Laser eye surgery

This is completely unrelated to babies but has anyone had or know of anyone who has had laser eye surgery done? Im seriously thinking about doing it cos Im soooo sick of glasses and contact and have only ever heard good things about it but Im sure it cant be all 100% good and no one I directly know has had it done to really tell me what its like. Its pretty expensive so I want to hear as much about it as I can before I possibly waste my money

Hi there,
My husband had laser surgery around 6 years ago and he has never looked back. He had a check up last year and his vision hasn't changed since his surgery. He sometimes wears glasses just for reading but otherwise his vision is great

Robyn I want to get it done too (I realised that I am very blind with out my glasses).....but I am a scary cat!!
My BIL had it done in USA a while back and he is very happy with the results but ....

oh yah that too....$$$

Red that would be great, any info I can get would be good, I know I will get told heaps from the clinic but it would be good to hear it from someone non medical if you knwo what I mean.
Roskana Im the same, but Ive been told they can give you good drugs to relax you, otherwise I would panic and couldnt do it I think. I just figure with all the years to come with the kids, swimming playing and all that glasses are just such a pain. plus it might help motivate me with my whole weight loss body imagine thing.
We cant afford it either but Ive heard that AGC will finance it and you can pay it off but have to look into that further, otherwise will have to wait till we sell the house. Hubby got a big screen tv which cost the same so I figure I should be able to get this done!

Hi there
I am a long time lurker, but not pregnant or planning to be just yet. Getting married in Feb, so maybe planning to try next year!
Anyway, just thought I could finally give some advice on a topic I actually know something about!
I had the laser correction surgery during Christmas last year. I was terrorfied of surgery, having never been in hospital or anything like that. After having the surgery I would have to say it is the easiest thing I have done in my life, that I have had the most satisfaction from. The op is over in about 15-20 mins, most of the time is the prep, the actual laser takes about 1 minute per eye. They give you a sedative which makes you feel very drunk. There is no pain at all, just irritation. I walked out of the surgery seeing just about perfectly! The next approx 5 hours, is when your eyes are very light sensative and are constantly crying. It is best just to go to bed for the whole day and night. There is no pain whatsoever through out the whole op and healing process. The feeling is like a peice of sand is stuck in each eye, a bit gritty is my best description. The next morning I woke up, took off the sexy goggles (which you have to wear for one week at night after surgery) and my vision was perfect. From the time I walked in to the surgery a complete and blubering mess from being so scared, to walking out with the best vision I have ever had in my life, I totally recommend it! And yep, its about $5k, but they have plenty of finance options available through the clinics. So looking back now, eight months on from the surgery, best thing I ever did (and fiancee thinks so too)!
Well that was a very long first post, whoops!

You sound exactly like I did before I had it done!
Firstly, the sedative works a treat, it actually makes you feel very relaxed. So relaxed in fact, that its quite a surreal feeling, like you have no worries in the world! The clamp holds your eye lids back, you cannot feel this, just a little pressure on your skin. They then put a suction ring on your eye ball again you only feel pressure. Your vision goes dim, like your looking through a tunnel really. They then make the incision and start the laser. The laser is done in short sharp bursts. Yes, it smells bad and you can see it working by the light guides inside the laser that you have to stare at. Breath through your mouth and you don't smell a thing. If you make one single movement, the laser stops re-adjusts itself and starts again. It is the most amazing technology I have ever seen. Throughout the whole process you actually feel like you are blinking, it is very strange, when there is actually no way possible that you can. The surgeon talks to you the whole way through it, you can ask questions even while they are operating. Its quite a relaxed environment. The gritty feeling afterwards is quite annoying, but it is only about 3-5 hours of feeling like this, they give you sleeping pills, so take one and you will wake up and wont even know about the gritty feeling. The goggles, just like swimming goggles are so you dont rub your eyes at night. The biggest risk of the whole process is infection. You have to put antibiotic drops in your eyes every day for two weeks afterwards and wear the goggles at night for one week. My eyes felt great from the next morning onwards. For up to six months afterwards I could not apply any pressure onto my eyes, not that you really have a need to do that anyway, but they were quite sensative to touch for quite sometime. The only other thing is - no make up for a week or two! Mascara is definately a no no for a few weeks!
I cannot describe enough how quick and easy it was. I was absolutely petrified!
Oh and one other thing, you defintely need sunnies on inside and outside for the first few days. Day light is very very harsh at first.
Hope that helps!

A friend of mine had it done this year, she was blind without her glasses on. She had to have one eye done at a time so had special glasses made for her in between each eye. She said she would never look back. She had to have it done in Auckland and she flew up to Auckland everytime to have it done. I think from memory she had 3 trips up there.

Nikki I know what you mean. We are probably in the worst financial situation we have ever been in cos we are renting while building and Im not workign etc... but now that I have been looking into it I cant get it out of my mind and really really want to do it. I looked on the website and you can pay it off at $130 a month which is not bad.

They did???? OoooOOOoOOOooo