grandma needs eye surgery and wants to learn more about it, %success, risk etc.

[bigslammer]

her sight is going and she wants to have laser eye surgery. she just wants more info on %improvement, success rate, risk, time etc. anyone have any good links to medical sites or has had eye surgery. thx http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[medo]

Hi,
If she has cataract (most common case with elderly) than she has big chances to recover sight Both my grandmothers had same problem and 5 (3) years after operation everything is fine. http://aao3.aao.org/public/faqs/
Hope it will help.
Good luck to your grandmother
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[bigslammer]

cool thx a lot. yes I forgot to mention that she had cataracts. it's good to know everything worked out ok for your family. I just wanna get her some good info and reading material on this subject(she has a lot of free time http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif) to ease her mind. plus she likes the reading and says it pasts the time faster. thx again

[jeana]

Both my parents have had cataract surgery in both eyes, and have found their sight improved a great deal. So that's four out of four.

My mother complained of gritty and dry eyes for a while, but I believe that the discomfort was no more than what people feel when they start wearing contacts.

[socalgal]

http://www.lasersurgeryforeyes.com/lasereyesurgery/lasikvisioncorrection/cataractsurgeryindex.html

http://www.prk.com/www.prk.com1.1/PRK_SiteMap.html#Top%20of%20Page%20-%20SiteMap

How about a chat? http://204.202.137.117/sections/living/DailyNews/lasik_chat.html

Best Wishes to your Grandmother! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif


[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 12-16-1999).]