48+ hours after LASIK - The journey of a pansyass & my sunglasses appreciation!

Don't tell me! All those 4 eyed discussions, fancy and cliched moments of 4 eyes, lovely soulmateship - all gone!! How could you do it James! Now, I will have to research on the subject and endorse LASIK instead of glasses - not fair, not at all fair!! Seriously though I think its fantastic wearing those Ray Ban! How I wish to wear shades all through my life! Getting jealous! But, I have serious problem with seeing you here and don't you watch the Oscars. we can give you a commentary on it. lol... I have lots and lots of queries about this. I had serious reservations but now you prove me wrong. This is getting long, I do not want to bug you more. Pls log off and do take care of your sunglassed eyes. Feeling left out....

Hi James! So glad to know it was painless. But I thought you were not supposed to read or write. Right?? Take it easy. A little patience now will go a long way. I am telling you what I constantly get to hear. Yuhoo! Ray Ban sunglasses! Great. The blood clot......its normal? Hope you recover fully and faster. No James I have never undergone any such thing. I hope I never need it. But I wish you a speedy recovery and till then prefer listening to music and avoid TV or PC for a while. And yes, enjoy all the fuss and pampering.......

dear pansyazz, I hope things are still improving and that it indeed works out very well!! Here's to your fully restored eyesight! And your courage in actually having it done!

A big blue penguin in Raybans... well, that all sounds pretty normal in my world. All the best for a speedy recovery - I just hope its not going to change your way of looking at life Not something I've considered having done myself as yet cos I'm happy enough with my reactolite lenses but, who knows....

Personally, I don't think there is anything pansyass about being nervous when it comes to having something done to your eyes, no matter how "safe" the procedure may be. I haven't had the surgery, nor am I ever likely to. I already know that what is wrong with my eyes could not be improved by having this done. Someday, I may have scar removal done, but at 50 years old........I think I will stick with glasses and contacts cuz I am a BIG pansyass when it comes to my eyes.

Haven't done yet and I'm not sure if I will do it in the future, because I am scared. I hope that you'd see things a lot better soon and just keep using your eyes drops. I guess, all I can say now is enjoy wearing your sunglasses .

You got it done finally. That's great James, my wishes for a speedy reovery. Was it one eye or two eyes ? It's benefits are more than the use of raybans right ? I'm hoping you did not only do it for the raybans. What are you doing online? give those eyes a rest. I remember when this procedure was introduced in India a few years back, a friend of mine was inolved in a company trying to promote the Lasik surgery. It was met with a lot of skepticsm and it still is to a lesser extent though. I do not know whether it is because of the rate of sucess, cost factor or whether it is to do with the mere fact, that people are hesitant to do anything even slightly risky with thier eyes.

James, I do hope that you get recovered soon from your surgery and will be able to view the PC conveniently. Please take some rest, if you are unable to work properly on a PC, it may affect your eyes, in the long run. Please take Doctor's advice, before working on PC. Wish you speedy recovery

Congratulations, James!!!! I'm so happy for you!! So THAT'S the surgery you were talking about. I see now. (ha, no pun intended) But honestly, that's terrific. And Ray-bans? Wow, sexxxxxxy. So after that miserable blood clot goes away, you DO know what I expect of you, don't you? Think about it, James, you know what it is. So does the lovely wife. And since I was such a clever doobee to have discerned certain things about the way you look, dontcha think I deserve a reward? I do, James, I do!!!!! But seriously folks, I've never really considered having that done. And till I turned 40, I didn't need glasses of any kind. At this point in my life, however, I need corrective vision, both for near and for far. I tried contacts recently, but after wearing them for a couple of hours, it felt like someone had thrown handfuls of dust into my eyes and I had to give them up. What I didn't do after that, which I SHOULD (dontcha love that word?) have done, is get glasses. I'm still putting it off! The thing is, I can't stand to have glasses on my face for any length of time at all. I'm constantly taking my readers off of my face and I even wear them on a "rope" around my neck, both for not losing them, and because I'm always removing them from my face. I'm gonna do it, I've promised my mom! lol But I'm still putting it off, dammit. I'm waaaaay too good at procrastination! I'll do it eventually, but just not right now. Again, congrats, kiddo! Enjoy your new Ray-bans and get out there in that SUNSHINE, boy!

I was thinking about it about 10 years ago and a doctor friend talked me out of it. His reasons for being skeptical: 1. procedure too new, long term effects not known 2. if there is a slight mistake you could end up with an uncorrectable vision problem 3. presbyopia (reading glasses) couldn't be corrected for But if they have overcome objection #3, I would definitely look into it again!

i too wanted to have lasik done on me cause my eyes is getting blurry lately. and i feel that i missed those good vision i had before. i could not see things clearly now but still though i can still manage to read without glasses but i still prefer to have a very good vision as before. so when i have the money to do that surgery i will definitely do so. before i have read some negative things about lasik surgery when it was still new. now i think that i trust this surgery now cause more people have done it and have given their praise to the procedure.

Hi james its good that your dream came reality. But please give enough rest for your eyes and dont strain them much. puting drops will certainly help you to cure the itching and cloting and all. Please take enough rest and please dont neglect your eyes. Take care.

Hi James, How are you doing. I am sure your eyes are much better now. And I bet you are happy you finally had the procedure done. Wishing you success with the recovery.

I hope you have a quick recovery. And stay off the computer until your doctor says it is ok. No sense in screwing up your eyes. Follow the doctor orders, and behave. I would love to have it done, but they said something about cataracts. My Mom and my aunts have had them, so I would have to look into it, since it is hereditary. Good luck to you Hugs MaryLynn

Oh James, how brave you are! Believe me, I have been mulling over LASIK since the time its come to India and now its almost like a neighbourhood clinic and I see these adverts regularly about how they are 99.99% correct and you know what! I get nightmares about me being the 0.01% failure! Sheeeeesh! I have been in specs since the age of six and at 16 I got my contacts and twenty years later, I am still in them. I can wear my Rayban alright, but that’s about the only consolation. Without the specs or the lenses, I cant even count my fingers at an arm’s length! Its that bad…but I am soooooooooooooo scared to let anybody within a finger’s distance of my eyes…do you think it would be better for me? I do so wish to see, once at least, everything with the naked eye…I mean how does it feel to see everything clearly without any aid!

I had it done about 10 years ago. It was the best decision of my life. The only reason I chose to have it done was because the eye doctor told me I couldn't wear contact lenses anymore. I had a very heavy prescription and hated my glasses. Since I work in a nursing home, I see the old people who lose their glasses and can't see for squat. I didn't want to be one of them. One of the visiting doctors had the procedure and gave me the name and number of his doctor. They were having a special when I called and I could charge it. Long story short, after 6 months of wearing my glasses, I had the surgery. I now have 20/25 vision rather than 20/800. I am overjoyed. Nevertheless, I wouldn't have done it without having my contacts taken away. Big Chicken here. Congrats to you and I hope you enjoy your new eyes! Just remember to always have wetting drops as dry eyes continues to be a problem even after 10 years.

I have not had Lasik SUrgery done and won't either. I am a pansyazz. When I was a machinist I got steel shavings in my eye and they used a magnet to pull the shards of steel shavings out. Feeling my eyeball actually being pulled by the magnet was enough to make me wish noone ever again did anything to my eyes that was not neccesary. I did have a family friend that had it done and she was seeing well the very next day without clots or blurriness. It's all a matter of each individuals case as far as quickness in vision being cleared. Grats and keep on looking kewl in those RayBans. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

Well good for you, you did something that you were afraid to do, and it didn't turn out all that bad. I hear ya on the sunglasses, I've been wearing glasses since I was a young girl, and I've always hated not being able to wear regular sunglasses, especially since my eyes are sensitive to sunlight, I had to pay extra to get the transition lenses, and may I add I'm not all that happy with those either, they don't work when I need them to work and thats while driving, unless I stick my head out the window in the sunlight, then they'll get dark...haha. I have severe astigmatism in my eyes, so I'm not sure the Lasik surgery would work for me, I'm kinda skeptical too about somebody messing with my eyes, I'm afraid I would come out blind instead... But hey...I'm happy for you, and I hope your eyes get all healed up soon and that your enjoying those Ray-bans.

For someone who cannot quite see the PC properly just yet, you type "non-erroneously". I am impressed. As one who have not worn sunglasses for years, I can relate to telling people not to take wearing them for granted. I have to wear eyeglasses since wearing contacts did something to my epithelium or epithelia and to do away with them requires having a procedure that will scrape some thing off my eyes and that scares the bejesus out of me. But one of these days, I will probably (wo)man up and have them done for I want to wear them, non-prescription, everyday glasses as you call them, once more.