Hi again,
Since my last blog post I have been scouring the internet for information on laser eye surgery and I have learnt quite a lot of new stuff. I really found wiki helpful on laser eye surgery although it is a little complicated at times. You can read stuff about laser eye surgery from wiki at following address:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_eye_surgery#Laser_eye_surgery
Let me know what you think about the information it provides. Anyway I have found a lot of new useful information about laser eye surgery and I thought it would summarise it below:
- The main 2 types of laser eye surgery are Lasik and Lasek.
- Lasik has a quicker healing time and is less painful than lasek.
- People who do contact sports like Judo/Karate might have to have Lasek as it leaves your eye stronger.
- You may still need glasses for reading after laser eye surgery if you are aged over 40 which I am!
- The operation only takes about 15 mins and the actual lasering bit of your eye only lasts a few seconds.
Any way thats most of information that I took out of the laser consultation. The main issue for me is fact that after surgery i will prob still need glasses for reading. At the moment i take my glasses off for reading but i wont be able to do that after surgery -thats what the optician said. So im a little undecided! The optician said its a pity i didnt have the surgery 10 years ago and then i wouldnt need the spex for anything!
Anyway watch this space!
T H
