laser eye surgery...

whirlwind · 02-25-2004, 01:42 AM

anyone know what conditions they can clear up with laser eye surgery? my eyes are structurally sound but i have alot of scar tissue on my shooting eye (of course! grrr) but stuff gets kinda fuzzy at 50 yrds now and its pizzin me off! if you have had it or know anything about whut it fixes lemme know k? thanks guys!

jerry · 02-25-2004, 05:23 AM

I can't reccomend, but. I was on jury duty for a cse where a gal got mucked up pretty bad. (any proceedure has it's risk)

I'd only try one eye at a time. As a military electrician if I were to have it done, they'd boot me out the door. Best explaination i can get is something to do with color blindness.

Be carefull.

Doglips · 02-25-2004, 05:54 AM

Im a good example of what a NAVY DR. can do with a new laser and no training....but I dont know anything about the real Doctors and what they can do.

colt45 · 02-25-2004, 08:49 AM

my dad is blind in one eye and his vision is getting realy bad in the other i have been trying to get him to do this for years, one of the guys i used to work with did it and has no complaints but i noticed his eyes get dry alot and he has to put drops in them all the time but he has 20\20 in his left eye and improved his right eye to 20\15 so he won't need reading glasses.
i would say check with a bord certified eye doctor first then decide.

Bookman · 02-25-2004, 11:11 AM

Lots of folks up here go across the border into Canada for laser eye surgery. I had it done four years ago and went from 20/200 to 20/40 vision. I can't say how it would help with scar tissue, but life is much easier without glasses.

whirlwind · 02-25-2004, 03:16 PM

thanks for the input guys! ill have to do a bit more checking around here.

NRAJOE · 02-25-2004, 03:19 PM

Why do you have scar tissue on your eye?...whot hoppen?

whirlwind · 02-25-2004, 03:24 PM

well mostly it was from years of doctors digging lil chunks of metal out of it. i was a pipe welder/fitter for years before getting into supervision. but i think the biggest scar was from a 3/8 inch long wire from a wire wheel that flew into my eye back in 92.

NRAJOE · 02-25-2004, 03:25 PM

Yowwchhhhhh!

whirlwind · 02-25-2004, 04:09 PM

yepper!...somedays it just sucks to be me! lol

02-25-2004, 01:42 AM	#1
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,737 Images: 1	laser eye surgery... anyone know what conditions they can clear up with laser eye surgery? my eyes are structurally sound but i have alot of scar tissue on my shooting eye (of course! grrr) but stuff gets kinda fuzzy at 50 yrds now and its pizzin me off! if you have had it or know anything about whut it fixes lemme know k? thanks guys! __________________ De oppresso liber !

02-25-2004, 05:23 AM	#2
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,870 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	I can't reccomend, but. I was on jury duty for a cse where a gal got mucked up pretty bad. (any proceedure has it's risk) I'd only try one eye at a time. As a military electrician if I were to have it done, they'd boot me out the door. Best explaination i can get is something to do with color blindness. Be carefull. __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

02-25-2004, 08:49 AM	#4
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	my dad is blind in one eye and his vision is getting realy bad in the other i have been trying to get him to do this for years, one of the guys i used to work with did it and has no complaints but i noticed his eyes get dry alot and he has to put drops in them all the time but he has 20\20 in his left eye and improved his right eye to 20\15 so he won't need reading glasses. i would say check with a bord certified eye doctor first then decide. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden

02-25-2004, 03:16 PM	#6
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,737 Images: 1	thanks for the input guys! ill have to do a bit more checking around here. __________________ De oppresso liber !

02-25-2004, 03:19 PM	#7
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,043 Images: 3	Why do you have scar tissue on your eye?...whot hoppen? __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

02-25-2004, 05:54 AM	#3
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,089	Im a good example of what a NAVY DR. can do with a new laser and no training....but I dont know anything about the real Doctors and what they can do.

02-25-2004, 11:11 AM	#5
Bookman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: 10 paces south of Canada Posts: 738	Lots of folks up here go across the border into Canada for laser eye surgery. I had it done four years ago and went from 20/200 to 20/40 vision. I can't say how it would help with scar tissue, but life is much easier without glasses.

02-25-2004, 03:24 PM	#8
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,737 Images: 1	well mostly it was from years of doctors digging lil chunks of metal out of it. i was a pipe welder/fitter for years before getting into supervision. but i think the biggest scar was from a 3/8 inch long wire from a wire wheel that flew into my eye back in 92. __________________ De oppresso liber !

02-25-2004, 03:25 PM	#9
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,043 Images: 3	Yowwchhhhhh! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

02-25-2004, 04:09 PM	#10
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,737 Images: 1	yepper!...somedays it just sucks to be me! lol __________________ De oppresso liber !