I think that depends on the number of dioptrics, I know a girl who had the operation and at first she was fine, but later when working on computers and everyday life she is again shortsighted, but just a little, not like before.gregf wrote:I had this done many years ago before lasers.
It started in the old Soviet Union. There was an accident in a factory and the workers got
small bits of glass in their eyes. Fortunately nearby was a renowned eye surgeon, so
they took the injured people to him. He got the glass out and the ones with Myopia
could now see better.
It was then being done with scalpel in Russia but was unknown in the West as this was
Reagen's time and US doctors did not go to the U.S.S.R. But a few eye surgeons from
other places did go there and learnt how to do it including mine.
I was the ~300th person in Aus to get it and had to sign forms agreeing it was
experimental surgery. Done under local anaesthetic. I remember being in the
operating theatre and doc would say "stare at the light Greg", and the light in
the ceiling would stretch and boing bounce back. That was him doing the cuts
with scalpel. (Love telling that).
I got a good 20+ years of wonderfull vision from it, but loosing it now. No one is
sure why, as my illness is probably a cause rather than the surgery wearing off.
Also recent optometrists gave me distance glasses to read thru and I think that
has made my distance vision deteriorate. Be careful for that.
No regrets.
The eye-balls idea reminds me of a Tom Cruise movie...and who knows? maybe that´s possible in a future...
