Even Someone Who’s a Frady Cat Can Receive LASIK Surgery
If you take the time to read any of the message boards or chat rooms on the Internet about Lasik surgery, you will wonder how anyone could get the courage to schedule a Lasik procedure, and why on earth they would want it. The many different clinics for LASIK surgery are made to sound completely impersonal and quite similar to a lab built by Dr. Frankenstein, and the procedure itself sounds a little unreal. In reality to me it seems like the only people who would want to schedule such a procedure are people with incredibly bad vision who have to sit 2 inches from the television to see it clearly.
Well, let me give you my story of how I chose Lasik. First off, I don’t have a really great vision but it isn’t horrible either. I can go down to the mall and catch a movie and see the film just fine without my glasses, but whenever I’m driving around in order to see the street signs correctly I do have to wear my glasses. So for me, Lasik was not necessary, but I figured it would simplify my life. I am outdoors very frequently, backpacking, climbing hills, and mountain biking. I’ve never been able to make a pair of glasses last very long, and I am frequently and a lot of dirty areas, so contact lenses never work very well either. For these reasons, the sound of LASIK eye surgery was highly appealing.
After reading the paragraph above you might think that I’m kind of athletic, and it’s true that I am, so you might be thinking why it would be afraid of such a thing as a little scalpel? Technically, LASIK doesn’t even really use a scalpel but instead it uses a thing called a microkeratome blade which is still an incredibly sharp object that is quite close to my eye as part of the procedure. LASIK surgeons these days don’t have to use a microkeratome blade anymore though, as they have advanced technology that allows them to make the incision with a laser instead, which is far better than blade. What makes me really nervous is the fact that I’ve had way too many accidents in my life to feel comfortable about anyone coming near my eye with something sharp.
Well I went and talked to three completely different and independent LASIK surgeons, and every one of them assured me that as a 28-year-old man in a really great health, with mild to moderate nearsightedness that I was probably one of the best candidates for a successful LASIK eye surgery procedure. After these discussions I went ahead and scheduled my LASIK procedure with the surgeon had by far the best track record, and who coincidentally spent the most time explaining all of the ins and outs of LASIK to me.
The Lasik surgery was not painful, though I accepted nearly everything they offered to give me comfort, including a sedative and a teddy bear. The only strange thing I remember about the Lasik procedure itself was a smell, something vaguely like hair burning. I suppose that was my eye. It’s probably a good thing that I didn’t know about that smell before I went into the procedure, because if I had I might not have gone in.
That was a few years ago now, and as it turns out I guess I was a near perfect candidate for the procedure, as my eyes are both 20/20 vision and they haven’t changed at all a long time now. It is my opinion that if you are a qualified candidate for the procedure, don’t hesitate, grab that teddy bear and make your appointment.
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