Anyone had lasik eye surgery?

United States
November 26, 2006 11:19am CST
I did and the machine broke during surgery and sliced my corneas open. Any other bad experiences?
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@jjn1983 (1353)
• United States
26 Nov 06
ouch, im sorry to hear. Is every thing ok now, or did it really mess your eye up? I want to get it someday...but not if thats gonna happen!
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• United States
26 Nov 06
If you can believe this...after ripping open the first eye without telling me what was going on, he did the second eye and used the same equipment which ripped the second eye open as well!!! My husband had the proceedure right before me and he came out with perfect vision!!! All I can tell you is really research the surgeon before having this done! Thanks for responding
• United States
26 Nov 06
If you can believe this...after ripping open the first eye without telling me what was going on, he did the second eye and used the same equipment which ripped the second eye open as well!!! My husband had the proceedure right before me and he came out with perfect vision!!! All I can tell you is really research the surgeon before having this done! Thanks for responding
@Cortney (3980)
• United States
26 Nov 06
i have not had it done. OMG.... I hope that you r ok. that is terrible
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• United States
26 Nov 06
had to have corrective surgery and will need two more before it"s over! Can't afford it until the settlment comes through and then it will hopefully cover the medical but not the year off of work!!! The "DR" turns out to be a rich,arogant,quack who could care less about his patients! By the way...Dr Kawesch practices in san diego folks!
• United States
26 Nov 06
Thanks also for your response!!!
@Lisamommy (111)
• United States
26 Nov 06
My husband had it done about 10 months ago. He had to have the E-Lasik done because his eyes were so bad. He was in pain for about a week or 2. Sometimes his eyes are blurry but most of the time they are great. I am sorry that happend to you. I hope your getting a good settlement. www.WellnessFamilyBiz.com
• United States
26 Nov 06
i hope so too. thanks for responding
• Pakistan
26 Nov 06
i havn't ....
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• United States
26 Nov 06
thanks for response
@squrrly26 (556)
• United States
26 Nov 06
wow that would be a horrible thing to have happen.I hope it didn't cause any other damage.
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• United States
26 Nov 06
Irreversible damage!!! Hope this makes people think twice about this proceedure! Thanks for your response!
• Canada
26 Nov 06
No
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• United States
26 Nov 06
Thanks for response!
@zuri25 (2125)
• United States
26 Nov 06
Wow, that's really aweful. It just goes to show you how corrupt society can be, even those that claim to want to help you. I've been debating about having lasik done in the coming years. It's still a relatively new procedure so there isn't a whole lot of info out there on the long term effects of the surgery. You're situation was most certainly unfortunate, but I don't think it would deter me from getting the procedure done. It will definitely make me be thorough when choosing a doctor though. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Hope the settlement turns out well.
@zuri25 (2125)
• United States
26 Nov 06
Wow, that's really aweful. It just goes to show you how corrupt society can be, even those that claim to want to help you. I've been debating about having lasik done in the coming years. It's still a relatively new procedure so there isn't a whole lot of info out there on the long term effects of the surgery. You're situation was most certainly unfortunate, but I don't think it would deter me from getting the procedure done. It will definitely make me be thorough when choosing a doctor though. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Hope the settlement turns out well.
@xiongqh (791)
• Hong Kong
17 Jan 07
I don't do that, but I have a friend have done it. I don't think it is good to do, because it cannot assure the operation will be success, and maybe it will be done again in future. you must be very careful durong your operate, you eyes will get gall and you feel bad.