EricW Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Title says it all. I get Lasik next Wednesday. My only concern is how long I need to wait before exposing my eyes to muzzle blast again. (I can't wait. After years of contacts and thick glasses, I will be ecstatic to be 20/30 when it's done.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZ Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Title says it all. I get Lasik next Wednesday. My only concern is how long I need to wait before exposing my eyes to muzzle blast again. (I can't wait. After years of contacts and thick glasses, I will be ecstatic to be 20/30 when it's done.) As I recall...I think I layed off shooting for 2 - 3 weeks after getting it done. It's been about 2 years for me now and I'm still 20/15 When we did A1-2005-Missoula together...I was about 6 weeks post Lasik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 Cool. I have high hopes then. They better make me 20/10 or I'll cry and want my money back. I guess I'm going to slide back into shooting gradually. My only real concern is braked rifles. My understanding is that they can still (deliberately - for retreatment) peel up the flap up to 6 mos after you have the surgery...which I never would have guessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Forum member ScottR might have some feedback He just had it done recently, and was in the group that had a lot of light sensitivity afterwards.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZ Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 (edited) I guess I'm going to slide back into shooting gradually. My only real concern is braked rifles. My understanding is that they can still (deliberately - for retreatment) peel up the flap up to 6 mos after you have the surgery...which I never would have guessed. Just checked my calender for 2005...I waited 4 weeks after having it done before shooting my first match. Yeah..they can lift the flap up to a year from what I understand (thats why they tell you that you can have tweaks up to 12 months). When I asked them how long before it was completely healed...they told me the last flap heals in 2 years...apparently they cut through 5 layers when they cut the flap. I also had a lot of light sensitivity problems.....which persisted for about 6 months. Don't know if you remember (or I should say...don't remember if you were working my stage at the time) but I had an light incident while working that match in Missoula where all of a sudden...my eyes got light overload and started flooding tears for about 10 minutes...it was brought on by my yellow tint glasses...and the sun popping out for a bit. The combination just overloaded my eyes...but I didn't realize it until it was too late...and it hit like a freight train with no warning. Edited July 3, 2007 by SteveZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Any chance your doc is a shooter? Even if not, I'd think he/she could give you some good information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bberkley Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I had Wavefront IntraLASIK done on Dec. 20, 2005 and shot a night pistol match on January 7, 2006. Less than 3 weeks for me. Best $2000 I ever spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 I'm aware of the disadvantages. Dry eyes, halos, etc... You have to keep in mind where I'm coming from. I'm +6/+7 diopters corrected. Contacts make my eyes dry and red. Wearing glasses while skiing and biking is a royal PITA. My lenses are so thick that wearing glasses is physically painful. Unless I go completely blind, it's going to be difficult for any complication resulting from Lasik to put me in a worse spot than where I currently am. Ever got dust in your contact while on final approach? Not a lotta fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bberkley Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I'm aware of the disadvantages. Dry eyes, halos, etc... You have to keep in mind where I'm coming from. I'm +6/+7 diopters corrected. Contacts make my eyes dry and red. Wearing glasses while skiing and biking is a royal PITA. My lenses are so thick that wearing glasses is physically painful. Unless I go completely blind, it's going to be difficult for any complication resulting from Lasik to put me in a worse spot than where I currently am. Ever got dust in your contact while on final approach? Not a lotta fun... Its been more than 18 months since I had Lasik done, and I rarely use the eyedrops anymore, except if I have been reading a lot. I had some starburst/halo for up to 3 months at night post-op, but that was predicted and my night vision is vastly improved compared to pre-Lasik. My vision was pretty bad, maybe 20/400 with some astigmatism. The astigmatism required me to use Toric lenses, which bothered me a great deal. Plus they cost a whole lot more than the B&L Optima FW's I had been using for years. My vision corrected out to 20/10 and is stable at 20/15 in both eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 It was 2-3 weeks before I started shooting matches again, but only pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakal Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Had it done at about 1400, went home via LiotaTaxi, went to bed. Got up the next morning, drove myself to the doctor's office for the follow-up check, then drove to the DMV and got a licence marked "without restrictions" Went to the range that evening. That was three years ago. Still 20/15 (from six diopters-20/800). Yep, best money I've ever spent. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 I waited about 6 weeks as per my doctors advice. It sucked, and I probably could have gone back sooner...but it's your vision you're playing with. Follow all instructions exactly as written / given and the surgery will be a breeze. The aftercare is pain, but I followed it to the T. At my 1 year follow up, the doctor couldn't find the incision. He attributed that to me actually following the aftercare to the T and not shortcutting it. Welcome to the wonderful world of no more glasses or contacts. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactustactical Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I shot a pistol match 3 days later with larger than normal glasses, just in case. That was back in 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Welcome to the club. You are going to love it! I had mine done two days before Christmas. So there really wasn't any matches to shoot in Minnesota until February. I pretty much did that on purpose so I wouldn't have any "down" time during the shooting season, just in case. I was seeing 20/15 the very next day, though! But just to be safe I didn't do any shooting for at least three weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarter Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I had mine done 3 yrs ago. Best money I ever spent!!!!!! My .02, do what the doctor tells you but I was out at the range in 2 weeks. Good choice to get it done! I would recommend it to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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