Re: [Paddlewise] FW: FW: Prescription glasses

On the subject of Laser surgery for vision, I had LASIK last March and part 
of my motivation was paddle sports.   I also like other outdoor sports and 
glasses were just a pain.  I was *extremely* nearsighted - does the name 
Mr. MaGoo ring a bell and had tried contacts and hated wearing them.

The bottom line is I got very luck in the surgery.  My vision ended up 
being corrected to 20/12 in both eyes.  Plus they were able to correct my 
astigmatism and now my night vision has become much better.  All that said, 
Michelle's post below is correct.  It is definitely a your mileage may vary 
situation.  The doctors emphasized that results varied from person to 
person and a follow up operation might be necessary.

One of the factors in my favor was I had the surgery done at Emory Vision 
Center in Atlanta which is one of the best places in the country to get 
LASIK surgery (according to them anyway).

                                                                             
Luke


At 11:15 AM 1/17/00 -0500, Joe Brzoza wrote:
>Here's a response from my fiancée about the laser surgery documentary (she's
>an Optometrist who recently been certified for post surgery care).  I
>include the original posts in case someone missed a part - sorry to those
>who are annoyed by my non-clipping.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michelle Cote [mailto:mlcote_at_hotmail.com]
>Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 9:38 PM
>To: Joe Brzoza
>Subject: Re: FW: [Paddlewise] Prescription glasses
>
>
>As with most documentaries, they are done to inform people about things they
>
>may not know much about, in the hopes that people are not duped.  In order
>for laser eye surgery to be sucessful, you need to have realistic
>expectations of what the outcome may be.  Yes, there are people who are too
>myopic or have too much astigmatism to have a "perfect" result (20/20).  But
>
>remember the bell curve from biology class, 90% in the mid ranges and 5% on
>each side?  That's the demographic in refractive errors as well.  The
>majority of people have very good outcomes, of course there are those that
>don't, but they are rare with a skilled surgeon.  I would not consider
>seeing 20/40 a failure of the procedure, it just needs to be understood that
>
>10% "failure rate" that you are quoting in actually seeing 20/40 or better.
>
>Please don't base your entire opinion on one documentary.  If you would like
>
>to have more information, talk to an eye doctor or check out a laser
>centers' web site.
>
>
> >From: Joe Brzoza <joebr_at_burton.com>
> >To: "'mlcote_at_hotmail.com'" <mlcote_at_hotmail.com>
> >Subject: FW: [Paddlewise] Prescription glasses
> >Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 14:07:18 -0500
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Robert C. Cline [mailto:rccline_at_swbell.net]
> >Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 1:51 PM
> >To: Peter Treby; PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> >Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Prescription glasses
> >
> >
> >Peter.  There was a documentary on TV recently about laser eye surgery.  If
> >the operation fails, you are screwed.  The documentary cited at leaset 10%
> >failure rate.  Eyes too myopic or too much astigmatism have halo effects at
> >night and in indoor lighting.  The eyes "clock in" at 20/20 on the charts,
> >and are deemed successful by the surgeon.  Thus the statistics don't really
> >purvey the true failure rate of the operation.
> >
> >
> >
> >Peter Treby <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> >  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 09:53:33 +1100
> > > To: paddlewise <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
> > > Subject: [Paddlewise] Prescription glasses
> > >
> > >
> > > Has anyonel come up with a good arrangement for glasses? Is laser eye
> >surgery
> > > the real solution?
> > >
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