RE: Re: Vision Recovery Program-Lasik surgery

April 14, 2006

If by " the rest of the story " you mean that they don't tell you that your

vision could change back that's not true. I had the surgery in February,

love it, and they are absolutely up front with you that this is not

necessarily permanent. From someone who went from only being able to see

about 2 inches away from my face to having 20/20 vision, I'm thrilled. I do

know the risks and was willing to take them to be able to see clearly

without glasses or contacts.

Krista Boos

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Re: Vision Recovery Program-Lasik surgery

h, here are three really good things you can do (at least one of which

will make you feel

really good!):

1) Call up your Lasik surgeon and ask him or her how he can live with

himself knowing he is

either an idiot or a criminal for performing such a bogus surgery without

informing people of

the " rest of the story " .

2) Vow to tell at least 1000 people your story and your regret (write an

article!)

3) Join the rest of us trying to salvage what remains of our vision. Most of

us have done

some REALLY BAD THINGS to our health (before we knew!) so JOIN THE CLUB!

Remember, it

could always be worse!

WILL

April 14, 2006

>

> Most of us have done

> some REALLY BAD THINGS to our health (before we knew!) so JOIN THE CLUB!

> Remember, it

> could always be worse!

Isn't that the truth!! I have recently been contemplating all the horrible

things I put in my body over the years... microwaved dinners before I was

allowed to use the stove, candy and soda in high school, alcohol in college,

cafeteria food in college (which caused me to be horribly sick my first

month in college. Campus doctors said it was the cafeteria food),

convenience food as a graduate student and married young adult. Part of

the crazy thing is people assume you are healthy if you are thin. I am not

as thin as I was when I was 20, but I'm healthier and can run marathons.

Something I never could have done then. I have more hope for my children

that they will learn what a healthy diet really is. The sad thing is that

in the future we will have to fight (the powers that be) in order to

continue to eat a truly healthy diet.

Ann Marie

April 14, 2006

I agree with all you've said. It's totally up to the patient to be

responsible enough to do all of the necessary research to be sure that 1.

this is a procedure for them and they are willing to take on all of the

potential risks associated with it and 2. that they are getting the best

available care and technology and not just base their decision on the price

tag. It's a big decision and not one to be made lightly. It's not for

everyone that's for sure but I'm sure enjoying mine and am willing to take

what the future may hold for me and my vision!

Krista

Krista Boos

Creative Memories Senior Consultant

Memory Keeping at Its Best!

Organized Life: Organization Consulting

Creating Order from Chaos

952-707-1263

babymonkeytoes@...

Re: Vision Recovery Program-Lasik surgery

Krista is right, there are exceptions to everything. My own " sour " bias is

having a best

friend who is one of the Twin Cities top optometrists. For about 15 years

now, when we

meet for coffee or lunch, I only hear about the botched jobs, the failures,

and the poor

folks who had the starburst-inducing radical keratectomy (pre-laser)

surgeries.

Additionally, there are two types of laser machines, one much more of an

expensive

upgrade, and my friend says that the centers with the el cheapo prices that

you see

advertised are still using the older, cruder machines. The old model is not

computer-

calibrated to follow minute eye jerks and movements and doesn't cut as

accurately. Most

of my information on this is coming from one source so take it for what it's

worth. Bear in

mind too, that he sells glasses and contacts!

Bottom line though, what Mercola sez is correct, you are putting on

" permanent glasses " ,

which, since it's a vision crutch, ain't good, there is an assigned risk aka

failure rate, and

you get, for the most part a 10 year correction window.

Also, no one has had lasik done 10-20-30-40 years ago (it wasn't around) so

the current

crop of patients are the Guinea Pigs for the industry. I don't like my

glasses and contacts

but I'm not that brave!

Will

April 14, 2006

On that note, we've just done 2 things around here to boost our healthy

living lifestyle: Our microwave broke and we got rid of it and are not

replacing it and my husband got me a whole set of Le Creuset cookware. It's

been so fun and not at all difficult to live without the micro. Even though

for the last year we weren't using it very much it was kind of a crutch just

having it there. It's just so freeing to have it gone!