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Well, just wanted to share my experience with me getting PRK, Corrective Eye Surgery.
I am Active Duty Army and after 7 years, figuring the docs have enough practice, I decided to get my eyes corrected. Thank God, I had enough common sense as a RN to take my valium before showing up the morning for them to tell me to take it. You only get two eyes and I could not imagine to grind a blade without them, sometimes have enough trouble with them,...well
That sat me in the dentist type of chair and they put numbing drops in.... after a few minutes they tood the speculumn (sp) for the eye lids like in that movie "Fire in the Sky" and the Doc used a small Oral-B rotary tooth brush (which would work great for micro polishing parts to knives I bet) to take off the one cell layer covering the iris to have a direct view for the laser. It did not hurt at all but scary as heck!!!!! now I know what a blade feels like hitting a dirty buffer I guess.....
The laser started and sounded like a pulse ray gun from a movie and the next thing I smelled was burning flesh, which I was told from a previous patient that would happen. It didn't smell like burning your skin from picking up that "I don't believe it is still hot piece of steel you put in the annealling pot or on the floor". Freaky....
After a few days of percocets, valium, phenergan, and my small stock of Tennessee Mtn water, the soreness and pain was almost gone. Everything looks blurry and even 7 days later I have to read 9 inches or so from my face, which makes documenting patient charts as an Army Nurse Hell, I am getting better and better sight each day.
So, not everything is bought from the lowest bidder in the Army......and I highly recommend PRK, Which is basically the same as Lasik except they don't buff the layer off the eye just moon cut it and flap it out of the way then back in place when it is done.
And if you are Airborne (I am) or can go to Jump School..... you get PRK...
Thanks for reading and hope others has had this done and had good turn outs so far...
Daniel
I am Active Duty Army and after 7 years, figuring the docs have enough practice, I decided to get my eyes corrected. Thank God, I had enough common sense as a RN to take my valium before showing up the morning for them to tell me to take it. You only get two eyes and I could not imagine to grind a blade without them, sometimes have enough trouble with them,...well
That sat me in the dentist type of chair and they put numbing drops in.... after a few minutes they tood the speculumn (sp) for the eye lids like in that movie "Fire in the Sky" and the Doc used a small Oral-B rotary tooth brush (which would work great for micro polishing parts to knives I bet) to take off the one cell layer covering the iris to have a direct view for the laser. It did not hurt at all but scary as heck!!!!! now I know what a blade feels like hitting a dirty buffer I guess.....
The laser started and sounded like a pulse ray gun from a movie and the next thing I smelled was burning flesh, which I was told from a previous patient that would happen. It didn't smell like burning your skin from picking up that "I don't believe it is still hot piece of steel you put in the annealling pot or on the floor". Freaky....
After a few days of percocets, valium, phenergan, and my small stock of Tennessee Mtn water, the soreness and pain was almost gone. Everything looks blurry and even 7 days later I have to read 9 inches or so from my face, which makes documenting patient charts as an Army Nurse Hell, I am getting better and better sight each day.
So, not everything is bought from the lowest bidder in the Army......and I highly recommend PRK, Which is basically the same as Lasik except they don't buff the layer off the eye just moon cut it and flap it out of the way then back in place when it is done.
And if you are Airborne (I am) or can go to Jump School..... you get PRK...
Thanks for reading and hope others has had this done and had good turn outs so far...
Daniel
