Optimax

I’m writing this a week and a day before my LASEK surgery which, after extensive thought and research into different techniques seems to be the best choice. I had my consultation with Dr Almasri almost a month ago and while very speedy they were thorough and Dr Almasri was ready to answer all my questions even on the latest techniques which I’d been investigating – non-alcohol flap creation, cooling the eye etc. Much of the consultation was speeded up by good organisation – all the eye test machines were arranged in one room in a row so you just went down the row test by test… made it seem a little like a production line but was simply good organisation.

However I’m still incredibly nervous and I’m not sure if it’s fear or just the thought that in a week and a day my glasses could be gone forever – would be very glad to hear from anyone who’s had this done just for a quick word of reassurance! My prescription was slightly over -4 in both eyes with astigmatism.

I’ll post again after the surgery, once I can see well enough! Best of luck to anyone being treated now.

I had bilateral lasek on Tuesday 18th Nov. The surgery, as expected was tense, but not painful (tense due to natural concerns). Slept most the day, on and off, and was glad I had my sister to stay with. No pain at all though, and I’m a bit of a weed! The most uncomfortable things were the contact lenses as I’m not used to wearing them.

On Friday I went back in to get the lenses taken out and my first sight test….already at driving standard. Things have got better every night. I’m so pleased that I bit the bullet.

I appreciate that my final prsciption will not be known for a couple of months, so fingers crossed.

Dr Doyle came across as very capable, although he did not spend much time dicussing things on my initial consultation. No problem for me as I had done a great deal of research. He did answer a lot of my queries over the e mail prior to the sugery – very helpful. I did not book him through Optimax I went direct through his website, therefore was booked as his private patient. I believe that this gave me the advantage of direct contact for the many questions I had, as mentioned above. It’s the same price.

Nobody can make the decision for anyone else, and I would not like to try to influence them, but I personally am thrilled with the results to date.

V

I had bilateral LASEK at Optimax Manchester on the 1st of November. 2 things to say. 1) OUCH!!! & 2) WOW! The first 24 hours were terrible, probably similar to pouring extra hot chilli powder into your eyes. Every few minutes i had to pull my eyelids open to release the pressure caused by the build up of tears. The sleeping tablet helped and the next day was better. The pain didn’t last long but it was very intense and not being able to rub your eyes doesn’t help. Things might have been easier with bandage lenses but i wasn’t able to go back to have them removed so I went without. Very light sensitive for a few days and still don’t like bright lights now, 3 weeks on. Vision is excellent. Better than I had hoped for and still improving every day. At my first aftercare i was +0.7 in both eyes from -2.75 and my sight is even better now. My advice to others thinking about it is, DO LOTS OF RESEACH. That way you can be confident and prepared. I printed off over 200 pages of stuff, good and bad, and read every single piece and everything i could find on the net. I read every posting on this site, back then it was 29 pages. It took a long time but it was worth it. As for Optimax, bit like going to the dentist, not really friendly but not miserable ether. Didn’t have to wait long like some people have said. Didn’t get pampered like at Ultralase (went there first to be sure I was suitable). Asked a lot of tough questions of my surgeon and was satisfied with the answers. 5 stars for results and 4 stars for service. Good luck to all and a special hello to Nina, the lovely lady I joined up with for the 2 for 1. It was good to meet you after talking to you via email, a distraction from the surgery.

Final thought…….I CAN SEE MY HOUSE FROM UP HERE.

Just a quick update on my experiences of bi-lateral lasek.

I had it done at Optimax in southampton on 23/10 with Dr Ayoubi. He was very thorough and explained everything well. He went through the procedure and the after effects & I was perfectly happy to go ahead & get it done that day. The receptionists and assistants were all very nice & the clinic wasn’t very busy.

Procedure itself was as described, but a little weird to go through! Coming out of the treatment room with one eye bandaged up and the other with a plastic cover over gave my 2 year old boy a shock.

They gave me 2 Solphadol (paracetamol & codiene) immediately after the treatment, and gave me the aftercare pack with leaflets & drugs to go home with. This included 6 more Solphadol (worked very well but made me drowsy) and 4 Diazepam (which were prescribed as sleeping tablets but are actually anti-depressants !!) but didn’t need the Diazepam. Listened to some TV that night after my wife changed my dressings (taping the eye lids closed with meopore is a good idea as it stops you opening your eyelids which causes pain), and the clear plastic lens was replaced by an absorbent pad. Slept well the first night, but had to keep draining the tears from my eyes as they were building up under the closed eyelids.

Following two days were spent totally blind as it was impossible to open my eyes. This was achieved on the third day, and quickly became easier, though light sensitivity meant that I was wearing sun glasses with gas welding goggles over the top !!

Day by day it got better and easier to see. At the one week checkup Dr Ayoubi said my corneas were healing perfectly & was very pleased. So was I!

Its now been two weeks & my right eye is perfect ! Can read the bottom line of the chart, which I’m assured is very good. Left eye is still not brilliant, as it starts off focussing well in the morning, but just after lunchtime it gets pretty blurred, but then clears up again in the evening ! sometimes it can be as good as the right, but not for long. Its getting better day by day though, and its still early days yet.

Update you all later when I have my three month checkup just before Christmas.

Steve

Hello sir I m going to tell you my whole history from my childhood (actually unfortunately I have got an accident in my child hood which resulted in damage of my eye) which is prepared by the local doctor which is in medical language

BY: Dr. Nadeem Riaz

I saw the patient with the compliment of decrease in vision left eye more than the right eye. He gives history of blunt ocular trauma to his left eye at the age of 5 years and was operated twice on that eye.on examination his best corrected vision in right eye is 618 and left eye Hand movement appreciation only. I O P in each is normal and eyes are essentially quit. Fundus examination shows bilateral posterior staphylomata with left opticatrophy. Peripheral retina appears stable. He is high myope and his refraction is R E: – -18.00/ -1.00 at 20
LE: – -16.00 D.S

Now when u are familiar with my problem then I would like to know the situation of my this problem I don’t want to use glasses or contact lenses any more so kindly reply me with its best solution I will be very thankful to you