The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[mellowmom]

I've decided to reward myself when I get to 50# loss with a Wavefront Lasik procedure for my eyes. <img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_34.gif' border=0>Doctor assures me that weight loss will not affect my eyesight in anyway after the procedure is done.

He's also recommending I get the monovision procedure where one eye is adjusted to see far, and the other sees near. <img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_11_3.gif' border=0> It will supposedly completely eliminate the need for glasses, with the possible exception of night driving. At any rate, have any of you had lasik done since losing some major tonnage, and if so any problems with it as you continued to lose? Also, anyone out there do the monovision procedure and how did it work for you?

Thanks,
Carmel

[supermom]

Yikes Carmel!! I am afraid I can't help you with that one. One piece of advice, though, ALWAYS get a second opinion before having any kind of elective surgery. Make sure other docs concur with what you have been told.

[dede4wd]

Sounds like a GREAT 50# gift...I'm still trying to figure out my 50# reward...Listen to Laurie, though, get a second opinion, especially about that monovision thing...make sure it's tried and tested.

DeDe

[jump4joy]

I had my eyes Lasik'd five years ago and I ended up with 20/15 vision! I love love love it since I always had to wear glasses or had to mess with contacts for years and years. I didn't do the monovision, though I had the choice... was afraid it would make my vision too funky. I know someone who did the monovision, and he says it's "fine". Didn't elaborate more, but he didn't seem thrilled. I'd research it more and ask others who've had it done what they think, if'n I were you. The procedure for my Lasik was done in less than 1/2 hour. It's the best money I've ever spent! What a blessing to wake up in the morning and be able to SEE.

My doctor told me that weight loss wouldn't have any effect on the results of my surgery. He was the head physician at the Aris Institute, and at the time had done the most procedures of all the dr.'s in my state.

[sidrah]

Sorry, I know nothing about that. But, if he is a good guy and you trust him and he is cool with it....

I saw the title and..............



I thought this thread would be about the American Idol debacle last night!!!
My person to vote for is gone...I gotta say Taylor now cause I don't like the other two. I still wanna vote Chris!

Most importantly-----50 lbs!!! WOW

[Arklahoma]

Sidrah ~ I know what you mean. I've been completely outraged by Chris's outage from AI. Unca, where do we go to talk about off-topic stuff ???

An now back to your regularly scheduled post ...

[falisamarie]

American Idol debacle last night!!!
My person to vote for is gone...I gotta say Taylor now cause I don't like the other two. I still wanna vote Chris!

I could not have said it any better!

As for the vision thing I am lucky to have 20/20 vision so I don't know what to tell you there but I think it is a great gift for yourself. As for the monovision thing I would think that would make your sight kinda weird but I am no Dr nor do I know of anyone who has had it.

Lisa

[mellowmom]

Thanks for all your opinions and insight.

The doctor I went to is considered the top specialist in the SF Bay Area, if not all of Northern California. He's done the eyes of a bunch of sports atheletes here. Of course considering the state of the sports teams in the Bay Area...maybe that isn't such a good thing! (Go Sharks!!)

Re. the monovision, they were actually able to duplicate what it would be like in the Dr.'s office. While it was a tad disorienting in the beginning in a few minutes it worked great. I could read up close and I could also see 20/15 in the distance. One of the main reason I'm considering this is because I sing in a large community choir and if I get my eyes set just for distance then I'd need reading glasses for the music, which would then make the choral director all blurry in the distance. Or I could opt for the granny glasses style and have my head bobbing up and down while I'm on stage like some deranged cockatoo!

I have a friend who had his eyes done for distance and when we've gone to restaurants for lunch he sometimes forgets his reading glasses and can't read the menu. (Which would be VERY Important when I'm searching for my Lean and Green...)

Also, the doctor said that any time I decide that I don't like the monovision I can have the reading eye adjusted for distance also at no additional cost. As he explained it to me, that is always an option if I try the monovision, and it is very "easy" to do. But if I go with distance only, then it's very, very difficult to adjust one of the eyes for reading only.

I'm going to keep thinking about it, and will get a second opinion, however. Thanks for all your input. ANd if any of you know of someone who has monovision could you ask them how it's working out for them. Jump4joy's friend seemed less than enthused about it.

Thanks again,

Carmel

[Tiolazz]

Carmel,

while I have not had the lasik done on my eyes, I do monovision. I wear a corrective contact in my right eye for far vision, and none in my left eye so I can can read with that one.

I told the dr, that I thought it would be weird and didn't want to try it, so he put two contacts in my eyes, and told me to wait in the waiting room for 30 minutes. I picked up a magazine and read it, and when he came back to get me, he asked me how that worked.

I told him great, that is when he informed me that the contact he had put in my left eye was zero powered and the right was for my far vision. I felt like a smuck... LOL...

anyhow, it took me no time to get used to and I have been monovision for over 5 years now only with a contact. If I ever look at lasik that is what I would do also.

Hope that helps ...

Terri

[MomJackieLee]

I can't comment on the monovision, but I did have my eyes fixed 10 years ago. I have 20/20 in one eye and 20/25 in the other still after ten years. I do use reading glasses at work or for a long span on the computer for eye fatigue, but can read without the glasses.

The techniques they have now are more refined and have much shorter healing times than when I had my surgery. My vision was so bad I couldn't see the "E" at the top of the eye chart!!! Best decision I ever made. I had my surgery done by the doctor in Atlanta who had done several sets of eyes for the Atlanta Hawks and felt very comfortable with him.

Good luck in making your decision!!

[gr8bnme]

i got my eyes done about 2 years ago now. not monovision and not during weight loss. it is the best thing i could have ever done myself. the best money i ever spent and i'm 20/15 in both eyes now. i am so happy. lasik surgery is so liberating. to not have to worry about glasses or contacts is just so wonderful. i can watch tv in the evening and see properly. i hated when i used to have to wear glasses to watch tv because if i wanted to lie down the glasses would be crooked and i could see with one eye but not the other. my other option was to sit up and watch or wear my contacts but they always made my eyes dry by the end of the day. and then the same thing applied when i wanted to watch tv in the morning. it's just soooo wonderful! you'll be so happy when you are done . good luck with the whole monovision and i think if the dr says that weight loss won't affect it, he's probably right.