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I get free corrections for the rest of my life, as long as I go in for an annual exam to maintain my "warranty."

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I like the sound of this, is it common?

My wife and I both went to Mann Eye Institute. Easily some of the best I money I ever spent. I went from 20/40 in one eye and 20/70 (I think) in the other to better than 20/10 in both.

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Hoss
Which Mann Eye, and what cost? Sorry to ask, but I'm leaning towards Mann Eye and even have a consultation today at 1:00.

Once again, TexAgs to the rescue.

X, this may come too late for you, but I just had cataracts removed from both eyes and the RESTOR (sp?) lenses put in. My 66 year old eyes were tired of contacts and reading glasses. Still using post-op drops and one side done week before last with the second done last week. Not completely there yet but it is good, very good. Would encourage you to get them done.

I had LASIK in 2006 at the LASIK Vision Institute in Houston. Dr. Bruce January is a rock star with LASIK. I suffered from astigmatism and had horrible vision. I was at 20/15 one week after the procedure. It took me two years to convince my wife to undergo the procedure and she told me that she wished she had listened sooner. It's life changing and I would definitely recommend it. Get a consult with Dr. January. He does so many procedures due to his location and has dealt with a variety if eye issues.

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Hoss
Which Mann Eye, and what cost? Sorry to ask, but I'm leaning towards Mann Eye and even have a consultation today at 1:00.

Once again, TexAgs to the rescue.

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We went to the one in Austin because it was local for us, but I believe they have an office in Houston too and I'm pretty sure it's the same equipment and doctors. There's Mann the father and Mann the son. We both had the son.

I don't recall the exact cost but I want to say it was around $2400-2500 per eye. Might have been a little less though. That was 2+ years ago. My memory is fuzzy, but my eyesight isn't.

Eye Center of Texas, Dr Ed Wade. Had my LASIK procedure 8 years ago. No troublesome issues. I am close to buying reading glasses for fine print.
If you are a candidate, I recommend the procedure.

Dr. Wade is THE person to have it done with in Houston. One word of warning, I see a ton of patients 15 years out that had lasik and they all look like the Rk patients I had ten years ago from the same time frame. A lot end up developing mediocre distance vision with hyperopia, astigmatism and weird glare issues at night. I have no way of being able to quantify the percentages or anything but it's enough that I can usually look at a patient's prescription and say "you had lasik" before they tell me. Make SURE you are ok with the fact that you will eventually be right back into glasses for reading at the minimum and most likely a semi-fulltime script.

I always justify it like this: if you will be able to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without needing glasses after the surgery and that alone is worth it to you, then do it.

Also, cataract surgery with a restor lens is a completely different animal than refractive surgery like PRK or lasik.

TEG, thanks for the enlightenment. Obviously I didn't know. Do now.

I can see prairie dogs at 200 yards now and hit them in the eye with a shot using iron sights. Before my LASIK, couldn't even see them.

Re: Mann Eye Clinic. I had both eyes corrected last year at Mann. I would say that I would steer clear of doing it there. I don't think the doctors are bad, but it is a cattle call there. You will be herded through the process. What is wrong with this? Well, first, I had a complication the first surgery. Since that time, I've had two more surgeries. The third surgery I had, the nurse called out the wrong procedure to the doc in the laser suite-I had to correct her. That's why mass quantities of people filing through for a surgery on any given day is a negative in my mind. Patient should not have to double check staff. Also, I felt I was not taken very seriously after my complication and shuffled out. In the end, I am not blind and am fine, but I've had a lot of problems based one mess up due to a really rushed operation. I would go to Baylor, where I went for a second opinion. You can pm me if you want more details and I'd be happy to go into it further.

Yeah, tomcat, you had an intraocular lens inserted into your eye to replace your clouded natural lens. The cool thing about your lens is that it does have some reading help to it. Other refractive surgeries will only correct to one specific distance (generally far away but one eye set for near and one for far does work) leaving the focusing problems to develop later. The intraocular lens replacement is much more involved and not as "routine" as lasik and the like.

Had mine done at Mann in Houston 7 years ago this month. My experience mirrors Dirt05's, so I won't bother repeating it. My wife had hers done at Mann about 3 months later. The only negative side effects for both of us were the dry eyes in the morning. But a single drop of wetting solution daily was all that was needed. My wife still uses eye drops every morning, but I no longer need them. Being able to wake up and see is incredible. We both think it is easily the best money we have ever spent.

Welp, good news, bad news I guess folks.

Went for the consultation yesterday at Mann in the Woodlands. Turns out:

My corneas are scarred, left one from the infection, right one isn't as bad.

I don't produce enough tears and/or I have dry eyes.

My allergies don't help the situation.

They couldn't get me to see 20/20 through the "Better 1 or 2...3 or 4" machine. (Which really frustrated me because I could see that I couldn't see...)

I wake up with dry eyes apparently (I thought it was just normal) and yesterday morning I took a steroid drop (leftover from my infection days) that I thought was helping but actually increases the pressure in my eyeballs making it tough to focus, hence the lack of getting me to 20/20.

I need Restasis (eye drops to make me get wetter eyeballs) if I'm ever going to get the procedure done.

I'm not a candidate for LASIK because the scar on my corneas is right where the flappy thing would be for the procedure.

This means, if we can get my eyeballs wet and my pre-procedure prescription to 20/20, I'll be doing PRK...which is the fun 4-day recovery apparently.



So yeah, yesterday kinda sucked because I went in for a consultation...they noticed I couldn't see, started asking questions, and it turns out what I thought I was doing to help my eyes isn't and what I thought was normal waking-up-to-dry-eyes also isn't..

I was very happy with how the Woodlands Mann Eye team handled the whole situation if that's worth anything.

And thanks OB for all the advice. You got my past the scared-of-LASIK and I guess the good news now is, I won't have to have LASIK...

Getting the Restasis today, follow up in 2 weeks. Hopefully I can make my eyes water like a real man.

I don't understand people *****ing about a 4 day recovery versus a 1 day. We are talking about the ability to see without glasses or contacts again for years and years and people are balking over one procedure because of a few days of recovery?

I second the Dr. Koch rec--it's who I saw at Baylor as well and he's incredible. Also, because of the mess up by Mann on my first surgery I mentioned in my earlier post, I had PRK on one of my eyes. I was terrified of the recovery and procedure itself but it was no big deal. The surgery itself was scarier, but the result was awesome.

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I don't understand people *****ing about a 4 day recovery versus a 1 day.

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Especially when the 4 day recovery means that there is not incision and consequently no flap of corneal tissue. I've had constipation that was more uncomfortable (and longer lasting) than the recovery period from the PRK procedure. Besides, the recovery period was like a three day vacation where I got to do nothing but sleep in a dark room with no urge whatsoever to open my eyes. How many times since then I have wished for just a couple of days of uninterrupted rack time.

A second opinion if you have corneal scarring would be wise. Also make sure that you are eligible for custom refractive correction. I have seen patients that think they are getting custom correction with all it's benefits but due to clinical issues received non custom correction. Corneal scarring can make it hard to get custom measurements good enough to use in surgery. It does sound like you recieved a thorough and responsible work up at Mann.

I went and had an OCT (?) test done at Spring location yesterday and the swelling from the steroids was down, so I could tell that I was seeing better.

The doctor at Spring Mann Eye said PRK was probably the best way to go for me, and was also very patient explaining that process (even though I had heard it all from you guys, I wanted to make sure you weren't lying...Aoudad's after all...)

So I'm on Restasis to make me cry more, hopefully once I get my tears issue fixed, I'll be good to go.

I also got iLasik from Texas Regional Eye Center! Dr. Perkins did my procedure and is absolutely fantastic! Made the entire process enjoyable and stress free.

The guys are Ags and they'll treat you right! And being in B-CS, you won't just be a number.

I'm guessing Texas Regional Eye Center is a sponsor on TexAgs.

How'd you guess?

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I'm guessing Texas Regional Eye Center is a sponsor on TexAgs.

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no ****...subtle isn't lost on Texas I guess.