Even Someone Who’s a Scaredy-Cat Can Get a LASIK Surgery Done
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. Many people make the LASIK eye surgery clinics sound like they are some type of Dr. Frankenstein’s lab, and they make the procedure itself sounds kind of surrealistic. It seems like the only people that would get Lasik are those with such bad vision that they cannot get out of bed without their glasses on.
If you are willing to listen I’m now going to give you my story of how I came about choosing LASIK. First of all, my vision is not good, but not terrible either. I can actually go to movies and see well enough to enjoy the film without glasses, but I need glasses to drive in order to read the street signs far enough away to act on the information. So the fact is I really didn’t need LASIK surgery, I just figured that it would help to make my life a little simpler. I spend a lot of time outdoors and frequently take backpacking hikes that lead me to a long hill climbs, and I even enjoy mountain biking. Glasses have always had a very short lifespan with me, and quite frequently I am playing in the dirt which is really a horrible thing when you have contact lenses. 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? OK, technically Lasik does NOT use a scalpel but rather a “microkeratome blade”, but it is still a sharp object approaching my eye as part of the Lasik 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. This is the fact that nobody is perfect, and I myself have had way too many accidents to feel comfortable with somebody getting near my eye with a sharp object.
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 discussing this procedure with the surgeons, I scheduled my operation with the surgeon that had by far the best record, and who spent the most time going over the process with me.
I was really happy with the fact that the surgery wasn’t painful at all, even though I took everything that they offered to provide comfort, even the 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. I am kind of glad they didn’t tell me to expect that before the Lasik procedure, I am not sure I would have gone in.
It’s been a few years now, and I suppose I was a perfect client for LASIK, as they still have 20/20 vision and it has remained stable for 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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