worth the risk? - Lasik Eye Surgery Message Board

purity · 04-07-2006, 09:20 AM

hello everyone,
well i wont make this too long. It is my first time to post in here and i need an advice. i am 21 years old and i was thinking of having the lasik surgery but im realy afraid of the out-comes. my vision is already bad. -18.00 but im used to it and im using contact lenses since i was 11 years old.
i realy wish to start a new life and i feel that i deserve to see the world more pure and clear after being patient all these years but what if i had negative out-comes?
the real issue that i dont think i can realy get married to the guy i love before telling him that i have kinda bad vision. he does not know about it and im worried. please advise me and i will be thankfull to yall.

Hating glasses · 04-07-2006, 01:22 PM

purity,
I can't speak to how far out they can correct. But, two things I wanted to say are:
1. Are your eyes still changing in prescription? If so, is it alot of change? They may not ok you as a good candidate because they want the patient's eyes to be mostly stable for 2 years with minimal changes in the prescrition over the past 2 years. You are still pretty young and, I think I remember that 21 may be the youngest patient they will work on. Don't qoute me on that but, it seems like I remember that.

2. Are you engaged or in a position where you may be engaged in the extremely near future? Poor eye sight is nothing to be ashamed of. If you are in a commited relationship that is about to become a marital relationship or otherwise, your boyfriend or fiance really shouldn't have a problem with your eyesight. That has never been an issue in any other relationship I have ever had or anyone I know has ever had. I can't understand why it would be a problem in yours.

Go see a licensed Lasik Doctor and find out if you are a candidate and then, go from there.

And, keep in mind that even if they can't correct for your level of prescription yet, as of about 3 years ago, they would not have been able to take me as a patient due to the level of my Astigmatism...which I don't recall what my #'s were...but, a little over a year ago, they were able to take me and I can see 20/15 with just a hair line of astigmatism left over. This technology continues to change and improve year to year so, don't abandon all hope just yet if they tell you that you aren't a good candidate right now.

Take care and keep in touch!

purity · 04-07-2006, 03:14 PM

thx alot for both of you for taking the time to answer me
well, i was not expecting any doctor to tell me that i will go 20/20 after having this procedure. but in the same time i thought why not doing it and keep using lenses. by then the lenses would not be a big deal since my vision will imporve to, say, -4.00 which is a big difference.
please correct me if i was wrong cuz im not saying that i know, its just what im thinknig and i wana share it anyway.
now about the guy, well we are not engaged yet, but we are working on it and i told him that i was not ready and i might be next summer, i ofcourse said that cuz i was considering lasik but i chickened out at once and he does not know nothnig about it. he might be too good to accept me for who i am. but does not he have the right to worry about his kids? i mean wer talking about a matter of -18.00 Not 4 not 6 or 7 even. its huge, especially when you hear it for the first time and you dont understand that the person is living with it quite normal.
p.s i forgot to say that my vision is not changing that much i mean im using the same lenses which are of -18.00 but i kinda change them between every now and then with the same #.
these were my thoughts and im still worried. maybe i needed to share more than anything. hope to see some more replies.