# I'm getting LASIK today... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743 "2007-07-06T15:12:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/1 "2007-07-06T15:12:07Z")
…and I’m just a bit anxious, to be honest. I work at an ophthalmology practice specializing in LASIK and other corrective surgeries, so I’ve had ample opportunity to learn about them, talk to doctors as well as patients, and observe them firsthand. Still, it feels like a big deal to be putting my _own_ eyes under the laser. Anyone want to come hold my hand? ☹😉 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/2 "2007-07-06T15:15:45Z")
Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/3 "2007-07-06T16:27:12Z")
Oh good luck. From what I’ve heard it’s quick and simple and the results will be great. And apparently valium is fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/4 "2007-07-06T16:40:24Z")
It is indeed quick and simple and well worth it, although the using eyedrops for weeks afterward gets old fast. One piece of advice for you: when the lasering is about to begin, hold your breath. First reason: it helps you keep very very still. Second reason, I’ll spoilerbox, because you might not want to read it until afterwards: if you hold your breath, you won’t experience the smell of burning eyeball, which is pretty icky, physically and psychologically. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/5 "2007-07-06T16:48:07Z")
Hehe…thanks, **Max**. I’ve actually witnessed plenty of surgeries firsthand, and am pleased to say that the spoilered side-effect doesn’t happen here, at least not unless you have a _massive_ amount of correction to do, which I do not. 🙂 And I’m already on two of the drops, and am already sick of the taste of them in the back of my throat. _gag_ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/6 "2007-07-06T17:22:45Z")
good luck! Hope all goes well. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/7 "2007-07-06T18:30:01Z")
Good luck! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/8 "2007-07-06T18:45:29Z")
Good Luck, [I had mine done in January](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403596&highlight=Lasik) and I could not be more pleased with the Procedure and the results. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/9 "2007-07-06T18:51:17Z")
I had mine done last week! I had my followup appointment today, and they said that one eye is 20/20 and the other is 20/40. Not bad, considering how bad they were before. And yes, I did get the spoiler-box affect. I hope everything went well for you, **OneCentStamp**. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/10 "2007-07-06T18:52:15Z")
[QUOTE=WVmom] I hope everything went well for you, **OneCentStamp**. [/QUOTE] Heh, keep hoping. I’m going to go downstairs in about half an hour and start my work-up. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-lasik-today/410743/11 "2007-07-06T19:00:35Z")
Oh, sorry, I thought you’d be done, or at least in the midst of it, by now. Don’t worry, soon you’ll get that valium, and everything will be OK.