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OilersBaby · 12-09-2008, 10:06 PM

I got laser eye surgery 2 years ago in San Jose California. My doctor was from there (he did all of his education in the USA but was raised and worked in Cowtown before he moved to Californai and used to work for the Gimbel Eye Center there. He was awesome. There were 2 appointments prior to the procedure with him (and 2 with my regular optometrist). The actual day of the "surgery", it only took 5 minutes per eye! The day after, there was a followup appt with the doctor and about 4 followups with my optometrist (but those took place over a year).

I paid $3200 for the entire procedure and I got 10% off through my husband's work's insurance, so a little less than 3000 total.

My prescription was REALLY bad before and it didnt correct all the way, so about 10 months later, I got it redone (free of charge as they have a lifetime guarantee) and now its PERFECT!!!!!!!!!

No longer do I have to worry about falling asleep in my contacts or lugging around cases, solution etc for those contacts.

Again, though I didnt get this procedure done at the actual center you mentioned, my doctor was from there and had worked there for years!

So the day I got the procedure done I slept and took some medicine and put drosp in my eyes. My eyes were so responsive to the treatment that the very next day, I was able to go to the followup appt without bandaging my eyes (thats how I thought it was going to be, boy was I wrong!). I just wore my sunglasses.

Here is his website in case you want to read about different procedures:

http://www.furlongvision.com/

12-09-2008, 10:06 PM	#2
OilersBaby First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Jose, CA Exp:	I got laser eye surgery 2 years ago in San Jose California. My doctor was from there (he did all of his education in the USA but was raised and worked in Cowtown before he moved to Californai and used to work for the Gimbel Eye Center there. He was awesome. There were 2 appointments prior to the procedure with him (and 2 with my regular optometrist). The actual day of the "surgery", it only took 5 minutes per eye! The day after, there was a followup appt with the doctor and about 4 followups with my optometrist (but those took place over a year). I paid $3200 for the entire procedure and I got 10% off through my husband's work's insurance, so a little less than 3000 total. My prescription was REALLY bad before and it didnt correct all the way, so about 10 months later, I got it redone (free of charge as they have a lifetime guarantee) and now its PERFECT!!!!!!!!! No longer do I have to worry about falling asleep in my contacts or lugging around cases, solution etc for those contacts. Again, though I didnt get this procedure done at the actual center you mentioned, my doctor was from there and had worked there for years! So the day I got the procedure done I slept and took some medicine and put drosp in my eyes. My eyes were so responsive to the treatment that the very next day, I was able to go to the followup appt without bandaging my eyes (thats how I thought it was going to be, boy was I wrong!). I just wore my sunglasses. Here is his website in case you want to read about different procedures: http://www.furlongvision.com/ __________________