The Eyes Have It
Back in 1990, I had RK (Radial Keratonomy) surgery to correct my short-sightedness (insert joke of your choice here). Anyway, and since back then laser was in its infancy, I decided to go "under the knife".
The results were astounding. I went from -7.5 diopters in both eyes to 20/20. As someone who was chained to glassed from the age of eight, it was a miracle.
When I had the surgery, the doctor (Dr. Karas of Richmond Hill, Ontario) told me that by the time I was in my mid 40s, I'd probably need reading glasses. He was right, 'cause 15 years later, I did.
I got to noticing, though, that things were getting progressively worse in my right eye - from a lens correction point of view. So a few months back, I looked up Dr. Karas and went back for a consultation. He told me that my right eye had "over-corrected", and that he had a procedure for correcting the correction. I went back a couple of days ago for one last Q&A, and I had the procedure today.
The surgery took all of five or ten minutes, and involved the doctor suturing around the cornea, and then pulling the sutures "like a belt" in order to reshape it. (It sounds considerably more disgusting than it is).
Anyway, that was this morning, and here I am late at night typing away with no glasses.
Astounding.
The results were astounding. I went from -7.5 diopters in both eyes to 20/20. As someone who was chained to glassed from the age of eight, it was a miracle.
When I had the surgery, the doctor (Dr. Karas of Richmond Hill, Ontario) told me that by the time I was in my mid 40s, I'd probably need reading glasses. He was right, 'cause 15 years later, I did.
I got to noticing, though, that things were getting progressively worse in my right eye - from a lens correction point of view. So a few months back, I looked up Dr. Karas and went back for a consultation. He told me that my right eye had "over-corrected", and that he had a procedure for correcting the correction. I went back a couple of days ago for one last Q&A, and I had the procedure today.
The surgery took all of five or ten minutes, and involved the doctor suturing around the cornea, and then pulling the sutures "like a belt" in order to reshape it. (It sounds considerably more disgusting than it is).
Anyway, that was this morning, and here I am late at night typing away with no glasses.
Astounding.
posted by Somnambulist57 at
11:29 PM
2 Comments:
That is pretty incredible I must say, but the thought of watching as a metal instrument is inserted into my eyeball freaks me out. I mean, you are literally watching in slow motion as it happens. I'm glad that yours was so succesful.
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Not Required, at 11:43 PM
Thanks. The funny thing is that I didn't really "see" anything approaching my eye, nor did I feel anything pierce it. Ahh, drugs - at least for the pierce. The doctor went in sideways, so I couldn't see it.
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Somnambulist57, at 11:04 PM
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