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CheffoJeffo:
I dunno, I have a tough time imagining that a pinball geek who brags about reading a lot (without forgetting!) and spends his time getting banned from online forums is anything BUT a sissy.

 :dunno

Signed,

CheffoJeffo and his SissyGoggles(tm)

DrewKaree:
I know four people who've had it done.  I was looking into it myself.  I have to wear "sissy goggles" due to the shape of my eye and the circumstances surrounding my vision problems.  I was jumped by a dog when I was younger (not a pit bull, for Tommy's peace of mind when he surreptitiously reads this).  I got one eye tore up fairly badly, and have had to wear glasses ever since then.  The other eye is almost perfect, and has only recently started to need an actual prescription due to having to work harder, the doc says.  Scar tissue in the area along with my eye shape make it impossible to easily insert and wear contacts, so I've been stuck with "sissy goggles".  Lasik will help somewhat with my issues to where I might be able to have a lesser prescription, but I was flat-out told there was a high probability that I'd STILL need "sissy goggles".  Having the surgery, in spite of PBJ's opinion of what optical devices are "manly", would be a waste of time and money in my case.  Hopefully, you'll be talking extensively to people who don't remind you of the used-car salesmen or online pinball geeks who posit an "expert-like" opinion because of what they've read in an article or twelve.  Perhaps your situation isn't the same as mine, but I'd like to reassure you that there are millions of "sissy goggle" wearers in the world who won't think you're less "manly" for deciding to stick with "sissy goggles" if you aren't comfortable at the end of your decision making process to go ahead with the surgery.

Of the people I know who've had it done, 1 lost sight in 1 eye for about 3 months due to issues with the equipment during the surgery.  She had to wear a patch, and still requires glasses/contacts in that one eye.  Her eyesight came back in that eye, but there was a possibility that she might have lost the use of that eye. 

The other people have had no problems save one.  The person I know who got it done first had to go back for a fix, which it didn't.  He's got the halo thing.  It doesn't bug him (he says), but I've got the same issue with "sissy goggles", and I always get a special coating on the lenses of them to help with it, but it doesn't EVER completely eliminate them, and it drives me nuts while driving at night. 

Good luck with your decision.  It sounds as if it isn't something you're taking lightly, in spite of comments from the peanut gallery that you're a "sissy" if you happen to stick with wearing glasses.

FrizzleFried:
Peanut gallery or penis gallery?   :laugh2:

Shoot...sorry...slipped out.   To be fair,  I'm a ---tallywhacker--- myself.

boykster:
That's a good, albeit slanted, summary of post LASIK complications.  I say slanted because its obviously geared towards increased regulation or outlaw of LASIK, and that's fine.  It does provide a very nice, evidenced account of the major complications.   I think it's quite alarming that in one study they found nearly 50% of patients with symptoms of dryness....

The co-worker I have who has all the complications suffers from the dry-eye problem and it REALLY bothers him a lot.  He's constantly using drops, messing with one of his eyes, etc.  He's told us that'd he rather go back to messing with contacts that have to deal with this constant pain and irritation.

I'm just not willing to mess up my eyes....

zaphod:
Has Lasiks six years ago and best money I ever spent.  Went from 20/800 to 20/30 in ten minutes.  Had contacts most of my life and eyes were getting progressively drier as I aged, so had to wear glasses more and more.  For me, it went perfectly.

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