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I had Lasik 8 months ago, its a new procedure where they slice the front of the lens back and laser the bit underneath. They then fold the lens back over and it heals up very quickly. The op took about 30 mins and I walked home without any problems 30 mins later. The post op advice was to use eye drops /antibiotics for a few weeks and to stay out of the water for 1 month. After that I went on a live aboard for 5 days doing the usual 4 dives a day. I have had zero problems since the op and am very happy with it. Before the op I was -5 in both eyes. I've only done 5 trimix dives so can't comment on that, except to say that I talked this through with the optician and he said it would not be a problem. I personally know 3 other divers who have had this operation and they have reported zero problems. Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Maggie Owens [mailto:mmowens@pa*.co*] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 2:59 AM To: tomeasop@mi*.co*; Tech Diver Subject: Re: Laser eye surgery In some rare cases, vision problems are not correctable with a lens. I don't know if this is the case for Simon or not. I have a very bad astigmatism in my left eye (which was caused by the scleral buckle I had to get when I got a detached retina several years ago), and my ophthalmologist has been unable to give me a contact that both (a) fits properly and (b) gives me correct vision. Glasses are not an option because one eye is very nearsighted and the other one is not nearsighted at all. Eventually, I would like to have surgery for it, so I for one would be interested in knowing if it's okay or not. At 06:11 AM 01/27/2000 , Thomas A. Easop wrote: >Going under the 'knife' for a condition easily corrected with a simple lens, >subjecting yourself to side effects, botched operations, etc., is >definately NOT DIR. > >armantrout@at*.ne* wrote: > > > are you short sighted or are you near sighted? > > > > Jess > > > I am investigating having laser eye surgery to correct my short > sightedness and > > > astigmatism. Does anybody have experience regarding trimix diving > after this > > > type of surgery. Specifically how long should I wait before doing > mixed gas > > > decompression dives, etc. > > > > > > Also is the operation DIR ? ;-) > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Simon Murray > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > >-- >The Guns and Armour of Scapa Flow Scotland >1998 Underwater Photographic Survey of Historic Wrecks >http://www.gunsofscapa.demon.co.uk/ > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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