LASIK Surgery Isn't Only for the Fearless Hearted

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. The many different clinics for LASIK surgery are made to sound completely impersonal and quite similar to a lab built by Dr. Frankenstein, and the procedure itself sounds a little unreal. In reality to me it seems like the only people who would want to schedule such a procedure are people with incredibly bad vision who have to sit 2 inches from the television to see it clearly.

Well, let me give you my story of how I chose Lasik. My vision isn't great, but it's not incredibly 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 love the outdoors, and very frequently I like to take the mountain bike rides as well as spending some time backpacking and climbing hills. I've never been able to make a pair of glasses last very long, and I am frequently and a lot of dirty areas, so contact lenses never work very well either. LASIK eye surgery look very appealing to me for these reasons.

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? LASIK really doesn't use a scalpel, but instead it uses something called a microkeratome blade, but it is still an incredibly sharp object that is cutting my eye during the LASIK procedure. These days however, LASIK surgeons don't have to use that blade either, as they can do the cutting with a laser which is much better than a sharp blade. What makes me really nervous is the fact that I've had way too many accidents in my life to feel comfortable about anyone coming near my eye with something sharp.


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 didn't feel any pain during the LASIK surgery, though I took the sedative that they offered me and I even accepted the comfort of a little teddy bear that they offered. The only thing that was really strange about procedure that I didn't really care for it was the smell of burning hair. I'm pretty sure that it 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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