Lasic - laser eye treatment in Florida

[Champagne]

It cost her $1600 for both eyes and she visited Dr Peter Urban who has offices off John Young Parkway.

[orlandobabe]

Snap-lol!

[ruthless333]

Just a note......... I had mine done here in UK March 2004........ had thought about it for nearly 2 years and as I am hoping to visit Florida in 2005 wanted to be able to 'see' especially when swimming with dolphins etc.........

Anyway had both done at the same time - great!

Moneywise allowing for the exchange rate not much difference and also no extra for having astigmatism,which I have mildly in the left eye and to a greater extent in the right. My right eye funnily enough was the worst of the two for vision, but now after the op, is actually the stronger vision of the two.

Anyway for me I would elect to have it in the UK purely for convenience, due to the aftercare but also for the slight inconvenience you experience for a few days......... why waste valuable holiday time recouperating?

Good luck whatever you decide.......

[orlandobabe]

when my husband had his doen-he could not go swimmimg afterwards-so I do agree on that note.

However as we go over about 3 times a year-that wasn't such a big deal-but yes it is something to consider if this is going to be your main holiday

[Ken and Julia]

Had an eye exam yesterday at Florida Hospital Lasik Clinic and will be having my eyes done tommorrow, they decided I should try Mono Vision which means they will only do one eye for distance and leave the other which is OK for close up, If I dont get used to it they will do the other but it seems that most people adapt to monovision OK

anyone ever had this done?

[Jules]

Good luck with the op. We offered to pay for our daughter to have laser treatment 5 years ago for her 18th birthday because she is very short sighted. She didn't have the bottle to have it done. Now she has moved out and has to pay for her own contact lenses and glasses I think she is regretting not having it done.

[Albert the Frog]

I had it done 4 years ago at Optimax in Manchester at £495 per eye-best thing I've ever done -eye-wise!!
Driving, swimming, no problem[msnwink]

[jbrinkworth]

I had mine done in Optimax in Birmingham in August 2004, again, best thing I've ever done and absolutely no pain or problems. Would highly recommend it to anyone. When you've had to wear glasses for 20 years and then you don't its great. I still get a kick out of being able to see the alarm clock in the middle of the night without any problems!

Julie B

[MTP]

Monovision usually works okay, and if it doesn't you could always have the second eye done. The only thing to think about is that you may miss your binocular vision for certain tasks (eg driving, sports) where depth perception is important. Some people with monovision have glasses to use for these situations, especially for night driving.

Do you know what your prescription is?