Lazer Surgery

Is lazer surgery when you go to Poland for cheap Laser surgery ?

Stick with glasses... well sexy

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

Thanks Guys, both of those first hand experiences are very informing.

I have been considering it for a while, I have been wearing glasses for less than a year, and I do enjoy wearing them, they help me look a little older and brainier.

Ooger that list you have described is exactly how i feel, I hate that i have to do all those, I will add that i also hate not being able to oogle lovely women when on holiday and in the pool at the gym.

My problem is my eye sight went from good to very bad very quickly and its still getting worse at an strange rate, my optician has advised me not to go to any consultants yet as they push me to get it done, when its probably not the right thing to do right now when they are getting worse so quick.

If that's the case forget it - no point in laser surgery if your eyesight is not stable - you can buy new glasses / contacts every year, but you can't be repeatedly treated by laser (they can do it more than once, but there is a limit).

Originally Posted by Well Oiled

If that's the case forget it - no point in laser surgery if your eyesight is not stable - you can buy new glasses / contacts every year, but you can't be repeatedly treated by laser (they can do it more than once, but there is a limit).

Agreed - Ultralase needed to see 2 prescriptions from the past 2 years minimum to make sure my (or anyones) eyesight is stable. If its not stable very few (good) surgeons will put their name to it, as once its done, the eye will keep changing, as it currently is, and will outgrow the treatment.

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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Originally Posted by bluethunder

If your long sighted I wouldn't bother, becasue you don't need them from riding, or when out and about...

Oooooo...I have to disagree with that statement.

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

Originally Posted by shop_addict

...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.

true

Originally Posted by shop_addict

My prescription hasn't changed in years, but I'm still too much of a chicken to go for surgery.

I was there for a while too.

Originally Posted by shop_addict

By the way, are you prevented from driving/riding for a certain period of time after the surgery?
Jo

Well, I could see jack sh*t when I came out and quite frankly thought it hadnt worked! Driving was off the cards (even being outside was actually) for about 24 hours. You get very very light sensitive. I wore sunglasses indoors until the next day or so.

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 )

Originally Posted by ooger

Agreed - Ultralase needed to see 2 prescriptions from the past 2 years minimum to make sure my (or anyones) eyesight is stable. If its not stable very few (good) surgeons will put their name to it, as once its done, the eye will keep changing, as it currently is, and will outgrow the treatment.

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

How much do Ultra Laze charge? Just wondered how much it was....umm, not sure about my prespction on how much its changed, i don't think its got worse by a few points but less than 1.0 in going down.....I have had to waer for quite a long time now...

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....

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

I tried contact purely for the purpose of being on the bike, the problem is your eyes dry out because of the constant flow of air

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.

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

Originally Posted by Jools'SV Now

best benefit - you can see the birds on the beach in your shades

i seem to be able to do that perfectly well with my contacts in and wearing shades.....

saved myself a couple of grand there!!