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[funnygirl]

Back from my assessment and it's been decided that I qualify for PRK instead of LASIK due to the fact that my cornea is fairly steeply sloped and so the corneal flap maker thing wouldn't be able to make a big enough flap in order to do the laser part

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[cfmom]

Okay - I know I had LASIK but my husband had PRK and would do it again in a heartbeat. Yes, the recovery time is longer and more uncomfortable than Lasik. He was pretty much on bed rest with eyes shut for a week - BUT he had an eye exam last week to check a freckle on his eye he's had for years and this doctor (who had never seen him before) said she would have never known he'd had PRK if it wasn't in his chart. He was blind as a bat before and now has 20/15 vision. Every day he's glad he did it. He was the one who insisted I get my eyes done although military wouldn't pay for spouses at that point so we footed the entire bill for mine, but still....

If you go with it just make sure you have help for the kids for a good week to be on the safe side. My husband needed those numbing drops like clockwork for at least the first three days and weaned after that but was tender for a week. Still, he thinks it was completely worth it.

Again, good luck. :)

[funnygirl]

Thankyou for letting me know this. My stomach has been in knots thinking about it (I keep thinking about the worst possible scenario). They do give you lots of painkillers right?

And yes, Trev has said he will take two weeks off work and for me not to worry, he can handle it.

Still thinking...
Thanks again :)

[cfmom]

I think they gave him some pain pills for the first few days but they definitely gave him plenty of the numbing drops - in fact we still have some left in the fridge. I should probably throw them out come to think of it - I mean they are three years old...

Anyway, you'll be fine and loving it when recovery is over. Seriously. To open your eyes and be able to see across the room? Awesome.

[lucy_burb]

I have no advice? For once! I think I would do it if I were you. I'm a big squeamish thing and hate discomfort but I think I would still go ahead with it. Just make sure the doctor/clinic doing it is reputable. And that is my two cents based on no experience with this sort of thing whatsoever.

[funnygirl]

*grin* Thankyou. Gimbel Eye Centre.