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To: Apollo who wrote (5215)	8/23/1999 10:25:00 PM
From: Percival 917	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Stan, I just wrote a lengthy response to Harpo before I saw your post. I would have to know a bit more on the patient who did indeed experience near blindness. It is possible he had the PRK surgery, which is the laser by itself. There is no flap with this procedure. The corneal epithelium is basically just rubbed off and then the laser is applied. There is some corneal haze that can develop with this procedure and that may be what was happening here. Usually over a period of time (weeks to a few months) it goes away. To reiterate something from my other post. Even if you are in the ideal age range for the surgery, unless you have a significant refractive error (minimum of 20/200 or worse and preferably 20/400 or worse) then IMHO I believe you are taking an unnecessary risk. There is NO guarantee of 20/20 and if your error is relatively mild and you still need some correction to see better, say at night, you are going to be pissed at the fortune you have spent; OR god forbid you wind up with the epithelial growth under the cap you could be in worse shape. One last thing and I'll shut up. My wife had the LASIK procedure approx. 18 months ago and for her it was a no-brainer. She had EXTREMELY poor vision with glasses over an inch thick on the edge and a reduction of vision overall to best corrected 20/40 in her right eye and 20/60 in her left. She wound up having the striae problem in her left eye and part of the procedure had to be repeated. At this time her vision is better than it was with the glasses or contacts. But her vision was so poor that what ever risks there was was minimal compared to where her vision was. If she was only 20/50 the surgical option would never have been considered.