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Is lazer surgery when you go to Poland for cheap Laser surgery ?
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Stick with glasses... well sexy
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Stick with glasses, but get regular eye checks until this is the case. It WILL settle: Quick howto: If your employer (assuming you have one) makes you use any VDU screen for any length of time, they are responsible for paying your eyesight tests. One per year, any registered optician is fine, any reasonable cost. You pay for the other one, go wherever is cheapest. ![]() This means you can get a prescription done every 6 months, at the rate of 2 for 1, where the most expensive one is free (don't see that often do ya?) ![]() (if you know anything about prescriptions, ask the optician to write the prescriptions in the same notation each time, that way YOU can understand the differences) - reason is, they can be written in the +ve or the -ve and mean the same.....v confusing. PS - Ultralase gave me a "lifetime" guarantee, meaning that as long as the eye is healthy (i.e theres enough tissue to burn more off!) they'll offer to keep treating it if it, but personally, I'm not sure I want that when I'm older. Good luck, and be patient. Kev |
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I'm long-sighted in my right eye (have been since birth) which is why I have to wear glasses. I mildly short-sighted in my left eye (like many 30-somethings who need specs for reading). Although I can see and read without my glasses on, that is because my weaker eye has always been lazy - I tend to turn my head slightly to the right and mainly use my left eye (if you are ever talking to me you may notice this, but only if you are looking out for it as it's quite subtle). I have to wear my bins all the time. So reading, using a PC, watching TV, driving, riding (in fact, you really would not want to be the same road as me if I wasn't wearing them). If your two eyes have the same poor vision, that's one thing, but for me, without correction, my distance perception is totally screwed - i.e. I cannot get both eyes to focus on the same spot, one focusses a little in front of the target, one a little past the target (which is why it's impossible for me to do those magic eye picture thingies). Back on the main topic, I was chatting to a customer who'd had the laser surgery, and she told me that your eyesight must be 'stable', i.e. not having changed for a few years. My prescription hasn't changed in years, but I'm still too much of a chicken to go for surgery. By the way, are you prevented from driving/riding for a certain period of time after the surgery? Jo |
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When you can read the letters on the board to the "driving standard" and youre comfortable, theres nothing to stop you driving. They tell you to start when you feel ready. I had: day 1) Treatment day 2) checkup day 7) checkup day 21) checkup + 3 month checkup + 6 month checkup All was fine after 7 days really, with a little bit of dryness that soon cured itself (you have to do quite a bit of personal hygiene things with your eyes that you normally wouldnt do ![]() |
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MY dad is 51, yet his eye sight is better than mine, I'm the only one out of the family that needs to waer glasses all the time. Glasses are pain they really are, when i go travelling have to make sure that have at least 2 pairs...it would be nice to have them.... |
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If you've ever ridden with contacts in a open face you know the solution to this. Open your visor and look straight into the air blast for five minutes. It takes a minute or two, but soon your eyes will water so much that your contacts will feel great for hours.
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Had it done a few years back, ultralase - hammersmith.
scary, yes worth it, yes regrets, no. did a bike trackday 2 weeks after - no probs eyesight was perfect straight away. eyedrops for weeks after and not getting your eyes wet for 2 weeks are the biggest pain. eyesight still 20/20 best benefit - you can see the birds on the beach in your shades ![]() |
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