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robinblokeYou lie on a surgery table and they sellotape your eyelids open.
They then put a clamp on your eye to hold it in place. The clamp pushes down and the vision in that eye goes black under pressure. Then there's a faint tugging sensation as they slice the front off the cornea and lift it up. The pressure releases and you can see blurrily though. You then look at a red light and the laser starts up and you see pin pricks of red. There is a chemically smell at this point which is kind of disturbing. After they finish the laser bit, they manoeuvre the flap back into place. This is fairly disturbing as you see blurred pokey things coming towards your eye. They then do the same with the other eye. After the surgery you are very sensitive to light due to the anaesthetic but that fades after a couple of hours. It doesn't hurt at all.
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Date: 2005-09-06 03:45 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-09-06 03:47 pm (UTC)They don't do it under anaesthetic? Not even local?
Ew.
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Date: 2005-09-06 03:48 pm (UTC)Which place are you going to?
I doubt it's sellotape, although in this country, I'm not quite sure...
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Date: 2005-09-06 03:53 pm (UTC)TBH, I'd rather see it clearly than blurred. "Oh look, it's a miniature hacksaw!"
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Date: 2005-09-06 03:58 pm (UTC)It was a procedure that a number of candidate pilots were allowed to try to meet the RAF's entry standards. I remember talking to a senior medic about the trial. I remember him saying that the trial had not been a success and that anyone having had Laser Corrective Eye Surgery would not be allowed to be considered for flying duties. I've tried to google for a source for this, but without luck. The procedure may have been refined since this discussion took place in about 1996
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Date: 2005-09-06 04:05 pm (UTC)And good luck! I'm jealous - I'm scared of the procedure, but I'd love to not have to wear contacts or glasses ever again...
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Date: 2005-09-06 04:07 pm (UTC)I'm not saying I'm not scared!
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Date: 2005-09-06 04:16 pm (UTC)- the linked pdf indeed suggests that laser eye surgery normally bars you from "aircrew and specialist branches", though not inevitably from "non-specialist ground branches". (I, however, would not be eligible for such ground branches even if I had had laser correction, since I'm worse than -7 in both eyes. Similarly, I apparently couldn't serve in the army or navy on grounds of inadequate vision. Just as well I don't want to, really!)
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Date: 2005-09-06 04:17 pm (UTC)There is a good reason I'm just not sure what.
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Date: 2005-09-06 04:18 pm (UTC)Have you seen "Un chien andalou?"
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Date: 2005-09-06 04:24 pm (UTC)I think I'll pass personally; I actually like wearing glesses as they make the purple shadows under my eyes a lot less obvious.
There are complications ...
Date: 2005-09-06 04:24 pm (UTC)Here's a BBC article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2745035.stm
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Date: 2005-09-06 04:29 pm (UTC)i love that the eye has no nerve endings.
look up, and touch your eyeball at the bottom. you can feel it, like a very-full balloon, giving only slightly under your touch.
it's icky, but OH SO COOL!
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Date: 2005-09-07 07:20 am (UTC)You are a much braver man than I, though I do know someone who's had it done in one eye and was so impressed they went back for the other one as well, so it must be worth it.
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Date: 2005-09-07 08:04 am (UTC)Re: There are complications ...
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Date: 2005-09-08 01:59 pm (UTC)What's the prognosis? If it all works out, not having to wear glasses at all anymore or just a reduction in prescription?
When's the op?
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Date: 2005-09-08 02:04 pm (UTC)However, they might be worried they gave you the wrong drug when you start babbling inanely and wonder if you're hallucinating or something. ;o)
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Date: 2005-09-08 02:11 pm (UTC)No date for the LASERS OF DOOM yet.
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Date: 2005-09-08 02:12 pm (UTC)Some of the best conversations I've had have been with myself :)
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Date: 2005-09-13 05:23 pm (UTC)Thanks!