Diane Sees Clearly After Conquering LASIK Fear: The Scared Perspective

Well, I did it! I can’t believe it but I did! After it is all said and done, I don’t know why I was so nervous. The morning of the surgery I woke up and surprisingly enough, I was not nervous or apprehensive like at the beginning of my LASIK journey. I was scheduled for 1:30 pm so I had all morning to worry about but I didn’t.

When I arrived… Continue

Diane’s Decision on LASIK: The Scared Perspective

Today I went back to get my eyes dilated and to have a consultation about the surgery. Dr. Mozayeni and I spoke at length about my options and what I thought so far. I shared my thoughts on Monovision vs Traditional LASIK. I told him I didn’t care for Monovision after trying it out for a few days. I loved seeing up close but my distance was off. I told him I thought… Continue

Diane Sees Clearly with ‘Traditional’ LASIK Lenses: The Scared Perspective

It’s Diane again. Now I’m wearing the Monovision lenses. If you’ve read my first guest post,  you’ll remember that I’ve started to concur my fear of LASIK by ‘test driving’ these lenses. As a first time contact lens wearer, I have found I am not a big fan of contacts. It’s been very difficult getting them in and out of my eyes. Secondly, my left eye contact is thicker than my right eye… Continue

Diane Takes a Monovision ‘Test Drive’: The Scared Perspective

My name is Diane and it’s true. I am scared of just the thought of having LASIK.

Everyone tells me how wonderful and life changing it is, but that has not helped.  As I have gotten older, my eyes have gotten worse.  I never wore glasses until about six years ago, and they were just for reading.  Now I find myself wearing them around the house and not realizing it. Everything Continue

LASIK Was Great for Athlete

Dr. Mozayeni recently received the following e-mail from a patient…..

“I am a mid-thirties banker and triathlete. The combination of my 70+ hour work weeks and triathlon training schedule puts exceptionally heavy demands on my eyes, both of which were over -6.00 in terms of power (in other words, my vision was poor).

I wanted to explore options that would allow me to liberate my eyes from over two decades of wearing contacts and glasses.… Continue