We are now done with the Lasik Eye Surgery and am on the way to the house. I already had the bandages out and was wearing my sunglasses to protect myself from the blinding (the irony) bright light of the Dubai sun. My girlfriend (at the time) lead me to the car, which wasn't very far off, luckily. Got in the car and was driven back home which only took almost 20 minutes. That was not much of a problem if it was not for the heat of the car being parked out side for the more than two hour! My eyes were starting scratch me badly and I was getting very agitated with everything. Worst of all I was not able to open my eyes and see where we were at.
Any way, after twinty minutes in the car we got home. The good news is that we have underground parking. I actually recall having my parents over on holiday as my mother kept telling to stop scratching my eyes. I must say that my eye were killing me and I desperately needed to scratch them. What I ended up doing as taking two bruffin tablet that knocked me out for four hours waking up at around 6 in the evening that night. It was night and no more scratching!
People I must be vigilant to the level of agony I went through with Lasik Eye Surgery. But I guess there is a bit of truth to the saying "It is the end result that count". It is a life changer. Since then I was able to learn how to scuba dive, not bother with contact lenses, and best of all travel around the world without worrying about losing or breaking my prescription glasses anymore.
With all this done and dusted, there is one more thing you might need to know about Lasik Eye Surgery, the cost of all this. To read more you can click on Lasik Eye Surgery Cost.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Lasik Eye Surgery - The Operation
In my last post you have realised how much goes to actually get your Lasik Eye Surgery done. Most people have been worried about the operation itself not realising what goes on before the laser correction surgery. I was the same until I went through it all. Mind you, now a days things are different and you might have a better clue to what does happen. As I said before, Lasik Eye Surgery was just introduced to the region and I can almost guarantee you that I was one of the first one hundred people to do it there! Tell me about it, one must have some serious balls to be able to go with something new, especially with it comes to operating on your eyes.
After the pre operation testing and the all clear from the epidemiologist, we book for the date to do the laser eye operation. I could not wait for it as it seemed to simple and fast, yet again I was fooled. The day came and I went with my girl friend to the hospital. The day was bright and warm, like any other day in Dubai. Oh, I forgot to mention that the doctor requested for me to buy sun glasses that covered most of my eyes, meaning that I had to have the sides covered too due to the extreme brightness outside. So we went in to the hospital and met the assistant nurse first and she asked me to follow her to the same prep room I went to before. This time she asked me to take off my clothes (not what you are thinking) and put on the scrub. Hygiene of an essence and they did not want to get any infection into the Lasik Surgery room and specially my eyes!
It took around forty minutes to prepare me. They also dropped anesthetics drops into my eyes few time while I waited. I was not allowed to open my eyes while I lied there waiting. The nurse then came in and told me that the doctor is ready. She helped me out of the room and into the room where the Lasik machine was. I was then allowed to open my eyes as we were in a clean room. Another pointer for you, they never tell you that you will have to lie under a massive white machine hanging off the side that looks like it weighs more than a ton! Yes they did lay me under it and to make things worse the entire thing started moving down closer towards me and my face! I was trapped in between the surgical bed and the LAsik machine inches above my head. Claustrophobia kicked in and it came hard. I almost aborted to whole thing! Luckily I didn't and went on with it.
Once everything was in place, the doctor dropped few of the anesthetics again, and he kept doing it every few minutes. At the corner of my eye I noticed that a scissors looking device in his hand and wanted to look to the side but couldn't. What it turned out to be was a clip that keeps my eyes wide open all throughout the proceduce. Imagine not being able to close your eyes for more than fifteen minutes. I must admit it was scary at first but that soon goes away when you find out that he now wanted to place s suction unit literally on my eye to keep it in place for the laser to do its job. Yep he not only had to touch and slice my eye, it had to be sucked into a machine. I know I'm dramatising it a bit, but the truth is this is how it feels like while you are in the middle of. Don't get me wrong, the Lasik Eye Surgery was the best thing I have ever done, it is a life changer.
Anyway, to keep it short, the doctor managed to place the sucker on my eye and sliced the cornea open. Then suddenly a loud pulsing noise came out of the machine and the laser beamed into my eye within a minute he was done. by the way, be aware of the flesh burning smell, lovely! The doctor then said "Great we are done, now the other eye". You can imagine my excitement.
Once all was done I was then lead out of the operation room with cotton patches on my eyes. The actual Lasik Eye Surgery lasted around twenty minutes.
Would you like to read more? next up: Lasik Eye Surgery Post Operation
After the pre operation testing and the all clear from the epidemiologist, we book for the date to do the laser eye operation. I could not wait for it as it seemed to simple and fast, yet again I was fooled. The day came and I went with my girl friend to the hospital. The day was bright and warm, like any other day in Dubai. Oh, I forgot to mention that the doctor requested for me to buy sun glasses that covered most of my eyes, meaning that I had to have the sides covered too due to the extreme brightness outside. So we went in to the hospital and met the assistant nurse first and she asked me to follow her to the same prep room I went to before. This time she asked me to take off my clothes (not what you are thinking) and put on the scrub. Hygiene of an essence and they did not want to get any infection into the Lasik Surgery room and specially my eyes!
It took around forty minutes to prepare me. They also dropped anesthetics drops into my eyes few time while I waited. I was not allowed to open my eyes while I lied there waiting. The nurse then came in and told me that the doctor is ready. She helped me out of the room and into the room where the Lasik machine was. I was then allowed to open my eyes as we were in a clean room. Another pointer for you, they never tell you that you will have to lie under a massive white machine hanging off the side that looks like it weighs more than a ton! Yes they did lay me under it and to make things worse the entire thing started moving down closer towards me and my face! I was trapped in between the surgical bed and the LAsik machine inches above my head. Claustrophobia kicked in and it came hard. I almost aborted to whole thing! Luckily I didn't and went on with it.
Once everything was in place, the doctor dropped few of the anesthetics again, and he kept doing it every few minutes. At the corner of my eye I noticed that a scissors looking device in his hand and wanted to look to the side but couldn't. What it turned out to be was a clip that keeps my eyes wide open all throughout the proceduce. Imagine not being able to close your eyes for more than fifteen minutes. I must admit it was scary at first but that soon goes away when you find out that he now wanted to place s suction unit literally on my eye to keep it in place for the laser to do its job. Yep he not only had to touch and slice my eye, it had to be sucked into a machine. I know I'm dramatising it a bit, but the truth is this is how it feels like while you are in the middle of. Don't get me wrong, the Lasik Eye Surgery was the best thing I have ever done, it is a life changer.
Anyway, to keep it short, the doctor managed to place the sucker on my eye and sliced the cornea open. Then suddenly a loud pulsing noise came out of the machine and the laser beamed into my eye within a minute he was done. by the way, be aware of the flesh burning smell, lovely! The doctor then said "Great we are done, now the other eye". You can imagine my excitement.
Once all was done I was then lead out of the operation room with cotton patches on my eyes. The actual Lasik Eye Surgery lasted around twenty minutes.
Would you like to read more? next up: Lasik Eye Surgery Post Operation
Lasik Eye Surgery - Pre Operation
Many of you have been in wondering how and what goes through a Lasik Eye Surgery. One thing for sure, unlike what you hear in all the advertisements on television or in magazines, it does take a bit of time to prep up for it and even after the surgery. As most of you already know, through all the research and reading, that Lasik Eye Surgery is very safe and has a very high success rate. Even so like what I have spoke about in my last post you would still need to know if you are first willing to do it and second can and able to do the procedure. What many do not know is that fact that some patients will not actually be able to go through the Laser correction surgery, not because of the fear of having your cornea cut and sliced(yes, this does happen) it is because some eyeballs shape are developed in a way that the operation can not happen.
I was lucky in my case. After meeting the eye doctor (Ophthalmologist) and booking I got to know quit a few things that I was not told about before. I must admit, maybe because it was so long ago things are more clear now. One of the things is you as a patient will require to visit the laser eye clinic at least once before the operation. The reason is simple, they need to have a look at your eyes and test for any irregularities. The basically needed to know if you were able to have it done. I was.
On the day of testing they took me to a room and put few eye drops into my eyes. They were anesthetics to numb my eyes for what yet to come. After thirty minutes they took me to another room with all these gadgets . Some were familiar, like the one that tests your eyesight and its strength, just like when you go for glasses replacement (can't remember the name of the machine). At first I thought they were going to perform the Lasik Eye Surgery right there and then. What they did then was actually and literally pocking me with a pen looking device that measures the size and shape of my eyes. I must admit I was intrigue by the entire thing as you can see your eye shape in a computer. The next thing was to place me on a machine that looked like a mini satellite dish with flickering light pulsing out of it. To be honest I cannot remember what that was for but was harmless.
I then had to wait then for while to get the results. They were clear and I was ready for the operation. They booked my Laser correction surgery for another two weeks. You know what the pre-op testing seem to have calmed me down for the real thing.
Next is the Lasik Eye Surgery, The Procedure itself!
I was lucky in my case. After meeting the eye doctor (Ophthalmologist) and booking I got to know quit a few things that I was not told about before. I must admit, maybe because it was so long ago things are more clear now. One of the things is you as a patient will require to visit the laser eye clinic at least once before the operation. The reason is simple, they need to have a look at your eyes and test for any irregularities. The basically needed to know if you were able to have it done. I was.
On the day of testing they took me to a room and put few eye drops into my eyes. They were anesthetics to numb my eyes for what yet to come. After thirty minutes they took me to another room with all these gadgets . Some were familiar, like the one that tests your eyesight and its strength, just like when you go for glasses replacement (can't remember the name of the machine). At first I thought they were going to perform the Lasik Eye Surgery right there and then. What they did then was actually and literally pocking me with a pen looking device that measures the size and shape of my eyes. I must admit I was intrigue by the entire thing as you can see your eye shape in a computer. The next thing was to place me on a machine that looked like a mini satellite dish with flickering light pulsing out of it. To be honest I cannot remember what that was for but was harmless.
I then had to wait then for while to get the results. They were clear and I was ready for the operation. They booked my Laser correction surgery for another two weeks. You know what the pre-op testing seem to have calmed me down for the real thing.
Next is the Lasik Eye Surgery, The Procedure itself!
Lasik Eye Surgery - The Lead Up
It has been five years since I had my Lasik Eye Surgery. Feels like yesterday. I was in Dubai working as an exhibition organizer that specialized in Medical services. My girlfriend at the time, now wife! worked as a teacher. She was always at me to get Lasik Eye Surgery as she hated me with the glasses on. The thing is that I needed them as I was almost blind without them. Mind you most of my glasses were very trendy and look good on me, at least in my opinion. Anyway, to get rid of the glasses , we tried everything other than Laser Eye Surgery. I just did not want anyone touch my eyes. Imagine the horror of loosing you sight if anything goes wrong!!!
Time went on and I got to change my glasses few times with new looks and different types of shadings. But Girl friend was still at me to do something about them. One of my birthdays she actually went and got me a box of contact lenses, each costing around 100 euro! Guess what? I turned out to be allergic to them. More than 300 euro worth of contact lenses out the drain.
So there was only one more option to go for, Lasik Eye Surgery. Being a master researcher, so I tell myself, I started googling all about laser correction and LASIK. I never knew the number of people who managed to do as it is quite new in Dubai. I did not know anyone there that was did it. Around six months passed and I still have not done anything with it, busy with work and all. Then fortune struck. In the last day of one of the exhibitions we were organising, which funnily focused on cosmetic and corrective surgery. I bumped into an old friend of mine who manages a private hospital in Dubai. We got talking and I mentioned to her that I was eager to have a Lasik Surgery done. She was brilliant enough to offer me a visit and tour at there facilities as they got a new machine.
Few weeks later I went with my Girl Friend to the hospital. The machine was huge! It freaked me out to be honest. She actually introduced me to one of the doctors and we had a long discussion with him. Comfort kicked in and I felt much safer then (something I totally recommend). All went well and we left the hospital with a booking to the surgery in a month! I got to have the Lasik Eye Surgery and the rest is history.
Time went on and I got to change my glasses few times with new looks and different types of shadings. But Girl friend was still at me to do something about them. One of my birthdays she actually went and got me a box of contact lenses, each costing around 100 euro! Guess what? I turned out to be allergic to them. More than 300 euro worth of contact lenses out the drain.
So there was only one more option to go for, Lasik Eye Surgery. Being a master researcher, so I tell myself, I started googling all about laser correction and LASIK. I never knew the number of people who managed to do as it is quite new in Dubai. I did not know anyone there that was did it. Around six months passed and I still have not done anything with it, busy with work and all. Then fortune struck. In the last day of one of the exhibitions we were organising, which funnily focused on cosmetic and corrective surgery. I bumped into an old friend of mine who manages a private hospital in Dubai. We got talking and I mentioned to her that I was eager to have a Lasik Surgery done. She was brilliant enough to offer me a visit and tour at there facilities as they got a new machine.
Few weeks later I went with my Girl Friend to the hospital. The machine was huge! It freaked me out to be honest. She actually introduced me to one of the doctors and we had a long discussion with him. Comfort kicked in and I felt much safer then (something I totally recommend). All went well and we left the hospital with a booking to the surgery in a month! I got to have the Lasik Eye Surgery and the rest is history.
Want to read about the what happens next click on to The Pre-Operation of the Surgery!
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