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May 1st, 2004, 02:35 PM
amyb

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Originally Posted by Coaster Creator

My insurance has a deal worked out w/ some drs that you can get a 10-15% discount..but none of those are local..closest is 2 hours away...so its all out of pocket....$4300....but I have a medical spending account where I can have $ taken out of my check pre-taxed for this kinda thing...so I went that route!

Ya its alot of $, but I'm so excited and ready to be out of glasses/contacts!

Drew-if you can't even stand drops it'd never work...you have to put in drops alot after surgery, from what I've read in stuff I got from my surgeon 3 different types of drops, each 4-6 times a day!

The two types of drops you have to use for 5 days to divert an infection, the third is artificial tears that you have to use for the rest of your life. It's no biggie and it's worth it.
May 3rd, 2004, 10:05 AM
PuterGeekGirl

Rest of your life ?? Wow...that isn't what I was told, or what I've heard from others, usually the tears are just for the first few months.... oh well, either way it'll be nice to have this done! :thumbs:
May 3rd, 2004, 10:21 AM
amyb

hmm

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Originally Posted by Coaster Creator

Rest of your life ?? Wow...that isn't what I was told, or what I've heard from others, usually the tears are just for the first few months.... oh well, either way it'll be nice to have this done! :thumbs:

I'll make sure about the artificial tears when I go for my next follow-up appointment next week. :thumbs:
May 3rd, 2004, 09:54 PM
Pinnacle

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Originally Posted by Coaster Creator

Rest of your life ?? Wow...that isn't what I was told, or what I've heard from others, usually the tears are just for the first few months.... oh well, either way it'll be nice to have this done! :thumbs:

Maybe it varies from one person to the next. I only remember using them for a few days.
May 4th, 2004, 07:55 AM
amyb

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Originally Posted by Pinnacle

Maybe it varies from one person to the next. I only remember using them for a few days.

Those drops were the antibotics. I'm just talking about the artificial tears.
May 4th, 2004, 07:56 AM
PuterGeekGirl

I think it depends on the individual from what I understood..my boss said he only used em for a couple weeks.... :cool:

I'll know soon enough! :thumbs:
May 4th, 2004, 10:35 AM
jitBob

I used the tears for a couple of months, now I only use them maybe once every couple of months.
May 4th, 2004, 09:48 PM
Pinnacle

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Originally Posted by amyb

Those drops were the antibotics. I'm just talking about the artificial tears.

I remember those too. I do not think I put anything in my eyes within a few days of the procedure. Maybe my memory is off. It's been nearly five years now.
May 6th, 2004, 07:58 AM
amyb

The worst part of it all was not being able to wear eye makeup for a week!! :eek2:
May 6th, 2004, 08:03 AM
PuterGeekGirl

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Originally Posted by amyb

The worst part of it all was not being able to wear eye makeup for a week!! :eek2:

;) specially when ya gotta go back to work!!

Started the Muro 128 ointment last nite...yikes, like putting a big glob of grease in your eye!!! :uke: Drops are nothin, but this stuffs nasty! :D
May 6th, 2004, 08:24 AM
Ya_know

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Originally Posted by amyb

The worst part of it all was not being able to wear eye makeup for a week!! :eek2:

Yeah, that's what really bothers me about the whole proceedure... :eek2:
May 6th, 2004, 09:04 AM
amyb

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Originally Posted by Ya_know

Yeah, that's what really bothers me about the whole proceedure... :eek2:

enough outta you.. :p
May 11th, 2004, 11:07 AM
PuterGeekGirl

Done deal...went from 20/200 to 20/20 already this morning! (surgery was yesterday early afternoon)...said it will get better as I heal, as this is a fuzzy 20/20..(compared to what I had, don't seem all that fuzzy to me!!)

Well....back to the drop regimine... :)
May 11th, 2004, 11:14 AM
jitBob

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Originally Posted by Coaster Creator

Done deal...went from 20/200 to 20/20 already this morning! (surgery was yesterday early afternoon)...said it will get better as I heal, as this is a fuzzy 20/20..(compared to what I had, don't seem all that fuzzy to me!!)

Well....back to the drop regimine... :)

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May 11th, 2004, 11:23 AM
amyb

Congrats!

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Originally Posted by Coaster Creator

Done deal...went from 20/200 to 20/20 already this morning! (surgery was yesterday early afternoon)...said it will get better as I heal, as this is a fuzzy 20/20..(compared to what I had, don't seem all that fuzzy to me!!)

Well....back to the drop regimine... :)

That's great! :thumbs2:

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