Going in 3/31/05 :)

micpi · 03-24-2005, 04:59 PM

I have been reading this board for about a month now. I am finally writing mainly to thank all of you that put on such great advice.
I am having LASIK done next Thursday 3/31/05. I am very excited about it and feel very comfortable with my doctor’s skills. His name is DR. Peter Donshik. He is in Bloomfield, CT. If anyone has used him I would love to hear how it went. He gave me the option of using LASIK or LASEK. It seems to me that the slight increase in risk is worth the faster recovery time so I have opted to do LASIK. Does anyone disagree with my choice? I would be interested in any feedback. Also, I was given the option to take Valium before the surgery. I am not a very nervous guy when it comes to medical procedures and am not sure I will need it. I am just thinking that if I am a little nervous it might make it easier to watch the red light. Did anyone have trouble with that? Thanks for any replies and all of your past postings!

myoptic33 · 03-25-2005, 06:05 AM

get the best lasik you can, choose wavefront. I hope your a great candidate and have thick conereas too. whats your vision now? I can see your excited and nervous, I know I would be

micpi · 03-25-2005, 08:48 AM

I found out that I am a good candidate. I am doing the surgery on Thursday. I was told Wavefront was not needed. The doc said I could get away with PRK/LASEK, but I decided on LASIK.

madera74 · 03-25-2005, 05:15 PM

Hi there! I had my procedure done 5 years ago, when I was 26. I had been in glasses since 2nd grade, contacts since 7th, and had a -8.75 prescription in both eyes. I had an excellent experience and couldn't be happier with the results -- I hope it is the same for you!

I just wanted to respond to your question about valium... I was so nervous and excited (mostly excited over the prospect of restoring sight to the blind.. hehe) that I gladly accepted the valium. I swear I must have been completely immune to the effects because I felt as keyed up as ever when they called in me the room. I was lying there in the chair trying so hard to keep still and to keep my eye on the flashing red light, that I felt like I was looking everywhere BUT at the light. Partway through, my surgeon stopped and put his hand on my shoulder and said hey, you're doing fine, just take a deep breath and relax! I swear, someone tells me to remain perfectly still and I get all squirmy, I can't help it!

Anyway, I must have done just fine because I've had 20/15 vision in both eyes ever since. I thought the valium would at least help me rest after the procedure too, but no, I could not stop looking at everything and marvelling that I was seeing so clearly with my own eyes

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So anyway, I say go for the valium.. can't hurt, and it's not going to knock you out or anything. Good luck to you, and let us know how it goes!

micpi · 03-31-2005, 08:56 PM

Well, I did it. It has been about 6 hours. I can see already. The world is still a bit of a blur. Is this what everyone else has experianced? I hope things will get a bit clearer. I feel like I could drive like this, but I would still like things to get a bit better. I took a nap for a few hours like the doc said and I could read the clock when I woke up!! This is great. I can not wait to look at the eye chart in the morning. Oh, I did go in without the Valium. I really wanted to know what was going on. I am glad I did not take it. Thanks again to all of you for what you have written. Even though you did not always know it it was great to read your stories.