu. afternoon) and they only speak a foreign language (she lives in Paris) it's nice to get some different view points that are hopefully reassuring, thanks G.

With glasses I don't even have 20/200 vision in my right eye, and in my left eye, I have 20/25 vision with glasses. Last time I checked I can't have eye surgery til I'm over 40, but even if I could, with only one good eye I'd be **** scared.
Hope your sister makes a full recovery.

[maviczap]

Lots of bad tales here. One of my guys had it done, he had milk bottle bottomed glasses, with his pescription. Had his done, now has 20/20 vision.

Hope your sister improves Stu, not good when ops don't improve things

I totally disagree that it is a bad thing.

I had mine done in 2004 on a Friday and by Saturday lunch time I had perfect vision with very little recovery time. My follow on appointment showed I had 20/20 vision and I have never looked back. My eyes were pretty bad and wore contact lens all day. The worse thing I used to find was that I couldn't see the clock at night/morning without reaching for my glasses. I used to find it fascinating that I could see so clearly from the moment I woke up.

Best thing I ever did!!

[ethariel]

I know 3 people personally with no issues, everything went well.

I was booked to see a consultant myself and ended up walking out when he refused to give me figures on how often there are complications, he just kept saying 97% of cases are without fail, but no more detail.

My heart goes out to your sister and I wish her all the best, but it's not something i could ever do unless it was to prevent blindness, any risk of exarcbating my vision issues is a no go, even though glasses are a pain in the rear often.

Had my eyes done 6 years ago. One of them didn't turn out that great and they re-did it, but since then they've been spot on and I'm really glad I went for it.

Hope it turns out OK for your sister.

Cheers Keith

I have terrible sight.

-6.25, so basically half blind.

Wear contacts all day, in for the whole month, change after.

It would be too expensive to get my eyes done.