CORSA NUT
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Originally posted by mwg
Well you've paid your money so they have to sort it out! Lifetime guarantee and all that! Let me know how you get on.
Will do mate 
Basically they gave me glasses with the right corrective lense in and it seems to work fine but my long distance when driving has gone worse! I'll call them tomorrow
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neil h
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Will be interesting too see how well the improvements last, 'cus a mate of mine had her eyes done over 12 months ago and she's already had to go back once to have it redone.
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nathy_87
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Originally posted by mwg
Spent a few hours in London on the way back from Maidstone yesterday doing a bit of sight seeing and went on the London Eye.
Please tell me you didn't mean to do that. 
But seriously you're braver than me, I'd rather wear glasses.
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Pete_vxl
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when they are doing it can you blink?
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mwg
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It's impossible to blink as they have some equipment holding your eye lids open. And something clamped round your eye ball too 
It's not like if you just stare normally either when you eventually feel like you have to blink, you don't have that urge or pain or what ever it is that makes you want to blink. It's really strange.
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Pete_vxl
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It's impossible to blink as they have some equipment holding your eye lids open. And something clamped round your eye ball too
Fuck-that 
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Robbo
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i still blinked whilst my eyelids were clamped  Hard-core 
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mwg
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How did you blink I physically couldn't of blinked even if I had wanted to
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Robbo
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Originally posted by mwg
Had an eye test now to find out prescription. Left has no prescription. Right eye a tiny bit but nothing that needs glasses. I could read the smallest line of text no bother, absolutely pissed it and the even smaller text on the piece of paper he gave me. Bit of a difference from when I used to go and couldn't even read the biggest line
Dead chuffed.
I ahd my 6 week check-up in late Sept and was at 20/10 - bionic
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Robbo
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How did you blink I physically couldn't of blinked even if I had wanted to
eyelids obv didnt move but i was still going all out with the blink - they said my eyes went super spazzy
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mwg
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Originally posted by Pete_vxl
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Originally posted by mwg
It's impossible to blink as they have some equipment holding your eye lids open. And something clamped round your eye ball too
Fuck-that
It doesn't hurt, honest. I found it quite traumatic mentally though felt knackered afterwards from all the stress of it
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Norcy91
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I'd love to get this done because i hate wearing my glasses for driving etc... But i couldn't even put a contact lens in my eye, never mind let someone attack it with a blade!
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mwg
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No blades, it's lasers.
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Robbo
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Originally posted by Norcy91
I'd love to get this done because i hate wearing my glasses for driving etc... But i couldn't even put a contact lens in my eye, never mind let someone attack it with a blade!
you need to sopeak to little duke
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Norcy91
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Lasers are even worse! One slip and i could lose an ear haha. I'd probably consider it a bit more seriously if it wasn't so expensive... Maybe i should just try contact lenses more
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Norcy91
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Originally posted by Robbo
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Originally posted by Norcy91
I'd love to get this done because i hate wearing my glasses for driving etc... But i couldn't even put a contact lens in my eye, never mind let someone attack it with a blade!
you need to sopeak to little duke
Do i?
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ChrisBoom
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Bump as I have a consultation at optical express tomorrow to get this done .
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Ste M
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This may have been mentioned earlier in this thread, but what about long term? People always tell me that your sight worsens the older you get?
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ChrisBoom
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That's one if the questions I'll be asking tomorrow.
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Ben G
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Originally posted by mwg
This was mine before hand: -10.75 for my right eye and -10.25 for my left eye.
So yeah it's doable.
fucking hell matty mine are -2.50 in both eyes and i thought that was bad
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Whittie
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I really want to get this done.
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boylers11
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I find all of this 'laser eye surgery' very frustrating. The companies promoting it make it out to be a cosmetic surgery like having botox or a boob job, what they fail to mention is that they're operating on arguably the most sensitive part of the body and certainly the most precious of all the body's senses.
Adverts on the TV/radio/magazines make the procedure appear very straight forward however, none of the laser companies mention what can go wrong (which is does!!).
Best case scenario - you have it done, the procedure goes well, your eye(s) heal well and you no longer need specs and won't until you reach presbyopia (the process by which you need reading specs) when you reach you're mid to late 40s.
Worst case scenario - you have it done, there's a slight complication and you're significantly worse off afterwards than before, even if you were a -10 myope (short-sighted).
I'm sure many people who have had/are thinking of having this done would be shocked to know how many people have the procedure done (costing £ X,000 and are 20/20 vision for 2-3 years and slowly but surely their prescription starts coming back.
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mwg
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Originally posted by Ben G
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Originally posted by mwg
This was mine before hand: -10.75 for my right eye and -10.25 for my left eye.
So yeah it's doable.
fucking hell matty mine are -2.50 in both eyes and i thought that was bad
I was basically blind without glasses or contacts Best thing I've ever done is get laser eye surgery
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mwg
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Originally posted by ChrisBoom
Bump as I have a consultation at optical express tomorrow to get this done .
Try Ultralase too. No harm in going to more than one company to compare, I wasn't impressed with Optical Express and their set up.
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mwg
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Originally posted by Ste M
This may have been mentioned earlier in this thread, but what about long term? People always tell me that your sight worsens the older you get?
Still have to get reading glasses when you get older but they also have a procedure coming out soon to delay that too apparently.
[Edited on 29-01-2011 by mwg]
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