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had PRK one year ago
Posted by Ken F (more from Ken F) on Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:13:08
In Reply to: OT: corrective eye surgery (lasik), hdm, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 04:43:29
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for Navy aviators they only allow PRK, not LASIK, since the flap never really heals up. In normal life that's not a problem, but if you have to eject or bail out of a plane doing 300+ knots it might tear the flap back off. Other than the method of getting to the part of the eye they need to work on, LASIK and PRK both work the same way.
Anyway, I've been extremely pleased and have been 20/15 since the recovery. The surgery took about 5-10 minutes. One drawback of PRK is the healing time takes longer and can be more painful. They gave me all kinds of good drugs and eye drops, but I got lucky and didn't need them.
Life without glasses has been great. We had an excellent patient education program where they told you about all the risks and how the procedure works.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: corrective eye surgery (lasik), hdm, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 04:43:29
- One thing to think about...., Noel, Sat, 24 Apr 2004 08:55:17
- best approx $4K I ever spent, HOTlanta, Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:00:17
- Re: thanks, hdm, Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:04:11
- Re: OT: (lasik) for red and hdm, baggsly , Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:14:48
- isn't it true that surgery only works...., RedAeroGirl, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:33:54
- my concern, jeff, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:39:22
- My experience..., Craig, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:20:02
- Re: OT: corrective eye surgery (lasik), HD, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:02:50
- had PRK one year ago, Ken F, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:13:08 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: flap, hdm, Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:06:27
- Re: flap, Ken F, Sun, 25 Apr 2004 10:53:24
- OK. This is freaking weird. Just had mine!, Dennis S, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 05:14:10
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