Laser Eye Treatment

Re: Not for an old git like you

as another old git , I have asked my Optomotrist - or what ever they are called these days - and he says they are definitely NOT worth doing for someone over 50. The reason for this is that you will immeadiatley need reading glasses - so what have you gained - lost one pair - gained another!!!!

So even taking the risk of a failed of out of the equation - it appears to be a no brainer.

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Re: Not for an old git like you

aha i was wainting for the thread to go humourous. I also asked the optician/optometrist for a checkup about this but he couldn't see me. groan.

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I have an appointment next Wednesday to find out the pros and cons. I wear varifocals and also have some disposable varifocal contact lenses but the reading vision isn't good enough for chart work etc. I also have one eye long sighted and one eye short sighted -- has been so since the age of eighteen. Try the Moorfields Eye Hospital web site for comprehensive info. Also the London Vision Centre. A friend of mine has had hers done by American Dan Reinstein who is supposedly one of the foremost practitioners in the field. She was told that she had unequal corneas that the walk in type of clinic may not have detected. I will report on my appointment with a clinic in Kent if you are still interested.

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Mrs. Avocet is an anaesthetist who often anaesthetises for eye lists. As she and I both wear glasses she has asked a few opthalmic surgeons what they think. Very few seem keen on the idea and of the group, those that need glasses are generally wary of contact lenses and won't even go near laser correction! We therefore felt we might wait a little longer...

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