I Had PRK Lasek Laser Eye Surgery

Shoe you look so cute without your glasses!

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I look forward to your PRK journal! I read that PRK is more invasive but overall is the better surgery. I’m considering the procedure myself but I haven’t been able to justify the cost yet. We’ll see (no pun intended). Speedy recovery!

Hi Shoe, you actually look a bit alien-ish without your glasses. How much does it cost to do both your eyes?

Nothing like chillin in bed and taking drugs

I had Lasik about 10 years ago. No problems at all. You will be totally freaked out when you don’t have to deal with glasses and contacts. It was totally liberating for me.

You’ll be fine man, then you’ll be so happy you went through with it.

ShoeMoney , i have heard that there is some possibilities for the operation to fail and the person become blind (saw a case about it on the news) , did they mention any of those cases in the “downside part” and why the MMA Sports could face problems ?

seriously, thanks for posting this. I am in the same boat and looking to get one of the surgeries done after the new year when I have a full flex spending account. Looking forward to the journal

Shoe, did it cost more money to have the PRK? I would have thought so but I’m thinking about getting Lasik when I’m older and hopefully the procedure will have improved.

I hate not being able to work, can’t even imagine not being able to see. I have a sigmatism, so my site is not that great, but I don’t have to wear glasses to drive, but I do.

20 mins a day max… dang that’s rough… glad to hear it all worked out.

I know this is all serious but this was a pretty funny quote,
“Its truly frustrating for someone who uses their eyes as much as me.”

I use my eyes the entire time I am awake. Do you use yours more than that?

lol

Hope you feel well. btw. . . .what was all that banging in the background? Sounds like the house was falling around.

Awesome Jeremy, I’m sure it will work out for the best. My grandfather and my gf’s dad both just had eye surgery, which was for cataracts… not the same, but anything with the eye is pretty scary. I would like to get my vision done as well. Good luck with the procedure!

Good news Jeremy. I’ve been thinking of having that done someday too. My eyes aren’t too bad, but I need glasses at night while driving.

Never posted before but long term fan. Just wanted to give some moral support, as you say it’s got to be pretty scary, and your video post was kinda moving. Your in my prayers. Ryan

are you including the cost of the person who is “looking at the computer” for you since you can’t look? hope it all works out. seems like it has done well for everyone I know.

Now, what about hair?

Looking forward to seeing you in Vegas. Hope you can see me.

Good luck with the recovery, my wife is desperate to have this done but I keep on trying to convince her we can’t afford it. Of course the real problem is that if she gets her vision sorted she’ll realise what an ugly git she married

Congrats on taking the decision shoe, I am still considering doing this but still not too sure yet.

One thing I did notice was how prominent your eyebrows are now.

hey, glad it went well for you. wishing you the best on the second procedure. it’s going to be strange seeing pictures of you without your glasses from now on

it’s gonna be weird seeing you without glasses . . . . now you’re going to see the real benefits of getting your eyes fixed . . . coming home drunk, watching tv on your side, not worrying about dry eye, glasses falling out . . . . enjoy the drugs . they’re the best!

My wife had this done a number of years ago when it was pretty much brand new and the insurance did not cover any of the cost. She still says it was the best 5K we ever spent.

Thanks for the link. My wife is actually having regular Lasik surgery this Friday. I guess you can watch the procedure on a TV in the surgery room while it’s being performed. If the doctors will allow it, I’ll video tape it and post it.

Who’s the new guest blogger, Jeremy’s younger cool brother?

I had RK surgery for my eyes in 1992. It was supposed to be the best there ever would be. They used diamonds to do the cuts. It was a simple procedure and it was really cool to have good vision for the first time in my life. Over the past 15 years I’ve spent way too much time in front of a PC and have worn out my eyes. I’m considering Lasik in the next year. The idea of lifting up the lid of the eye freaks me out though. They didn’t have to do that with RK.

start up some neighborhood basketball games with some local kids.
or goto the library and see if they are interested in someone coming in and talk about small biz online marketing. Worked nice for me to get some easy clients.

Shoe wouldn’t be Shoe with hair. Think how much money it would cost him to update his graphics…

Congrats on the surgery & get well soon. My mother wanted to have this done, but they wouldn’t do it because they said her vision was too impaired in her other eye & it was too risky.

Congrats! Although I am not to the point I need/want to consider it, it still scares the hell out of me. Though I don’t tell my girlfriend since she actually needs to get it done now. I mean I know it’s pretty basic these days but it’s one of those things you just don’t want to lose if there is a freak accident. Same reason I don’t get my meat pierced lol

um, i wanted go as far as to say that. my dad had it done, so did my sis in law. they love it. i heard somewhere that if you do it too early, liek before age 30, that ur vision can get bad again.

Interesting. I was playing professional basketball when I had lasik. Can you say elbows flying everywhere? No 2 years of healing for me or waiting to get my vision. Was fantastic. This was over 7 years ago too, and I had it done by Dr. Samuel Masket out of Los Angeles.
http://www.masket.com/masket.html

Hope all is good after the surgery is completely finished and your eye completely healed. I have been thinking of eye surgery in the future, but as of now, I simply don’t have that kind of money.

-Mike

I wish you will get well soon, and that everything will work out fine with you!

Just Drink More!! I like that. Good stuff.

Get Well soon! I’m also interested in Lasik surgery but my parents tell me that I’m still too young for it (20 yrs. old). I have been using glasses since High School and it sucks. I want my life back without glasses and astigmatism.

I had LASIK done back in April. It was one of the absoulute best decisions I have ever made. 20 years with glasses and now at 41 its nothin but cheap sunglasses for me!! I did find that its about twice as expensive here in Michigan (3500-4000) for both eyes. My wife had hers done in Windsor Canada about 4 years ago and she still has 20/20 vision - she had something like 20/400 or some god awful vision before.

Hers were $1200 for both eyes. Mine cost $1800 - but I had a stygmatisim and I got the 3 year bumper to bumper tune up service (extra 300) just in case.

At this point, my vision is 20/20 left and 20/15 right!! - I highly reccomend getting it done but - - follow the docs orders to the letter and verse (SHOEMONEY!!!!) you have one set of eyes so take a little time and let them heal. Since my surgury I have run into several others who have had the procedure and it amazes me the varying info out there - do your homework and ask questions.

And use the drops before you think you need them. After my surgery - I reffered 2 people and the LASIK place sent me $50.00 per person - I guess that was kind of my first affiliate check.

I hope you have a speedy recovery. The no time on the computer must be tough. Did the doctor warn you about partying like a rock star when you are recovering?

so you dont have a bald spot? i thought you did.

i agree it is scary, one simple screw up and ur blind. bamm. done. my best buds dad is 95% blind, and can only see blurs.

sweet u were a pro? who did you warm the bench for? just kidding. who did you play for?

I would get stir crazy too.

I was going to get Lazik but the doctor told me I couldn’t read, view the computer, watch tv or go outside for 24 hours… DOH.

I plan on getting it eventually, but I am going to have to drug myself and sleep for the down time.

Hahahaha. This made my laugh.

I thought the tapping was shoe tapping his fingers on the desk next to the mic.

I had PRK on both eyes at the same time at the end of July. My prescription wasn’t all that high, but I had a pretty severe astigmatism that would have had me wear glasses even if the vision had been 20/20. Wore glasses for 30 years! After surgery, I was really light sensitive and basically spent four days in a dark room listening to audiobooks (even with the monitor brightness turned way down, it made me wince to look at a monitor for more than a couple minute at a time.) Once the protective contact lens came out things got a lot better. I was able to drive within a week of surgery and had fluctuating 20/20 vision within four weeks. My vision didn’t become “crisp” until almost 8 weeks after surgery. My eyes are now at 20/15 with no astigmatism as of my last optometrist visit a month or so ago.

Don’t be discouraged, surprised or depressed if it takes longer than 2 weeks for your eyes to heal and for your vision to settle into some sort of “normal”… it can take much longer than two weeks. I was lucky because I had a colleague who had had PRK a year before me… he coached me through the frustrating “why isn’t my vision clear yet” moments and then the “why are my eyes feeling so dry” days. Make sure you are religious about the steroid eyedrops (evens out the healing process!), use lubricating teardrops even if you don’t think you need them. Hang in there… it’s worth the wait! I truly experienced the colours of fall for the first time this year and it was spectacular!!!!

Wouldnt that mess with the healing process?

The “Shoe” with no glasses … WOW! LOL
Darin

Wish you get well soon

–blog for dream–

So, you are not the fat and glasses guy anymore… I bet these changes have an strong effect in the personality and temperament, they aren’t?
Good for you!

Jeremy,

Dude thanks for being a guinea pig for me, I am in the same boat having glasses for over over 30 years. I look forward on reading your works. I have been thinking of having it done for years.

Cheers

Which of those sites are yours?

Wish you a quick recovery and much more success with shoemoney….you guyz rock!!!

Hey there. I hope all this turns out really well for you–I know it will. I’ve been a reader of your blog–I think I was baited by the huge adsense check–saw the picture somewhere and figured you were doing something right. This is my first comment though. Here’s to a speedy recovery!

My dad got lasik a couple years ago. I remember when he came home, he had these Goggles on and his eyes were all goopy.

But he can see perfectly now. Enjoy life without glasses Shoe.

Great … now I’ll have nightmares : someone sticking a laser in my eye

Wish you quick recovery to continue your good work.

Get some rest man… You can tell us about it later.

Time to change the PR shot.

Are you freakin NUTS??!

You know more about the procedure you didn’t have than you did have..

I too wear specs, and have been thinking along the same lines (although never followed through, because never had the time - a bit like another procedure I’ve been meaning to have - 2 kids is enuf !)

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Anyway - assuming you actually read this (unlikely) - how much did it cost and how long did it take, and did they put you under ?
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BTW - HOPE IT WORKS OUT AS EXPECTED

Everyone here at team Blogoria wishes you a speedy recovery.

This is a great blog. Thank you for putting this forum together. I have been reading blogs like this for awhile and for the most part people have had positive experiences with their elective procedures. That is great to see. I would be interested to know what your cirteris would be - or has been - in a search for a elective surgeon or provider. That could be the most difficult part of the process - finding a good surgeon for your specific situation. I am the VP of Operations at The Patients Advantage. I am not interested in selling what we do on these blogs. What we do is at no cost to patients. I am interested in feedback from people who have already gone through the search process and or taken the process all the way and had an elective procedure done. We have been in business since 2004 and feedback from people like yourself is vital to develop the tools to keep patients better informed on who the best surgeons or providers are and the research tools about the procedures of interest. Subsequently surgeons and providers will benefit by having more informed patients. Please reply to this post on what is important to you…or email me directly from here or through our site http://www.thepatientsadvantage.com.

LOL, I just had a flash back to a young KOJAK…

“So the last 2 days I have been kind of chilling in bed taking drugs to chill me out. ” — lol, what you been taking?

I had laser PRK a little over 3 years ago and couldn’t be happier. My doctor said I was one of the first and I had to sign an additional waiver because the procedure was considered experimental at the time. My vision is still better than 20/20.

Just expect your vision to fluctuate throughout the day for about the first month. I wasn’t expecting this and got a little freaked out. Use the drops as instructed by the doctor and you’ll heal better. The steroid drops slow the healing process and keep any scar tissue from forming so your vision will be super-sharp.

Shoot me an email if you have any questions.

I would like too.. but i heard and see too much horrible story to move the next step … can find a good motivation to do it I don’t know it is scary to know that if they miss their shot it is over !!!

Yeah, I read that the most problems occur when patients don’t use the eyedrops.

Hello Jeremy!

For more info about eye surgery, i have a comparison website in the netherlands, here are alot of different options through companies like type of machine, price of surgery and more. check it out: EDIT: nice try spammer jackass

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this, too. I’ll probably do it one day in the near future, but haven’t researched enough yet.

I submitted too soon. I meant to add that I’m glad everything went so smoothly for you.. Just make sure you stick to the aftercare procedures as if your vision depended on it. I’ve been told it is critical to everything working great for a long time.

we just not used to the spectacle-less shoe

nice that you have a choice to grow back your hair…
mine is receding higher and higher… a man’s curse.

Hey Jeremy, My girlfriend Gill had PRK and her results we less pleasant that yours
I sort of journaled it, mostly a horror show really. Turns out after reading during the 2 week recoveryprocess that no two procedures are the same, a friend of hers had PRk ( she found out later) and he had to take a month off of work

What’s going on Jeremy? I really hope things work out for you. Good luck man. Happy Thanksgiving.

Hope you recover quickly. Thanks for posting this. I have a friend who spends a small fortune each year on contacts and glasses. Here eyesight is appalling, so maybe this would be a good option for her. And it sounds like the US prices may be a whole heap cheaper than getting it done in the UK.

Hope your peepers are both well again soon, Jeremy. Losing sight is not a good at all, I’m partially blind in my left eye due to an accident, but don’t think it can be fixed with lasers.

Great to see your eyebrows too, I may even attempt another go at the Shoemoney head, your glasses were a real pain. =)

Hoe it works and you recover fast

i just had mine done on 4th October 2007, both eyes on LASIK, vision back to normal, but they can’t cure my astic … overall, i’m happy with it, cause i hate wearing glasses !

All I Can say is thank god I don’t have glasses!

I just commented on your thanksgiving post about PRK, I hope your results are better than my gf’s. I didn’t realize you lived in lincoln (I’m in Omaha). Cheers!

he would not be shoe, he would be slipper

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i’m in between needing glasses but dont yet wear them and i did a lasik assessment and my eyes arent bad enough yet, maybe some more daily blogging and i’ll knacker my eyes enough

Did this surgery cost a lot you? Is it have any risk of failure? I dont know if your sight after surgery will be very good, i mean perfect or just ok?

I heard that it wears off, is this true?

I don’t think it wears of Dean Saliba but i might be wrong. It should be permanent.

Many people who get Lasik (or PRK) have mild vision correction. I had pretty major eye correction (-9 in both eyes, very nearsighted) which eliminated Lasik as an option. Plus I had some mild astigmatism (I am 40). Due to a history of wearing hard contacts, I had to wear glasses for almost 3 months before getting PRK done - only one eye at first due to the healing time. It was anticipated that I would have 6-8 weeks to heal, and it took 8 weeks (4 weeks before the double vision cleared and I could see and read up close). I experienced mild discomfort, similar to having a piece of dust in your eye (with a contact lens) and did not require any pain medication. To all, I would advise that you find a conservative doctor who will tell you the facts. Mine was excellent - he never tried to exaggerate or claim I would be healed - he always said that my expectations should be more towards the facts, which are that most people will not get 20/20, and healing time will vary. 6-8 weeks is just an estimate, for some it could be longer. If any doctor tries to tell you that he or she will give you 20/20 vision and he’ll operate tomorrow, run! If you’ve worn glasses & contacts as long as I have, waiting 12 or even 20 weeks to ensure stability prior to surgery is nothing, let alone a few months after surgery.
Be careful about the steroid drops if you have (or anyone in your family) a history of glaucoma, even low-pressure glaucoma.
Also, use the rewetting drops frequently even if you don’t think you need them - the more, the better.

Same thing my husband said….I’m sure that you are likewise still happily married!

I hope you are fine after your surgery. I have had this surgery too. It took more than 2 weeks since I was able to work with computer as I did before. Type of this surgery was older PRK, the place of surgery Prague, Army hospital. Laser took away approx 5,5 diopters. Price for BOTH eyes is around 30000 CZK = approx 1600 USD / 2 surgeries. I am quite satisfied, if anyone is going to Prague I would reccomend it to undergo is here

I’M HAVING PRK NEXT MONTH AND WILL BE HAVING ONE EYE DONE , THEN 2 WEEKS LATER THE OTHER. I’M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT BLURRY VISION AND HOW LONG I WILL BE OUT OF WORK FOR EACH EYE

Shoemoney, I am as well thinking about getting prk. When will you have your journal posted? How high WAS your contact prescription? Also, they told me something like I need prk because my pupils are too big. Was that your problem or does that make sense? Thanks bro. Peace.

I HAD PRK DONE IN 98 MY RIGH EYE IS DRIVING ME NUTS ANY NEWS ON HAVING THE PROCEDURE REDONE

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