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Hi Sharon: Can you please tell us your age and how long ago have you had the 
LASIK surgery?

Also is there only one type of LASIKsurgery that you had?

Can you read newspapers ect with small print, without glasses?

If you can provide the name of the bussiness, so that I and others can 
contact them for additional information.

Do you know what your vision was (20-20 example) before the LASIK?

Thanks for the info.
Steven Proe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Levasseur" <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] LASIK (was Did you know??)


> Just thought I'd speak up here and share my LASIK experience.
>
> I used to wear contacts that I could leave in my eyes for up to 30 days
> (although 3 was my personal max).  When I camped with my horse I needed to 
> be
> able to see as soon as I woke up, rather than having to try to put 
> contacts in
> my eyes with dubiously clean hands in a dirty dressing room.  It worked
> reasonably well for several years.
>
> But I was tired of having to worry about rubbing my eye and either losing 
> one or
> folding it under my eyelid, getting dirt under them, and all the other 
> stuff
> that goes along with using contacts.  It was especially inconvenient when 
> I
> went to rides, as I had to remember to bring extra contacts in case I
> ripped/lost one.
>
> It just so happens that I got a new job and switched to Anthem Blue Cross 
> for my
> health insurance, then found out there was a LASIK discount available. 
> Instead
> of about $1200 an eye, I could pay only $895 an eye!  When I checked into 
> it
> further I discovered that in order to sign up for the discount program I 
> would
> need to have the surgery done at a clinic about an hour away; they were 
> the
> only clinic enrolled in the discount program.  However, when I mentioned 
> this
> to my *local* LASIK center, they said they would MATCH THE PRICE without 
> me
> running it through my insurance at all!
>
> I used my Medical Savings Account (or whatever it's called) to pay for it, 
> and
> am paying that back out of my paycheck on a weekly basis.
>
> The morning after my surgery I was 20/20 and two days later I was 20/15. 
> I am
> still 20/15 three months later and cannot believe how much easier life has
> gotten now that I don't have to worry about my contacts.  Not to mention 
> how
> much less STUFF I have to carry in my toiletries bag when I go away to 
> rides!!
>
> If you're eligible but you're on the fence... DO IT.  You won't regret it.
>
> -Sharon L. in Maine
>
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