Any hockey players who've had Lasik eye surgery?

[Smith 0]

My brother does see "stars" on headlights at night sometimes.

[43%burnt 0]

i had my eyes done two years ago and it was some of the best money i could have ever spent. not just in hockey, but more so in everyday life. you don't have to worry about glasses or mess with contacts. i couldn't stand wearing glasses and i never could get used to contacts, so this was an easy choice for me. i haven't had any side affects at all. hockey wise, i think i can see the open ice a little more. i can focus on a player's stick to hit with a pass, instead of guessing where to throw it looking at a blur. its not going to change your game, but in my case, it was pretty helpful.

[ktang 34]

Take a look (get it?) at this website for another point of view.

http://www.mattmcmahon.com/eyeknowwhy/index.htm

My cousin, who is doing his residency, also recommended against my getting the procedure done. I wear a shield anyways, so its scratches and fishbowl effect would ruin "perfect" vision.

I recall the US military's encouraging its members to get LASIK for deeply discounted prices, but they may not be concerned about long-term effects etc.

[Dubbs 0]

Has anyone else had the procedure recently? I'm scheduled to have it on Friday, looking forward to it for the most part, but have a little bit of nerves. They are messing around with your eyes and you only have one set afterall. But, I'm going to TLC, my optometrist who i've been going to for about 10 years is doing all the pre and post ops, the staff at the TLC clinic are very nice and the Doc performing the procedure is world renowned, 45,000 procedures or something like that. But I figure as far as hockey I wont have too much of a difference as far as field of vision, the docs told me, I'm getting wavefront or "custom" lasik, i'll be able to see clearer then I ever have with glasses or contacts. But anyone have any insight as to what to expect during the procedure? What it feels like stuff like that?

[Tailboard Jockey 25]

I had the "custom wavefront" LASIK done about 3 years ago, and am very happy with my results. It's great to not worry about contacts or glasses anymore. I went from 20/200 to 20/20 vision.

The first day or so after surgery, your vision will be very blurry, and your eyes will be very sensitive to light. This will pass after about a day.

I would recommend getting a few boxes of LASIK-specific eyedrops at the drugstore, prior to getting your surgery done. Your eyes will probably feel dryed out for about a month after, so you'll need the drops to keep them feeling good.

Good luck!

[dsjunior1388 81]

Take a look (get it?) at this website for another point of view.

http://www.mattmcmahon.com/eyeknowwhy/index.htm

My cousin, who is doing his residency, also recommended against my getting the procedure done. I wear a shield anyways, so its scratches and fishbowl effect would ruin "perfect" vision.

I recall the US military's encouraging its members to get LASIK for deeply discounted prices, but they may not be concerned about long-term effects etc.

My brother is in the coast guard, and hopes to fly helicopters in a couple years. The military has a list of approved doctors they send you too, and if you are flying at all they will make it compulsory before you enter flight school. They highly discourage the procedures from anyone not on their list, and they prefer that most non-flying personnel don't get it done.

[Orange&Black 1]

I would recommend getting a few boxes of LASIK-specific eyedrops at the drugstore, prior to getting your surgery done. Your eyes will probably feel dryed out for about a month after, so you'll need the drops to keep them feeling good.

Here's where my mind went when I read this:

Homer Crusty Eyes

I just started wearing contacts about two weeks ago. Switching back & forth between regular/sunglasses was a major PITA for me. I'm very wary of surgery on my eyes, the what-ifs freak me out.

[Dubbs 0]

Agreed, the what if's are freaking me out a little bit but, I'm trying to be positive about it, "that stuff won't happen" that kind of thing. I have a doc with 46,000 surgeries experience (or so they say, sounds like someone needs a hobby) but from everyone that i've met/heard about that has had it, they said it's life changing, a lot of people can see better then they ever did with contacts/glasses and, for me, financially it's a smart move due to the cost of contacts+eye doc 2x a year.

[ReggieDunlop 3]

Don't want to scare you - but I have had several complication from my PRK surgery I had several years ago - Most of those places are cash cows - bring em in - wheel them out - don't care about the complications or even hearing about them. The PRK is when they grind down the cornea thin enough to shoot the beam to correct vision- it does take longer to heal - my corneas kept moving calling it erosion from the second layer - shifting once they removed the false contact for healing after a week. My erosions occurred up to 3 times a night for about a year from such dry eyes they would stick to the back of my eyelids and rip when moved or woke up - feels like someone cut my eyeballs with a knife during sleep - woke up screaming from dire pain - after the first year tailed off to about once a night and now once a month - blurred vision for the day too - I constantly carry eye drops - would I do it again - don't know - I like not having glasses or contacts - but night driving a do still have halo effects - I would probably do it again just not at that time I chose to have kids too - lose sleep with lil ones and with this I lost a lot more.