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Laser eye surgery restores eyesight to normal levels, it does not improve eyesight beyond normal levels. It is the correction of a disability, not a performance enhancer. Laser eye surgery is for the most part a simple procedure that millions of people have recovered from with great success. The few that do encounter any type of complications do have the option to undergo the laser treatment for a second time. Laser surgery has been the ultimate freedom from the everyday hassles of contact lenses, and a second chance at having normal eyesight. But can everyone expect such dramatic results?
Laser eye surgery, the most popular form of which is LASIK surgery, is a surgeon-dependent procedure. No amount of high-tech equipment can replace a skilled surgeon. Laser eye surgery is not approved for personnel in certain specialist employment groups such as aviation, diving, airborne forces or marines. And for all personnel, either serving or potential recruits, the maximum pre-correction refractive error that is allowable to be corrected is +/- 6 dioptres. Laser eye surgery is now a common form of treatment for eye disorders and is becoming very popular, but not without risks. Arm yourself with the facts before you decide if it’s right for you?.
Laser eye surgery is now used to create monovision, giving one eye an extraordinary ability to focus on close objects .Although only one eye is treated, the recipient of the surgery is once again given the ability to focus on objects without any additional effort. Laser eye surgery is a procedure where lasers are used to fix the parts of your eyes that create bad eyesight. It is truly a way for you to realize how much you want to change about yourself. Laser eye surgery is one of those elective surgeries that you may have your own ideas of what the outcome will be that may not necessarily be the true outcome. As with any type of elective surgery you must realize what your expectations, ideas, and hopes are for the outcome of the surgery.
Laser eye surgery can make the performance of your job easier or more difficult, either because of vision changes or changes to eye comfort or both. Experiences with thousands of laser eye surgery patients have taught us that even mild side effects can affect your job performance or comfort in unexpected ways. Laser eye surgery can reduce and potentially eliminate refractive errors in some patients. While results are good in most patients, no one can promise that you will be able to "throw away your glasses" after laser eye surgery.
Laser eye surgery can cost as much as 00 an eye. Yet in the same city you can find a well qualified eye surgeon to do the same surgery for 00. Laser eye surgery can correct vision problems that are caused by refractive errors? These include myopia (also called nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism (blurred or distorted vision at all distances). Laser eye surgery can correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and even 'astigmatism,' and has the benefits of quick recovery (typical patients treated on a Wednesday afternoon are back Thursday morning, spectacle free for the rest of their life, returning shortly to normal activities). In addition, Dr Stewart and the Laser sight team are leaders in other procedures, such as 'implantable contact lenses,' or other lens options, which can also correct vision for patients where laser eye surgery might not be an option.
Generally, laser eye surgery is safe, but just like any other surgical procedure, it does involve certain risks. Although a large number of patients have been able to stop using their glasses after surgery and achieved a 20/40 vision or even better, there are still some things you should take into account before choosing a safe’s laser eye surgery.
| Alexander enjoying the other madness
LONG BEACH - As far as Dan Alexander is concerned, there is nothing "maddening" about March. "This is an awesome time of the year," the Long Beach State sophomore said, the adrenalin still pumping earlier this week from a weekend of watching NCAA Tournament men's basketball games. "I'd watch games all day and then want to go outside and shoot around. Basketball is my passion." He'll have to rely on the wonders of TiVo to catch tonight's Sweet 16 East and West regional action, however. That's because he and his teammates on the 49ers' third-ranked volleyball team have an evening's appointment against their UC Irvine counterparts for a 7p.m. Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match. If all goes according to plan, Alexander and his buddies will be experience some "madness" of their own in the same building five weeks from now, this of the May 1-3 NCAA Tournament semifinals and final variety.
Movie Review: The Eye
The Eye isn't a horror film as much as it is a drama with horror elements. It's not particularly scary, even though it tries to be, and it doesn't do much as far as emotionally investing us in its story or characters. But it does try harder than most of its kind, and there's something to be said of that given the reputation of the genre.
This is another one of those supernatural stories where a ghost tries to make contact with a living person in order to seek help or redemption (think The Sixth Sense or Stir of Echoes). Unfortunately, since this plot, and several variations of it, has been done so many times over, it's hard for this one to stay fresh and have much consequence.
The movie is a remake of the Hong Kong film Jian Gui (2002), about a blind girl who receives cornea transplants and finds her new organs grant her visual access to the spiritual world.
Tejano music star regaining consciousness, doctors say
HOUSTON -- Tejano music star Emilio Navaira, who was severely injured after his tour bus crashed, is slowly regaining consciousness, hospital officials said Thursday. Navaira opened his eyes and moved his arms and legs Wednesday evening, according to a brief statement from Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. "While his condition has improved, he remains in critical condition," the hospital said. The father of five is known to his fans simply as Emilio. The 45-year-old singer was behind the wheel of his tour bus early Sunday morning when it slammed into a collection of freeway barrels that mark the interchange of Interstate 610 and U.S. Highway 59 in Bellaire, a southwest Houston enclave. He was thrown through the windshield and suffered severe injuries.
Soldier has piece of shrapnel removed from face
HEATH -- A Heath soldier injured in Iraq on New Year's Eve 2006 had surgery last week to remove a piece of shrapnel that had been above his left eye for almost 15 months. Todd Henry, 40, son of Heath City Councilman Cledys Henry, had the copper piece removed from just under the skin in an outpatient procedure at the Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Clinic, Columbus. .
Minnesota Gophers injured Pohl gives thanks
RED WING, Minn. — Tommy Pohl looks like a man who was hit by Mack truck and talks like a man who's enjoying the ride. Most of it, anyway. The University of Minnesota hockey player, skinny as a rail and his head scarred from surgery to repair a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, entertained members of the media with his wit and enthusiasm Tuesday in his first public appearance since what he refers to as "the hit." Sitting on a couch in the living room of his dad's home wearing a Gophers sweatshirt, Pohl was animated, loquacious and upbeat, seemingly at ease despite the cameras and notebooks pointed his way. In other words, he was the same ol' Tommy. Said Gophers coach Don Lucia: "He might be running for governor someday. He can talk with the best of them." On Tuesday afternoon, Pohl hardly missed a beat.
Missing Renton eye doc missed court date
Dr. Chris Phillips pleaded not guilty in January to three charges related to what police reports describe as a loud party at his Renton home. Phillips has been charged with supplying liquor to a minor, making a false statement and breach of peace. The documents state Phillips missed a court date on Feb. 25. "Defendant is in Oklahoma due to a family emergency," the papers said. But KOMO 4 News contacted Phillips' mother in Oklahoma. She said her son is not there and that she hasn't seen him or even talked to him in a "long time." Phillips' mother says she knows "nothing about what's going on with his business." Those who worked with Phillips at Lomas Lasik and Eye Care Center said they can't imagine the charges are linked to shutting down his business.
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