[manimal]

i'm leaving in just a few minutes for hotlanta. my brother is an opthamologist there and is going to do Lasik surgery on my eyes.....for free!!!!

...the only catch is that he will be using a new type of laser...and i'll be his first patient with said new laser. i guess i trust him though

i'll give a full report when i return on friday, hopefully, i'll still be able to see the keyboard

 

[JRB]

Good luck, Manimal. God speed, brutha.

 

[MikeD]

If you end up with smoking holes where your eyes used to be, make the best use of the space. Store small items in there, or perhaps plant some small flowers.

MD

 

[SkaredShtles]

Jeezus Krist you're a brave man.

-S.S.-

 

[DHS]

If you end up with smoking holes where your eyes used to be, make the best use of the space. Store small items in there, or perhaps plant some small flowers.

MD

well whatever happens this thread sucks without pics

oh good luck btw

 

[GravityFreakTJ]

i'm leaving in just a few minutes for hotlanta. my brother is an opthamologist there and is going to do Lasik surgery on my eyes.....for free!!!!

...the only catch is that he will be using a new type of laser...and i'll be his first patient with said new laser. i guess i trust him though

i'll give a full report when i return on friday, hopefully, i'll still be able to see the keyboard

Best of luck to ya! My brother in-law had this done last year and said he can't remember ever seeing so well.Said everything was alittle fuzzy for a few days but after that it was all good

 

[BKQuill]

Good Luck and hope you have a quick recovery!
If he wants another "subject" to do this "laser" surgery on let me know, I need to get my eyes done, and I'm only 2 hours away from Hotlanta.

Cheers,
Brian

 

[Crashby]

If you end up with smoking holes where your eyes used to be, make the best use of the space. Store small items in there, or perhaps plant some small flowers.

MD

If'n it wuz me... Id keep little candies all up in my eye holes...

 

[Rip]

Best of luck.

 

[Greyhound]

Hope to "See" you soon.......


........what?



Nobody said it yet.

 

[Westy]

If'n it wuz me... Id keep little candies all up in my eye holes...

I'd store the skulls of small mammals, or bacon bits.

 

[punkassean]

My GF's dad had this done recently and it took more than a few weeks for his vision to fully restore/correct. It was scary there for a while because he had totally different vision in each eye (one near, one far) for quite a while but they eventually evened out and he is way stoked now.

Remember to use the special eye-drops frequently, that is key to proper healing, if your eye's dry up the cornea can peel back when you blink and that's no bueno!.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Good luck.

John

 

[Echo]

Best of luck dude! I'm sure you did plenty of research and have plenty of people to answer questions for you... but I had the surgery a few years ago and would be happy to answer questions if you run out of people to ask

 

[manimal]

the surgery turned out great!!! i was able to see 20/30 within 30 minutes of the surgery and at my post op today i was 20/20 in my right eye and 20/15 in the left!

he used the new allegreto (wavefront technology) laser that works a wider area to eliminate the halo effect and glare at night. i went out to rent a movie last night and everything was clear.

i'm using a ton of eye drops, both the medicated/prescribed ones and the artificial tears. i have naturally dry eyes so i'm being extra vigilant with the drops.

dr. brother says i should be back riding before the feb 5th fontana night DH race

oh yeah, can't forget to add a pic.

lil manimal dropping to a tranny. i think he landed flat on this one and rode it out like a pro.

 

[RideND]

manimal, you look at the keyboard when you type?

 

[RideND]

Oh, btw, I'm glad the surgery went well.

 

[manimal]

manimal, you look at the keyboard when you type?

??

did i misspell something? i'm eating a quick dinner before i head out to school so i'm not taking too much time to proof read.

 

[mtnbikeair]

I must say, you and your son are the men. I saw you guys out at country park last week, and your son has got some balls. I must say i hope when i have kids they will be as interested in cycling as your son.

 

[TreeSaw]

Congrats on the successful surgery! Squirrel (the hubby) is talking about having it done at some point so it's nice to hear a success story.

 

[manimal]

I must say, you and your son are the men. I saw you guys out at country park last week, and your son has got some balls. I must say i hope when i have kids they will be as interested in cycling as your son.

we'll be back out there as soon as it dries up. hopefully, i'll be much smoother with my new eyes i had a hard time focusing with my 4 yr old prescription glasses.....and i think i'm going to stick w/ the hardtail on that course

here's a pic of noah at country park, we didn't quit until well after dark 'cause he didn't want to leave. i think it's his new favorite place!

it was so dark that i had to guess where he was to take the pic...but it still came out ok

 

[jet]

I wish I would have known you were coming to the Atl.

We could have hooked up for a ride.

Is dr. brother still looking for guinea pigs?

 

[JRB]

Great news, Manimal. Glad you are back in action.

 

[pixelninja]

That's awesome!

This morning I was talking to my wife and she told me to start investigation laser surgery. My company's insurance will get me a %15 discount if I use one of their affiliated doctors. There's about 15 on the list, so I need to start making consultation appointments.

 

[biggins]

werd i need some free/discounted eye fixation

oh and congrats on the new eyeballs

 

[SkaredShtles]

werd i need some free/discounted eye fixation

No. You need to move to Fruita, numbnuts.

-S.S.-

 

[manimal]

I wish I would have known you were coming to the Atl.

We could have hooked up for a ride.

Is dr. brother still looking for guinea pigs?

ha, i mentioned that to my brother. i was planning on staying till saturday to work in a ride with peete/jeffd...the macon/atl crew but my brother overhead my plans to bring my bikes and responded with a HELL NO!

so...next time i suppose.


pixelninja - be sure to ask about wavefront technology and make sure that your opthamologist uses it. can mean the difference between good night vision and glares/halos.

 

[pixelninja]

pixelninja - be sure to ask about wavefront technology and make sure that your opthamologist uses it. can mean the difference between good night vision and glares/halos.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to ask about that when I start calling around.