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Posted by Midnight5.0 (Member # 597) on :
 
Anyone who is thinking about getting Laser Surgery, I would highly recommend it! I got in done Monday in the City and am already seeing 20/15. Amazing. It was traumatizing, take the medications they offer. And expensive, but well worth it....No contacts ever again!
 

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Posted by 66backinblack (Member # 5372) on :
 
who did you go with? ive always been interested but didnt have the funds(thanks to the stang) and wasnt sure if they could fix my astigmatism
 

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Posted by 1968_Fastback (Member # 1482) on :
 
Are both your eyes good? I heard 90% of the time one eye is worse than it was before and you can't see at night at all and you need to get it redone and you need to pay for that redoing. My mom had this problem.
 

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Posted by SF Coupe (Member # 1810) on :
 
I had it done 3 years ago when wavefront lasik was still new technology. I still see better than 20/20 in both eyes. Night vision is fine. When I had it done it was $4500 for the wavefront.
 

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Posted by BlueOvalRacing (Member # 1531) on :
 
I had mine done in Feb. I went from 20/400 to 20/20 with no astigmatism. I paid $4200 for Wavefront. Night vision was a slight problem for the about the first 2 months (halos, double reflections), after that, no problems at all.
 

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Posted by Midnight5.0 (Member # 597) on :
 
My vision wasn't too bad, maybe 20/50 or 20/60. I went with Dr. Goodman in SF. He's a well known and very trustworthy person. He wouldn't have taken any chances to jeopardize my career. It was quite pricey though, each eye is $2650 I believe. The lights at night are the only things that aren't perfect yet.
 

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Posted by Jdub07 (Member # 2728) on :
 
I was legally blind and couldn't even read the fuckin E on the chart without contacts or glasses. I paid $5100 at Stanford to get my Lasik done about 6 or 7 years ago. I went in and it took about 30 min. Then the next day I was seeing 20/21 out both eyes. Today I see 20/21 out of both eyes still. I do have to say driving at night is sometimes shitty. I see small hallows around the street lights and stop lights. Headlights from some reason don't bother me though.

For someone that love to go boarding and swimming and any other thing where glasses and contacts are a bother LASIK is the way to go. There are TONS of places doing Lasik now. Just check your doctors record. See how many proceedures they have done and how many complications they have had. When I went in my doctor had done over 100,000 proceedures with only one major complicatoin. I felt comfortable with that. Plus I was at Stanford so you can't really go wrong there either.

Good luck

[ December 14, 2006, 11:25 AM: Message edited by: Jdub07 ]
 

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Posted by BCINGUU (Member # 2397) on :
 
I had mine done in 97 when it was still REALLY new, and I still have 20/15 vision. I was 20/2200 to start with.
 

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Posted by bottled02GT?? (Member # 1772) on :
 

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Originally posted by BlueOvalRacing:
I had mine done in Feb. I went from 20/400 to 20/20 with no astigmatism. I paid $4200 for Wavefront. Night vision was a slight problem for the about the first 2 months (halos, double reflections), after that, no problems at all.

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holy shit dude i didnt think anyone has eyes as bad as my ex... she had 20/400 as well. I feel for u b4 ur opp lol. Im gonna email here this link, shes been considering, ive even offered to pay... but shes scared bout the actual proceedure. All good info, plz post, maybe itll help her

edit ^^^20/2200

[ December 14, 2006, 12:50 PM: Message edited by: bottled02GT?? ]
 

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Posted by red GT black rallyes (Member # 4495) on :
 
dam i thought my eye sight was 180/200 or something like that but i dont know if that makes sense its been a while since i have ordered more contacts , but dang i didnt realize how expensive the procedure was i guess its gonna be awhile til i get mine done
 

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Posted by BIG KEITH (Member # 6523) on :
 
I am Big Keith's girl friend and I work for a lasik eye surgery center in Mountain View. We offer five different procedures from lasik to wavefront. I had the surgery 5 years ago and I see 20/10 with no night vision problems!!! I would definently suggest this for anyone who is a candidate. We offer financing for up to 5 years. I am able to get a free consult for anyone and also a discounts on the procedure itself. E-mail me if you are interested at melissap@lasik2020.com.
 

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Posted by SN Roush (Member # 5234) on :
 
I drove my step-dad to have his surgery in SF in '98, everything went great and his vision improved dramatically.

2 months ago out of nowhere he woke up blind in one eye and ended up having emergency surgery at UCSF to repair a randomly detached retina. They had to remove his eye, re-attach the retina using lasers, band his eye and place a gas bubble behind it to allow it to properly heal.

8 years has passed since his Lasik surgery. I know the procedure has been going on for 15 years successfully; to say that it’s related would be jumping to conclusions. Lasik has increased in popularity tremendously over the last few years. I hope that incidences like this don’t become a trend.

As for my step-dad, his vision in that eye has returned about %30, and has been improving as time passes. It was a painful and traumatic experience...
 

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Posted by 66backinblack (Member # 5372) on :
 
So from my question before, is it possible to get this done if you have astigmatism? i was told it is not possible cuz the eye is always changing.
 

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Posted by TRIXSNK (Member # 2844) on :
 
Been looking into it for a while now and just saving up some extra cash.

I do believe they have procedures now that can be done w/ an astigmatism.

Try pm'ing Big Keith's lady for more info since she seems to be "in the know" on this kinda stuff.
 

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Posted by SF Coupe (Member # 1810) on :
 

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Originally posted by 66backinblack:
So from my question before, is it possible to get this done if you have astigmatism? i was told it is not possible cuz the eye is always changing.

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Originally posted by 1968_Fastback:
Are both your eyes good? I heard 90% of the time one eye is worse than it was before and you can't see at night at all and you need to get it redone and you need to pay for that redoing. My mom had this problem.

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