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customerserviceguy

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1. Way before Lasik

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Jul 4, 2019, 02:16 PM

Jul 2019

there was radial keratotomy (RK) which I had in 1983. While mine was successful, and I could go to about the year 2000 without glasses, if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't. I'm not sure if RK was better at avoiding this horrible side effect that Lasik seems to have, but if I knew I was risking it, I probably wouldn't have done it.

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Way before Lasik customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #1

This reminded me of the news article area51 Jul 2019 #2

Oh, how awful. They should have further spread it question everything Jul 2019 #5

Thank you!! I just had an eye exam by an incompetent doctor. 58Sunliner Jul 2019 #3

That's horrible. I hope you can find someone better question everything Jul 2019 #4

Thanks. It was by a big hospital here. 58Sunliner Jul 2019 #6