yea the iridotomy was the worst part...mostly the anxiousness gets to you. who
in MA are you going to? I am from MA and got it done in thereRobert A.Hankard
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To: piolusers@...: mdwyer@...: Sat, 18 Aug
2007 11:43:29 -0600Subject: Re: [piolusers] Intro - Considering Visian




lklebauskas wrote:> 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?The Visian is less invasive, and you spend more time
recovering from the surgery drugs than from the surgery itself. If not for the
IV, you could practically drive yourself home from a Visian surgery. However,
our experience is that the easy surgery might come at a cost of some night
vision artifacts.My tests were re-done at least three times. It is somewhat
annoying, but it is in your best interests that they get the measurements right.
:)> 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.In the grand
scheme of things, the iridotomy is not that bad. It was the most unpleasant part
of my surgery, though. It made me nauseaous...> 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.You might talk to your doc -- I
understand that toric lenses, if not available already, are somewhere in the
pipeline.Still, as you said, even if you can't be corrected to 20/20, you'll at
least be able to wear much thinner glasses!> I'm at that age where presbyopia
will be coming on, so expect to have > to wear reading glasses.You will lose
your super-human ability to focus in closely on things. Even if presbyopia
hasn't hit you yet, you'll still find the need to add a magnifying glass to your
stuff around the house.> Is it ok to talk about what doctors we're using? I'm
going to someone > in Massachusets.Mine was in Denver, and I'd strongly
recommend him. I've hesitated to mention doctors by name, though. I want to
avoid anything that would look like spam on our list. I'd like this to be a
place where people can get honest, open discussion about PIOLs.


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