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Laser eye surgery
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(18-01-2015, 09:57 PM)lolsteve Wrote: Could well be this friday Big Grin just need to phone up and confirm.
Been trying to get my head around this all weekend as i had the consultation on friday. the doctor seems nice enough and with his office being in a very nice hospital it made me a lot more relaxed about the whole groupon thing.
Only problem is I got that he was really pushing for LASEK (the long healing one) as he said there can be problems with LASIK if you do rough activities like boxing or wrestling(I don't) however LASEK does take a little bit longer to heal. The other side of this coin is that the LASEK option costs are not covered by the groupon voucher and would be an extra £500, when he said this the cynic in me shouted "he's just trying to get more money out of you" as the LASEK option is usually the cheapest method.
Also got worried about the complications he talked about of the flap they cut never properly healing apparently and that it weakens the eye structure however online folks Wink have said they've had it done 10-15 years ago and have a wonderful time with no problems ever whilst doing lots of outdoor activities.
I'm just worried that I'll do something simple like rub my eye one day and it'll rip the flap open. Scared of being even more limited by my eyes and having to spend the rest of my life worrying about my eyes. But I just really want this done now and I've been somewhat trapped since I can't get the £1400 back anymore
My auntie had it done about 15 year ago with no problems, she's since had LASEK done again the same time I had mine done.

I've not had a problem with mine, the doctor told me to go for LASEK over LASIK because you can't have LASIK done more than once and when you get older your vision can deteriorate again.
LASIK is more expensive afaik and it was going to cost me nearly double what LASEK was.

You won't have any issues with the flap opening again because once its healed its healed.
You should be fine after a week or so but you'll just need to use the eye drops they give you because they get VERY dry.
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Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 19-06-2014, 06:11 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Eeyore - 19-06-2014, 06:28 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Toms306 - 19-06-2014, 06:34 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Ruan - 19-06-2014, 06:45 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Curt - 19-06-2014, 06:45 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by ally406 - 19-06-2014, 06:45 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by toseland - 19-06-2014, 07:16 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by luke306rallye - 19-06-2014, 07:38 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 19-06-2014, 08:32 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Ruan - 19-06-2014, 09:02 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by cully - 19-06-2014, 09:18 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by luke306rallye - 19-06-2014, 09:21 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Dave - 19-06-2014, 07:54 PM
Laser eye surgery - by DavidA - 19-06-2014, 08:16 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by darrenjlobb - 19-06-2014, 09:13 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Dave - 20-06-2014, 02:26 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Matt-Rallye - 20-06-2014, 03:03 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 16-12-2014, 08:15 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Eeyore - 16-12-2014, 08:20 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 16-12-2014, 08:22 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Eeyore - 16-12-2014, 08:28 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Iceman299 - 16-12-2014, 08:48 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by WiNgNuTz - 16-12-2014, 10:43 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Mattcheese31 - 16-12-2014, 08:30 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Poodle - 16-12-2014, 10:11 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Kezzieboy - 16-12-2014, 10:58 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by 306pc - 16-12-2014, 11:07 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 16-12-2014, 11:10 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by 7057sam - 17-12-2014, 12:19 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Eeyore - 17-12-2014, 10:40 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Poodle - 17-12-2014, 06:58 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 17-12-2014, 07:45 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Matt-Rallye - 17-12-2014, 08:07 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 17-12-2014, 08:26 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Orta - 17-12-2014, 12:47 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 18-01-2015, 09:57 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by luke306rallye - 18-01-2015, 10:46 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Eeyore - 19-01-2015, 09:30 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 19-01-2015, 12:06 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by luke306rallye - 19-01-2015, 05:04 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by j-n-88 - 19-01-2015, 05:01 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 19-01-2015, 05:58 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 24-01-2015, 09:53 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Nathan1305 - 24-01-2015, 09:59 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 24-01-2015, 10:11 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Nathan1305 - 24-01-2015, 10:20 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by procta - 24-01-2015, 09:58 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by 7057sam - 24-01-2015, 10:34 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by WiNgNuTz - 24-01-2015, 11:08 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by 7057sam - 25-01-2015, 11:01 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by bigcheez2k3 - 25-01-2015, 11:06 AM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 25-01-2015, 01:16 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Eeyore - 25-01-2015, 01:12 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by lolsteve - 27-03-2015, 08:48 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by Paul Baldwin - 29-03-2015, 02:10 PM
RE: Laser eye surgery - by luke306rallye - 29-03-2015, 02:49 PM

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