Patient Blog

In December of 1998, I took a leap of faith and it changed my life.
I had worn glasses since I was 6 and I had been told I was legally blind and had a strong astigmatism -- although with contacts or glasses I could see fine. I am an athlete -- skier, mountain biker, swimmer, tennis player -- and good vision is critical to enjoying these sports. Contacts were a hassle and my glasses looked like Coke bottles. I had looked into RK surgery years before and decided to wait.

Dr Lewis was recommended to me by several people I knew who had successful Lasik surgery performed by him. I decided to check it out -- even though I had pretty much already decided to wait a few years until the technology improved. Dr Lewis informed me that my eyes were at the limit of what Lasik could correct, and further I had thin corneas. What that meant was that we had one shot at the surgery -- no re-dos would be possible. In spite of all this, Dr Lewis inspired confidence in me and we scheduled the surgery. I elected to do both eyes at once. My mom questioned my decision, but I told her 'it just felt right'.

It took all of about 5 minutes and when I walked out of the office I could see perfectly. Later that day I went for a run -- probably not recommended, but no problems. Two days later, I went skiing -- definitely not recommended, but I was careful and again, no problems. In fact, I had literally no discomfort or vision problems AT ALL after my Lasik. I went from legally blind to 20/20 in minutes! As I said, it changed my life -- no contacts, no glasses, all my sports improved and camping got a lot easier!

Ten Years later, I wear drugstore 'readers' (I AM 56, after all!) when I work on my computer or read in low light. My vision is still crisp and clear. Every year when I have my annual visit to Dr Lewis, he checks my vision and remarks "damn, I'm good!" -- I couldn't agree more.