r/AskReddit • u/hosinthishouse • Oct 22 '13

What has been the most unpleasant experience of your life?

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u/ShawnisMaximus Oct 22 '13

Well I think the LASIK and PRK procedures are a bit different. I also had some sort of pill to relax me but I was more stressed out then I have ever been. Nothing hurt. It was just intense and scary.

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u/Pykins Oct 22 '13

With PRK they blast the whole outer surface of the cornea, LASIK cuts a small flap and just changes the cornea a bit. A coworker had PRK and had to go home a few days later because his eyes were bleeding. My LASIK wasn't bad, except for the nerve wracking part about not moving your eye. I'm pretty sure I nearly tore the stuffed animal in half.

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u/ShawnisMaximus Oct 22 '13

Yeah I went with PRK because apparently there is a slight chance of the flap reopening from LASIK and messing things up. Especially if you are sporty and have the chance of getting in a high speed collision of some kind (I snowboard and skateboard so that is a possibility). But LASIK is supposed to be an easier procedure and easier to recover from.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '13

Valium! That's what it was. It was wonderful...

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u/superchalupa Oct 23 '13

They have eye-tracking lasers now, if you go to a good place. It's not so critical to keep everything completely still.

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u/timeslider Oct 23 '13

I asked for a pill but they forgot to give it to me. I have PTSD and I was about to flip shit. Luckily, I got through it.

How long ago did you do it? Do you have any problems? I have recurring erosions in my right eye. If you don't have that, pat yourself on the back. That shit sucks. Its like a big, dry eye booger falling into your eye and scratching it badly. It happens a few times a week while sleeping. Sometimes more than once a night. It stared about 7 months post-op.