# Laser eye surgery coming up in 3 days, my mind is flipping back and forth nonstop **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 3, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-eye-surgery-coming-up-in-3-days-my-mind-is-flipping-back-and-forth-nonstop/982089 "2023-04-03T15:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-eye-surgery-coming-up-in-3-days-my-mind-is-flipping-back-and-forth-nonstop/982089/2 "2023-04-03T15:05:37Z")
I’m assuming you researched the Doctor and found a good one. Getting eyes done is great but absolutely not something to bargain shop. You want to try to find the options in your area in my opinion. Mine was now 16 years ago and has held up great. I used resources at the time to find the top 3 LASIK doctors in NJ and went with #3 who happened to be only a few miles from me. Here is my tale: > [@I am going for a Lasik today, in 2 hours in fact. \[2007 thread update\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-for-a-lasik-today-in-2-hours-in-fact-2007-thread-update/387541/5): > > Cost is $4800, but on the advise of someone\* on the board, I looked for the best Doc and not the best bargain. I have no insurance to help with this, but we do have a Health Care FSA with $4800 in it that is pre-tax. This is basically a pre-tax fund to pay for medical cost. The best part is I can get the surgery now, but we only pay $200 per month into it over the year. The pre-tax part means we save roughly 28% of the cost of the procedure. I checked with my regular Eye Doctor to recommend so… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-eye-surgery-coming-up-in-3-days-my-mind-is-flipping-back-and-forth-nonstop/982089)._