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  • From: Tarus Balog <tarus AT opennms.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers:http"@trilug.org://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/ <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Lasic Surgery
  • Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:40:40 -0400


On Aug 16, 2004, at 6:23 AM, Colleen McCarthy wrote:

If any of you have had lasic surgery and would like to share your
satisfaction (or lack of) with the surgeon and outcome, will you please send
me an email? I'm more interested in hearing about any negative results that
you have had than the positive (expected) outcome.

I've been following this thread, so I thought I'd weigh in. I've considered LASIK surgery and decided against it for the following reasons:

1) I'm pushing 40, so my eyes are going to change soon anyway.
2) I rely on my eyes for my living.
3) I found PureVision contact lenses (http://www.bausch.com/in/vision/products/purevision.jsp)

These lenses are "breathable" and have been approved for up to 30 days continuous use. I wear them weekly, take them out on Sunday to clean (using Renu Multipurpose) and put them back in Monday morning. After three cleanings I toss them and start with a new pair.

I usually put saline in my eyes in the morning, because they are a little sticky, but outside of that they're great. I don't do water sports, so contacts aren't a problem.

Concerning LASIK, you'll find that the people who like it far outweigh those who don't. However, I got an e-mail from a high school classmate this week:

"Unfortunately, I am a LASIK casualty and am visually impaired. This hampered my ability to earn my PhD in Physical/Analytical Chem, so I took a Master's."

I can put you in touch with him if you would like.

One last piece of advice - go for the $1500-$2000 per eye guy versus the $500 per eye guy.

-T

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