Hi. I went through the multiple evaluation tests this week and found I
am a good candidate for Visian. My prescription is about -13 / -14
with an astigmatism about 1.25. I'm 41 years old, female.

The reason I prefer Visian is it seems the surgery is less invasive and
quicker to recover from. I'm a big baby, and found all the tests they
did during the evaluation to be very unpleasant, though never painful.
They had to keep re-doing many of the tests to get good measurements
and readings. Is that common?

I'm not looking forward to the next step, the iridectomy. I'm thankful
for you bloggers who have posted all the technical details because now
I have some more questions to ask the Dr. before I make my final
decision.

I'm told I likely will not get corrected to 20/20 unless I have a
follow-up laser treatment (because of the astigmatism). I'm not
terribly concerned about that because I don't think I've ever been
20/20 even with glasses or contacts.

I'm at that age where presbyopia will be coming on, so expect to have
to wear reading glasses.

I'd appreciate any advice, input, lessons learned from any of you.
Especially if you have similar prescription / astigmatism.

Is it ok to talk about what doctors we're using? I'm going to someone
in Massachusets.

Thanks for you input.

~~Lisa~~