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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3836230" data-attributes="member: 44328"><p>I did it best I remember about 4 years ago. I wasn't all that sure I needed it at the time, and couldn't tell it made that much difference afterward. I probably had it sooner than I really needed to.</p><p></p><p>I went with lenses that were supposed to eliminate the need for glasses for distance. My far vision is better, but not good enough to really do well without glasses. Can't see up close very well, but never could and that wasn't an expectation.</p><p></p><p>The lense in my left eye rotated about 20 degrees off axis, not sure if during or after surgery but vision wasn't great at any point after surgery. They kept telling me to let it heal, but it never got better. In all fairness, the doctors said they would rotate it back into position for no charge, but the surgery center wanted another $1500. I felt like I had already dropped an extra $4000 that didn't do any good, and wasn't going to throw good money after bad. The doctors also said they could correct it with laser treatments for no charge, but I had lost confidence in them at that point and didn't want them chopping around on my eyes anymore.</p><p></p><p>As far as it being a difficult surgery, complications, etc... no complaints there. As mentioned above, lots of eye drops, before and after, but no unexpected issues or problems.</p><p></p><p>So overall, it wasn't an ideal good outcome for me. I wish I'd just had them replace the lenses and not tried the expensive corrective lenses that didn't really help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aries, post: 3836230, member: 44328"] I did it best I remember about 4 years ago. I wasn't all that sure I needed it at the time, and couldn't tell it made that much difference afterward. I probably had it sooner than I really needed to. I went with lenses that were supposed to eliminate the need for glasses for distance. My far vision is better, but not good enough to really do well without glasses. Can't see up close very well, but never could and that wasn't an expectation. The lense in my left eye rotated about 20 degrees off axis, not sure if during or after surgery but vision wasn't great at any point after surgery. They kept telling me to let it heal, but it never got better. In all fairness, the doctors said they would rotate it back into position for no charge, but the surgery center wanted another $1500. I felt like I had already dropped an extra $4000 that didn't do any good, and wasn't going to throw good money after bad. The doctors also said they could correct it with laser treatments for no charge, but I had lost confidence in them at that point and didn't want them chopping around on my eyes anymore. As far as it being a difficult surgery, complications, etc... no complaints there. As mentioned above, lots of eye drops, before and after, but no unexpected issues or problems. So overall, it wasn't an ideal good outcome for me. I wish I'd just had them replace the lenses and not tried the expensive corrective lenses that didn't really help. [/QUOTE]
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