Lasik: Not So Frequently Asked Questions

So, I am all set to have Lasik later today at Tennessee Lasik Associates with Dr. Colby Stewart who has performed almost 20,000 Lasik procedures!

I’ve had a fabulous experience thus far, and the paperwork and online materials are very thorough. However, I did come up with a few extra questions that weren’t included in the company’s official FAQ.

Ahem…

#1 – Has anyone ever shouted out an expletive during surgery (or would I be the first)?

#2 – If you cut the flap with a laser, will I smell burnt eyeball? My friends who’ve had Lasik said they didn’t, but I just have to ask anyway. I…I don’t want to smell burnt eyeball. (Sounds like a candle you could buy at Spencer’s in the mall, doesn’t it?).

#3 – What will I hear? Is the surgery silent? Do you play music to distract your patients? If so, I would like to request Jeremiah was a Bullfrog.

#4 – Do people on Valium do funny things in your office?
When I was in high school I had four teeth removed before I got braces. Under laughing gas, I flirted with the oral surgeon before my teeth were pulled and apparently during with a mouth full of gauze and blood (awesome). Afterwards while my dad was doing paperwork I put my earring in a plant in the lobby. Worst part – they were my sister’s earrings.

Now that I think about it, if I ever decide to have a different career, I think I would really enjoy being a laughing gas administrator. But, I digress…

Back to Lasik. I sincerely hope there will be some entertaining people on Valium to watch in the waiting room today. As for me, I plan to leave my earrings at home.

I know it’s tested and low-risk and I am in excellent hands, but I’m still nervous, so send me some good thoughts later, mkay? Thank you, Friends.

Disclosure: I am getting a discount on my Lasik to write about it. However, that discount came about subsequent to my selecting this doctor and electing my procedure. It was not a factor in selecting this practice and my opinions are my own.

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