Lasik Surgery

Well I have finally threw away my fears and decided to have Lasik surgery. Several times the past three years I've wanted to have the surgery to then back away from it after learning about the procedure. The problem has always been the cutting of the cornea flap, that just freaks me out.

The first time I was interested in the surgery I didn't know they cut your eye open and once I found out I completely stalled and decided to not have the surgery. And then every year I get interested in the surgery again and think can I handle this and the answer is usually no. Until this year.

This past summer Kirsten and I went to The Bite of Seattle to watch a buddy play a concert. After the show we walked around the various booths and ran into a Restore Vision Centers booth. This is the place I've always looked at to do the procedure, but this time the guy said something that made me think twice about doing the surgery. He said, "Don't worry they give you Valium." After him telling me that the Valium helps with the anxiety and seriously thought about having the surgery. It also helped that I would get a $400 discount if I signed up with him to at least get the pre-exam. A few weeks after The Bite I got a call from Restore Vision Center to schedule my pre-exam. Then for the next few months I waited and postponed the pre-exam a couple of times due to baseball and our Hawaiian vacation. Then in October I finally had my pre-exam and decided to have the surgery. So on Wednesday (11/15) I will be getting some new eyes.