Vision

[ATR-DRIVR]

mercy,
no night problems? blur, spots etc?
thanks

 

[Mercy98]

I would say that for about 4-6 weeks max. I would occasionally have very slight fluctuations in my vision. Was it always because of the surgery? I honestly couldn't say, but I'm sure it was a factor. At about that time or shortly before, it was apparent that one of my eyes was not as close to 20/20 as I would like, so when I flew, I would wear a contact lens on it.
After the surgery there is some cloudy vision, but that cleared up within about 24-36 hours. When flying at night I have no problem with either interior or exterior lighting. When I used to wear contacts, I could "see" the edges of my contacts, as it would tend to flare some lighting. That is not the case now. The clarity now is like the difference between wearing glasses to contacts. They don't compare.

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

mercy,
I have seen some ads from Emory here in ATL and they have a machine that takes a picture of your eye, puts it on a computer and shows you what it looks like now and then what it will look like after. Is that the same as what you were shown? It was quoted as $2500 a side!
thanks

 

[Mercy98]

It is a machine that takes a topographical picture of your eye. Just like a sectional chart shows varying terrain. In this case, reds are peaks and greens are valleys. Not sure of the official name. They never showed me what my eyes "could" look like, only what they actually looked like. I know the price is coming down, and what you quoted would be about right, or maybe a little on the high side. Should be lower now though.