Mike13 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Posted February 19, 2018 I think they’ve been treating it for a while now but I’ll be sure to research some actual astigmatism patients stories. https://visioneyeinstitute.com.au/eyematters/astigmatism-laser-eye-surgery/ Squinting fixes my eyesight too
ThirdDrawerDown Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 For the past five years my optometrist has regularly (annually) mentioned that astigmatism can now be cured by laser surgery. The astigmatism in my eyesight is not a huge problem, and it does have an advantage that I've never seen discussed. When I look up at the sky at night, every star has a little fleck of a star beside it, due to the defect in my eyesight. So in my world, the night sky is full of binary stars. 1
Mike13 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Posted February 3, 2019 Update. I had the surgery done in Penang, Malaysia. I was convinced to go with monovision (one eye) to prolong the need for reading glasses. It took one pre visit to test. Actual surgery was maybe 20 seconds. Hotel. Sleep. Woke 3 hours later excellent vision. Measured 20/20 next morning in that eye. Cost $1600. Only down side is that I still need glasses for driving and a contact lense for tennis. Very tempted to get the other one done! Fully recommend. 2
Whites Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 @Mike13 Glad it worked out. Can you explain why you only did one eye, I didn't quite understand the reasoning. As an aside modern eye surgery is amazing, my 85 year old mum had her cataracts done 2 weeks ago, now has perfect distance vision (still requires reading glasses). 1
emesbee Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 I have been wearing glasses since the age of 5, am now in my 60s and wouldn't even consider laser surgery. One curious thing I've noticed as I've got older, in the last few years my close up vision seem to have improved. I can actually read close up without wearing my glasses, something I couldn't do when I was younger. I suppose that the tendency to become more long sighted as one gets older may have resulted in a small correction to my short sightedness. I think cataract surgery is a different thing, but I have no need for that at this stage.
Mike13 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) On 03/02/2019 at 7:55 AM, Whites said: @Mike13 Glad it worked out. Can you explain why you only did one eye, I didn't quite understand the reasoning. As an aside modern eye surgery is amazing, my 85 year old mum had her cataracts done 2 weeks ago, now has perfect distance vision (still requires reading glasses). Expand “Monovision LASIK is a specialized technique in LASIK surgery to reduce or eliminate the need for reading glasses. Monovision LASIK works by correcting one eye for emmetropia (distance) and the other eye for myopia (near vision).” In my case, I don’t need my near vision corrected. Apparently, not getting it lasered for distance means it’ll stay stronger so I’ll need reading glasses later. Good to hear your mum’s vision is restored! Edited February 3, 2019 by Mike13
Mike13 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Posted February 3, 2019 On 03/02/2019 at 8:09 AM, emesbee said: One curious thing I've noticed as I've got older, in the last few years my close up vision seem to have improved. Expand Apparently not all that uncommon. If I remember correctly, someone in this thread mentioned the same thing happened to them.
emesbee Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 On 03/02/2019 at 8:33 AM, Mike13 said: Apparently not all that uncommon. If I remember correctly, someone in this thread mentioned the same thing happened to them. Expand Yes, a friend of mine has also noticed the same thing.
audiofeline Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 Mrs.Feline had eye laser surgery twice, but not for correcting vision. - The first time was to reduce the dangerously high pressure she had in one eye. - The second was remove a film that grew in her eye, several years after removal of cataracts. In both cases the laser work was successful.
Mike13 Posted February 4, 2019 Author Posted February 4, 2019 On 04/02/2019 at 1:33 AM, audiofeline said: Mrs.Feline had eye laser surgery twice, but not for correcting vision. - The first time was to reduce the dangerously high pressure she had in one eye. - The second was remove a film that grew in her eye, several years after removal of cataracts. In both cases the laser work was successful. Expand Phew. She must have some good night vision again.
audiofeline Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) On 04/02/2019 at 7:50 AM, Mike13 said: Phew. She must have some good night vision again. Expand Unfortunately not. She had a major problem with the retina, major surgery a few years ago was able to retain sight but was not 100% successful, so the vision is somewhat distorted. Some other longer-term side effects for the eyes as well. She still has problems at night, so I have to do a lot of the driving when it's late or very overcast and wet. The film that was removed by laser was done about a week ago, and that was successful - I no longer need to read the subtitles on the TV! The laser operation for this was interesting, I was invited to watch. The surgeon put an eyepiece to her eye, and looked through double eyepieces on his side of the machine. He had a joystick, and it looked like he was playing Space Invaders. About six "shots" and the job was done, in and out of the room in about 10 mins. His laser machine is made in Adelaide, $25K. He gave the history of his consulting rooms, which have lots of tiny rooms and corridors. He said the layout is heritage listed and he can't make any structural changes. Apparently the building was one of Melbourne's earliest brothels from the gold rush days. It's very clean now. Edited February 4, 2019 by audiofeline
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